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You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in unti

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

CuttlefishXXX 11y ago
Does anyone know of a good audio recording of this quote?
- afhammad 11y ago
  quote starts at 1:16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNdCnkKhitI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNdCnkKhitI
- cam- 11y ago
  It used to be on tea towels that you could buy for a dollar when you were on vacation in Foster-Tuncurry.
j_lev 11y ago
Bill Bryson has a good take on it. Read http://www.wandererscricket.com/Yank_view.html http://www.wandererscricket.com/Yank_view.html in its entirety for full effect.
mc32 11y ago
In the same vein: "The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error." Audio on yt[1] [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ

CuttlefishXXX 11y ago

Does anyone know of a good audio recording of this quote?

afhammad 11y ago
quote starts at 1:16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNdCnkKhitI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNdCnkKhitI
cam- 11y ago
It used to be on tea towels that you could buy for a dollar when you were on vacation in Foster-Tuncurry.

j_lev 11y ago

Bill Bryson has a good take on it. Read http://www.wandererscricket.com/Yank_view.html http://www.wandererscricket.com/Yank_view.html in its entirety for full effect.

mc32 11y ago

In the same vein: "The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation, the variation being the difference between where the missile is, and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows. Because a variation has modified some of the information the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it knows where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice-versa, and by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be, and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error." Audio on yt[1] [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ