# Thunderbirds - what is "FAB"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-what-is-fab/259084 "2004-08-09T20:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-what-is-fab/259084/1 "2004-08-09T20:55:27Z")
…is it just “fab” like “things are fabulous”? I just took my 6-year-old son to see it - it was pretty awful for me the adult, but he and his buddy really enjoyed it and are playing T-birds on the front lawn right now. Anyway, they use F.A.B. as a signoff for most of their communications without any explanation. I did a Google check on it and gots lots of references to Thunderbirds with cute uses of F.A.B. - movie reviews saying the movie wasn’t FAB, or references to the FAB annual, apparently some sort of T-Bird convention, but no explanation. The kids want to know and I admit, I am mildly curious - what _is_ FAB? PS: the character of Lady P was played by Sophia Myles - she was fun to look at for this adult… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-what-is-fab/259084/2 "2004-08-09T21:48:37Z")
According to Sylvia Anderson, who created [the Thunderbirds TV series](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057790/combined) with her husband Gerry, “F.A.B.” was never intended to mean anything. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thunderbirds-what-is-fab/259084/3 "2004-08-09T22:15:40Z")
Er… am I the only person who thought that this was about [Kim Wilson, Jimmy Lee Vaughan, Fran Christina and Keith Ferguson/Preston Hubbard, etc. etc.?](http://www.fabulousthunderbirds.com/)