# Oh-dark-hundred **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dark-hundred/399044 "2007-04-06T22:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dark-hundred/399044/41 "2007-04-11T15:06:56Z")
Asking a musician friend what time his band started tonight: (shrug) “Rock o’clock.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dark-hundred/399044/42 "2007-04-11T15:49:26Z")
Navy Dad, Army Mom. (My mom DOES wear combat boots. Or did.) Oh-dark-thirty. It’s usually for somewhere between four and five, with five being almost a smidge too late for oh-dark-thirty. Past midnight, because midnight is early, and occasionally as early as threeish. “What are you thinking, getting home at oh-dark-thirty?” My daddy always said that he could have gone into the Air Force but he’d already BEEN to summer camp. 😛 (i keed, i keed) ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dark-hundred/399044/43 "2007-04-11T15:56:53Z")
[QUOTE=Fir na tine] Another Air Force vet\* huh? Oh dark hundred was popular in our family for a long time. For those not in the know, the B-52 Strato-fortress bomber is also know as a “buff”. While some folks may think it’s a tribute to the camo color scheme, it’s actually based on the fact that a B-52 is one **B** ig **U** gly **F** at **F** ucker! [/QUOTE] heh. unfortunately, no. 😃 i’ve just worked way too many mount comfort air shows (indianapolis) over the years. both the dive master and i are plane freaks from way back - especially ww2 vintage. in fact, we just got back from the wright-patt air museum a week ago. whatta place to ogle planes all day. that’s my sixth visit now, i think. they have the memphis belle undergoing preservation right now!! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dark-hundred/399044/44 "2007-05-01T02:48:53Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I think I like your friend Drew. (But they’re all gay, aren’t they? Aren’t they? All those beautiful pantless men and I couldn’t enjoy a single one of 'em. **le sigh** ) [/QUOTE] Actually, his parties are quite mixed – most major sexual orientations and an assortment of genders. You’d be very welcome 🙂 I forgot one useful time: half-past. When we were at the cottage, my grandfather always used to tell us, “Now, don’t get up before half-past.” We didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dark-hundred/399044/45 "2007-05-01T10:00:16Z")
Air Force vet here. Oh-Dark-Thirty and Oh-Dark-Hundred were used often. Never heard Zero-Dark-Thirty used – seems too hard to say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dark-hundred/399044.md?page=2)