I would hope that everyone in Congress has that same issue.

You all are getting closer....

This actually is a reference to the inability to simply paint a submarine whilst as it is underwater.

See here:

Un - not

sub - A vessel operating under the surface

stainable - the ability to be painted.

Thus what we have here is:

"Log of the Good Ship Unabletobepaintedwhileunderwater" - to which I would note that:

A) in the case of disaster not during wartime, logs should be sealed in a waterproof canister so for salvage

and

B) any Captain who earned the title would know that he could therefore paint his vessel once it was surfaced.

This now concludes my take on this sillyness.... for now.

I watch "Criminal Minds" on TV and 'unsub' refers to 'unknown subject/suspect'. Perhaps what we have here is an unknown subject/suspect who can't be 'stained' with evidence of a crime, such as John Gotti, "The Teflon Don". Either that or George W. has been making up words again...

This would be correct if the prefix 'un' still meant 'not' and referred to the possibility of the subject being stained.

However in your formulation it is short for 'unknown' and refers to the subject, not the possibility of staining him/her with something.

Consequently it would be more correct to think of if as un(known)sub(ject who is)stainable.

You are right...I stand (or slouch, seated) corrected. This is what happens when one trys to think before one's daily liter of Coca-Cola...

Frau Kaleun:

An easier solution to the umlaut problem in MS-Word is to hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys together, then press the colon key [ : ], release the Ctrl and shift keys, then press the letter key for the letter you wish to umlaut. The letters to which this may be applied can be found in MS-Word by pressing the F1 key [Help] and typing "international character shortcut" in the search box. This also applies to other accent marks. Although I can play guitar and keyboard, I cannot, for some reason, learn to touch-type and rely heavily on keyboard shortcuts to make up for lost speed in typing. I quite often type my text in MS-Word, spell-check and then copy & paste the text to web postings such as this. I'm not sure you were aware of this umlaut method (I somehow suspect you are), so I hope this helps you or others...

Is this one of those threads where I have to use my brain to follow along? :06: I sure hope not. :huh:

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Seems a bit "ghoti"-y to me...

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