So I looked at the Jumble in the local paper this morning...

[Mountie]

So I looked at the Jumble in the local paper this morning, and the joke/clue was "What the pilot became when he bought a farm." Naturally, I thought of Christopher Blair. Incidentally, the answer was "GROUNDED"

 

[d3r3k]

Ha-ha.

 

[Iceman16]

So I looked at the Jumble in the local paper this morning, and the joke/clue was "What the pilot became when he bought a farm." Naturally, I thought of Christopher Blair. Incidentally, the answer was "GROUNDED"

Hmm, I wouldve said worm food

 

[AD]

Hmm, I wouldve said worm food

Thats the difference between "bought a farm" and "bought the farm."

The "the" variant is the euphamism for death, while the "a" variant means exactly what it says... he bought a plot of land to grow vegetables on (or raise cattle maybe).

 

[Nomad Terror]

"Recalled to active duty a few years later."

 

[Lazy Panda]

"And stopped an admiral gone Nazi a few weeks thereafter."

 

[Iceman16]

Thats the difference between "bought a farm" and "bought the farm."

Meh, close enough

 

[ChrisReid]

Thats the difference between "bought a farm" and "bought the farm."

The "the" variant is the euphamism for death, while the "a" variant means exactly what it says... he bought a plot of land to grow vegetables on (or raise cattle maybe).

Yeah, the joke is just referring to a regular pilot. When Wing Commander fans hear the word "pilot," they think danger and war, but in general use these days, pilots grow old and retire normally. From the comic's point of view, a pilot buying a farm is just as inocuous as someone from any average profession going and retiring to any random of place.