S.O.S....new explanation

[Mizmo]

 

[Jace]

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Love it! "How true"!

 

[Mike]

Sitting down to a meal in a friend's house in Scotland
many years ago, he said "S.O.S", I looked bemused and
his wife translated, "Stretch or Starve".

Mike.

 

[jujube]

In the army, S.O.S. means "S**t on a Shingle", otherwise known as Chipped Beef Gravy on Toast......an unpopular mess hall delight.

 

[RadishRose]

I thought it meant Save Our Ship.

 

[Nathan]

In the army, S.O.S. means "S**t on a Shingle", otherwise known as Chipped Beef Gravy on Toast......an unpopular mess hall delight.

? I looooved the Army SOS! Yum!

 

[Aunt Bea]

April 14, 1912 ten minutes to midnight – TITANIC’s side scrapes the iceberg. Small chunks of ice land on the decks. At first they’re a novelty and used as ice cubes in drinks… When the damage is assessed as fatal, RMS Titanic sends up flares and the first S.O.S. ‘marconigram’. A series of frantic messages continue. S.O.S. – SAVE OUR SOULS!

 

[Manatee]

In the army, S.O.S. means "S**t on a Shingle", otherwise known as Chipped Beef Gravy on Toast......an unpopular mess hall delight.

We had S.O.S in the Navy too, by the same name..