Honest, Chief, it just came off in me 'and

(idea) by lagrange (1.3 y) (print)

Sat Mar 24 2001 at 5:38:15

According to Rick Jolly's book Jackspeak, this is a British Royal Navy slang term. More likely it is merely a standard phrase that due to overuse became on object of parody.

The term is the standard phrase used when something gets bent (q.v.), implying a lack of blame on the speaker's part. Compare (from The Jargon File) geekspeak I didn't change anything!

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I didn't change anything!	q.v.	bent	dry navy
Royal Navy slang	Sometimes it takes a good fuck to remember it's kisses you're missing	Drink to the Boys in the Royal Navy	The Jargon File
Petty Officer	What if there were a war, and nobody came?	How do you get two piccolos to play in tune?	Life on a submarine
Randall Jarrell	Don't make me get my shoe!	Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2	Words spoken in the throes of passion
Stale, preconceived notions about the way women feel about sex	you want to use blood; i say we use devotion	chief	PR
Matthew Good	contagion

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