On: Watch German Typhoons Intercept a Boeing 777 That Lost Contact with the Airport

[manicdee]

It was an obvious joke relating to regional names for weather events.

[roryisok → manicdee]

oops. I obviously have no sense of humour today. would it not be "hurricane" though?

[std_throwaway → manicdee]

Of course; it doesn't even make sense for Europe to have a "Typhoon" aircraft due to the geographical location.

I guess Europe has some "Penguin" submarines, too.

[TeMPOraL → std_throwaway]

We'll consider renaming the plane when US changes the Apollo program to something that doesn't refer to European heritage.