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From: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar)
Newsgroups: net.columbia,net.aviation
Subject: Re: No joy?
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Date: Tue, 9-Oct-84 12:52:47 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  9 12:52:47 1984
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In article <586@ihlts.UUCP> rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP (Roger Noe) writes:
>Does anyone know the origin and meaning of the phrase "no joy"?  I have heard
>it now from three astronauts on separate occasions.  I think I heard it also
>on "Call to Glory" so I am guessing it came from military pilot jargon and
>made its way into NASA.  I also think it probably means "no success".  If
>anyone has further details on how the phrase came about, please fill me in.
>Why didn't Tom Wolfe have this in "The Right Stuff"?  (or did I miss it?)

Probably short for "There's no joy in mudville" from the poem
"Casey at the bat".

Mark Biggar
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