Brasscatz
02-09-2015, 08:46 PM
I thought it might be cool to have a thread on how our wives/significant others have surprised us. Whether it be with a gift or just something they said.
Tonight, my wife and I were watching a movie and there was an old army jeep in it. I paused the movie to share with her the way that Jeep got its name (I recently learned from Steve's history lesson on the podcast and thought it was a nifty piece of info). So I pause it and ask if she minded if I shared a very brief history tidbit about jeep. She said, I probably already know it, but go ahead and try. Well, I didn't think there was any way she would know the origin of the name, so I said ok, tell me how jeeps got that name.
Without missing a beat, she said... and I'm completely serious.... "they were called 'General Purpose' vehicles and 'GP' for short, and that was eventually shortened further to 'Jeep'".
As I was picking my jaw off the floor, she proceeded to tell me how troops used to "mail" home one part at a time so they could have their own jeep. I had known this last part for quite some time, but I was shocked that she knew the origin of the name long before I did!
Feel free to chime in with your own stories
Tonight, my wife and I were watching a movie and there was an old army jeep in it. I paused the movie to share with her the way that Jeep got its name (I recently learned from Steve's history lesson on the podcast and thought it was a nifty piece of info). So I pause it and ask if she minded if I shared a very brief history tidbit about jeep. She said, I probably already know it, but go ahead and try. Well, I didn't think there was any way she would know the origin of the name, so I said ok, tell me how jeeps got that name.
Without missing a beat, she said... and I'm completely serious.... "they were called 'General Purpose' vehicles and 'GP' for short, and that was eventually shortened further to 'Jeep'".
As I was picking my jaw off the floor, she proceeded to tell me how troops used to "mail" home one part at a time so they could have their own jeep. I had known this last part for quite some time, but I was shocked that she knew the origin of the name long before I did!
Feel free to chime in with your own stories