Spin a doughnet!

[Whitmore]

I can understand how this got its name because its driving in a circle but what I would like to know is where did spin a cookie come from did someone like cookies better than doughnuts or am I confused ??? is there a diffbetween a cookie and a doughnut?

Also I have heard some say flip a Brodie? Is that the same too???

 

[Doc Tinker]

I never heard of "Spin a Cookie", or "Flip a Brodie". Let's make up stuff about them and circulate the sayings around in the Ford site



I remember some slang words when they began. It seemed almost like me and my buddies made up the words and soon the whole world was using them.





Doc

 

[illflem]

Flipping a Brodie was the usual result of trying to land a plane without a runway with a harebrained scheme developed by a guy named Brodie. For obvious reasons this never caught on.

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[Doubleclutch]

illflem- somewhere I've seen pictures of an LST outfitted with Piper "L" birds. Deck was covered with planks, and rudders were removed from birds on deck-about 10- for clearance. The retreival was via the Brodie method. I can't remember if it was WWII or Korea. If you give me a few months, I'll try to find the source. But ya hafta ask nice Greg

 

[Doubleclutch]

If you can imagine coming in at about 60mph and doing a reverse trap- hook above wing, and then riding the wild beast to a stop, dangling over the water... I think I'd name a ride like that after the inventor too! Of course, I'd add a few adjectives.