tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10615369.post3380414570669400930..comments2024-01-01T13:55:20.100-05:00Comments on Gun Trash's Multifarious Blog: Gob?Gun Trashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10312012435197709902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10615369.post-77896085795700061432008-01-13T18:41:00.000-05:002008-01-13T18:41:00.000-05:00Yes, "gob" in the U.K. is equivalent to our "pieho...Yes, "gob" in the U.K. is equivalent to our "piehole", e.g., "Shut your gob, you sniveling little twit!" or sumtin' like that.<BR/><BR/>I'm confused by those pictures, though. Our local paper had a salute page to the veterans around here and one 2nd Class Gunner's Mate I know sent in his picture from just after WWII and his picture looked to me like he was wearing a hat similar to the sailor in the top picture. I thought that was the older cover of the two hats. <BR/><BR/>Do they have the 2 pictures vice versa or versa vice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10615369.post-3525123264545254712008-01-13T09:05:00.000-05:002008-01-13T09:05:00.000-05:00OK, where do I start? "Gob" is a term we no longer...OK, where do I start? "Gob" is a term we no longer use, but I think it sounds cool. Plus, it sounds very British.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I would want a hat (or as sailors would say, a cover) that was of greater rake and "flair" since "flare' is basically a stick of flaming chemicals that would seem to be fairly uncomfortable.<BR/><BR/>But perhaps I just nitpick.Ramblin' Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06526791657037100123noreply@blogger.com