Are you a McGuffin and where might I find one?

[Doug D]

I think that this thread needs some Relative Bearing Grease.

[Kanati]

I think that this thread needs some Relative Bearing Grease.

Bound with 15 feet of waterline.

[dadgad]

I've been looking for some flight line to tie down my smoke shifter.

[Catharps]

I'd help you look, but the Capt. just gave me a bucket and told me to empty the moon pool.

[Hawk]

I'd help you look, but the Capt. just gave me a bucket and told me to empty the moon pool.

I thought "you" were the Capt.......never mind, I'll get the Skyhook to help you.....

Hawk

[Catharps]

I thought "you" were the Capt.......never mind, I'll get the Skyhook to help you.....

Hawk

I am! But I was not always

I actually did this to a poor new hire while working on a boat in Japan. Found him still hard at work 3 hours later after an especially gulling round of chart corrections. The joke ended up being on me, because I felt so bad about it!

[cessna152towser]

The term McGuffin as something for catching lions (or any other animal) dates back further than 1972. My grandparents had a neighbour Mr. Guthrie who was a policeman and he was always nicknamed McGuffin or McGuffie because of the fact he was a policeman who caught criminals and had a similar sounding name to McGuffin. My grandparents died in 1960 and 1961 but I still remember police constable Guthrie as McGuffin or McGuffie.
When I saw Clan McGuffin in Brave I immediately made the association in my mind with the surname Guthrie which is indeed a Scottish clan.
I assume the producers of Brave changed the name from Guthrie to McGuffin to make it sound more Scottish to those who associate the "Mc" prefix with Scotland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Guthrie
See also
clanguthrie.org