Originally Posted by
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As opposed to wetting the powder. Why would I wet the powder? And why call it powder? Wasn't there something more manly to call the powder?
"Keep the MD88 dry..."
better.
"Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry!", as Oliver Cromwell said to his army during the invasion of Ireland (likely because they had the better beer). Dry gunpowder fires. Wet doesn't. As history tells it, none of Cromwell's troops had water pour out of the backs of their rifles, which gives them a distinct leg up on the MD-88's last 5 rows in the summertime.
In the end, the British reached an understanding with the Irish. To date, nobody has been as successful with the MD-88.