Silly Stuff

[the_gneech]

Why do we scream "Geronimo!" when jumping out of a plane?

I always think of the movie (I believe it was one of the Hot Shots movies, although it might have been Top Secret) in which a squad of paratroopers are jumping out of a plane...

TROOPER #1 approaches the plane door and jumps out

TROOPER #1: Geronimooo!

TROOPER #2 approaches the plane door and jumps out

TROOPER #2: Geronimooo!

GERONIMO approaches the plane door and jumps out

GERONIMO: Meeeee!

-The Gneech

Comments

[larksilver.livejournal.com]

Dads are The Kings of makin' stuff up to avoid saying "I don't know."

But kids, like that chick in the Sonic commercial, are granted the genetic ability to know when they're full of it.

[nicodemusrat.livejournal.com]

I think it was Hot Shots. In Top Secret, the gag they used was one of them clutching a Duty Free shopping bag.

IF they could get me IN the plane...

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

when they pried loose my grip on anything I could get my fingers around and threw me out, I'd be screaming imprecations and promises and descriptive geneaologies (sp?). Unless, as is much more likely, they cold-cocked me first.

Z

Never been in, on, or near a plane; not interested in such silliness.

Re: IF they could get me IN the plane...

[tehrasha.livejournal.com]

Never jump from a perfectly good aircraft.

If the pilot jumps, have a go at the controls yourself first, just in case.

Re: IF they could get me IN the plane...

[zianuray.livejournal.com]

Yeah!

Re: IF they could get me IN the plane...

[hossblacksilver.livejournal.com]

Murdoch: "Come on, B.A. we get up in the plane that way we can signal our little friends from Bernard's Star and then they can teach us the secret of universal peace through frozen yogurt."

[cyberhorn.livejournal.com]

pulls whack a mole hammer off arcade machine and gets sharpie "whack'a'gneech"

whang!

cool 100points!

[grifter-t-wolf.livejournal.com]

Hey I was once unfortunate enough to see a porn movie called Geranalmo...

...so I think there shouldn't be any problems with Geronimo :P

Hot Shots 2

[the-sedgwicks.livejournal.com]

It was in Hot Shots Part Duex. To this day, Charles tries to do something similar. I think he occasionally yells other Native American names, and other such attempts.

[wielder13.livejournal.com]

Actually I read where that phrase came from but cannot remember now. I believe it had something to do with paratroopers jumping out of Comanche Airplanes during a war. I can look it up and maybe let you know if you are really interested.

[wielder13.livejournal.com]

And THEN I notice the big honking LINK explaining the silly thing. :) Never mind me... I'm five minutes behind myself today.