# WAG and IIRC

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 10, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621 "2001-09-10T04:34:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![xanakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7bcc69/32.png) [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621/1 "2001-09-10T04:34:23Z")

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What do they mean?

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**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621/2 "2001-09-10T04:37:52Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by xanakis \*  
> \*\*What do they mean? \*\*

Wild-ass guess here, but if I recall correctly they mean…

um…

Damn, I can’t remember. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![xanakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7bcc69/32.png) [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621/3 "2001-09-10T04:41:09Z")

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Is it a secret?

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**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621/4 "2001-09-10T04:44:57Z")

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Read **Max Harvey’s** post again carefully and all will be clear.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621/5 "2001-09-10T04:45:17Z")

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_snicker_

Now I’m gonna be all night waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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**Author:** ![xanakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7bcc69/32.png) [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621/6 "2001-09-10T04:49:03Z")

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ok Ive got it.

Im just going out to buy some elbow grease and some striped paint for my new employer now. He says we are short of these items.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621/7 "2001-09-10T04:52:08Z")

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I’m sorry, but we seem to be out of those items. Can I offer you three gallons of propwash, 25 feet of flightline, and a left-handed screwdriver?

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**Author:** ![xanakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7bcc69/32.png) [@xanakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanakis)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621/8 "2001-09-10T05:06:18Z")

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heh heh you’re trying to catch me out aren’t you.

Propwash comes in pints not gallons.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wag-and-iirc/80621/9 "2001-09-10T05:09:49Z")

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I am DAMN glad there isn’t a poster named _Propwash_.