Posted by David Bamford on August 14, 2006 at 10:54:04 from 220.253.37.168 user David.
In Reply to: Re: Milk cans and milk churns posted by Mike Dennis on August 14, 2006 at 06:38:37:
Yes, Mike; I understand [second-hand, of course] that it was used by the RAF bomber crews in the early 1940s as a way of verbally shrugging off the stress of the night's sortie.
David.