MOVIE QUESTION: "Down Periscope"

[Bob Topping]

Greetings all!

A question that's been nagging at me for a while now (actually, one of the
many, but that's a problem that my shrink and I have to deal with) comes
from the movie "Down Periscope", a light comedy with Kelsey Grammer,
Lauren Holly, and Harry Dean Stanton.

Anyway, in one of the scenes near the end, the Captain, played by Grammer,
tells Harry Dean Stanton's character that he needs more speed to put
distance between them and the pursuing sub. To this, Howard (Stanton)
says, "I live for this!!", and says what sounds like three initials. I
can't tell what the initials are, having listened to it several times when
it's on. (It's an amusing movie, not at all painful to watch several
times) Anyway, has anyone noticed Howard saying what I think I hear him
saying? What ARE those pesky initials? And finally the .64 dollar
question, what the heck do they mean???

Thanks,
Bob.
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[Steve Atkatz]

On 3 Sep 1997 06:43:55 GMT, topp...@breakout.rs.itd.umich.edu (Bob

Topping) fumbled with the keyboard & wrote:

> What ARE those pesky initials? And finally the .64 dollar
>question, what the heck do they mean???
>

DBF

Diesel
Boats
Forever

See sig (below) which predates the movie and maybe even you.

A to Z
***************************************
Age and Treachery will always prevail
Over Youth and Vigor. DBF!!!

[Per Andersson]

topp...@breakout.rs.itd.umich.edu (Bob Topping) wrote:

>times) Anyway, has anyone noticed Howard saying what I think I hear him
>saying?

DBF.

> What ARE those pesky initials? And finally the .64 dollar
>question, what the heck do they mean???

IIRC it would be:

Diesel Boats Forever.

Per Andersson

[BlackBeard]

In article <5uj0vb$3va$1...@newbabylon.rs.itd.umich.edu>,

topp...@breakout.rs.itd.umich.edu (Bob Topping) wrote:
>
> Anyway, in one of the scenes near the end, the Captain, played by Grammer,
> tells Harry Dean Stanton's character that he needs more speed to put
> distance between them and the pursuing sub. To this, Howard (Stanton)
> says, "I live for this!!", and says what sounds like three initials. I
> can't tell what the initials are, having listened to it several times when
> it's on.

DBF

Deisel Boats Forever

BlackBeard
Submarines once, Submarines twice...
Due to recent cutbacks, the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off until further notice...

[Paul J. Adam]

In article <5uj0vb$3va$1...@newbabylon.rs.itd.umich.edu>, Bob Topping
<topp...@breakout.rs.itd.umich.edu> writes

> Anyway, has anyone noticed Howard saying what I think I hear him

>saying? What ARE those pesky initials? And finally the .64 dollar

>question, what the heck do they mean???

He said DBF, which stands for Diesel Boats Forever.

--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...

Paul J. Adam pa...@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk

[Ron Cocuzzi]

Kind of sounded like "DBN". Maybe Diesel Boat Navy????

Ron

Bob Topping <topp...@breakout.rs.itd.umich.edu> wrote in article
<5uj0vb$3va$1...@newbabylon.rs.itd.umich.edu>...

> Greetings all!
>
> A question that's been nagging at me for a while now (actually, one of
the
> many, but that's a problem that my shrink and I have to deal with) comes
> from the movie "Down Periscope", a light comedy with Kelsey Grammer,
> Lauren Holly, and Harry Dean Stanton.
>

> Anyway, in one of the scenes near the end, the Captain, played by
Grammer,
> tells Harry Dean Stanton's character that he needs more speed to put
> distance between them and the pursuing sub. To this, Howard (Stanton)
> says, "I live for this!!", and says what sounds like three initials. I
> can't tell what the initials are, having listened to it several times
when

> it's on. (It's an amusing movie, not at all painful to watch several

> times) Anyway, has anyone noticed Howard saying what I think I hear him

> saying? What ARE those pesky initials? And finally the .64 dollar
> question, what the heck do they mean???
>

> Thanks,
> Bob.
> --

[Martin Sinclair]

In article <01bcb855$997f02a0$6ab1...@Ron-Cocuzzi.vitro.com>,
cocu...@vitro.com says...

>
>Kind of sounded like "DBN". Maybe Diesel Boat Navy????
>

DBF.

Diesel Boats Forever.

(Amazing what you learn on S.M.N)

Martin

First of Foot, Right of the Line