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WTF Initial Shock!

06-03-2010 7:16pm

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World Taekowndo Federation, one of the largest martial arts organisations in the world (headquartered in South Korea), has a humourous set of initials: WTF.

Can you think of others?

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#2 06-03-2010 7:18pm

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World Wildlife Fund. (WWF) Fcuk yeah, Panda wrestling!!

I think I win this round!

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#3 06-03-2010 7:18pm

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F.U.
(Finland University)

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#4 06-03-2010 7:18pm

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RTE.

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#5 06-03-2010 7:23pm

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TIT (Tralee institute of technology)

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#7 06-03-2010 7:25pm

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#8 06-03-2010 7:26pm

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TTS

This Thread Sucks

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#9 06-03-2010 7:26pm

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#10 06-03-2010 7:32pm

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#11 06-03-2010 7:33pm

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U.M.I.S.T.

A personal one for me.
Something the wife says to me quite often
(University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology - a place I know very well.)

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#12 06-03-2010 7:36pm

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#13 06-03-2010 7:41pm

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#14 06-03-2010 7:43pm

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Somerset College of Arts and Technology

Their whole website got hacked before I think

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#15 06-03-2010 7:46pm

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#16 06-03-2010 7:47pm

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Can you think of others?

NO!!!

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#17 06-03-2010 7:49pm

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mink_man wrote: »

NO!!!

What does that stand for?

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#18 06-03-2010 7:52pm

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How Ironic.

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#19 06-03-2010 7:57pm

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#20 06-03-2010 8:01pm

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When I was 17 I made a fake collage ID for when we went to Galway. Unknowingly I used got the collages name wrong but it was never picked up on.

I was a student at the Galway Institute of Technology. GIT.

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#21 06-03-2010 8:11pm

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ScumLord wrote: »

got the collages name wrong

Ahh snap.

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#22 06-03-2010 8:15pm

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mikom wrote: »

Ahh snap.

If I wasn't the only Git that must be why it worked.

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#23 06-03-2010 8:15pm

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#24 06-03-2010 8:18pm

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#25 06-03-2010 8:20pm

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kiad wrote: »

National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood

Married with children?

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#26 06-03-2010 8:22pm

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bazmaiden wrote: »

Film Actor's Guild

DaPoolRulz wrote: »

Fathers Against Rude Television

I don't think made-up acronyms from cartoons count.

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#27 06-03-2010 8:22pm

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ScumLord wrote: »

Married with children?

Yeah. No Ma'am!!!

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#29 06-03-2010 8:25pm

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#30 06-03-2010 8:29pm

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ARSE!

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#31 06-03-2010 8:30pm

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Calenders.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday.
MTWTFSS

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#32 06-03-2010 8:50pm

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kiad wrote: »

Yeah. No Ma'am!!!

I watched one episode of that lately and it was that one.

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#33 06-03-2010 8:56pm

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Pompey Magnus wrote: »

What does that stand for?

No means no.

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#34 06-03-2010 9:36pm

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#35 06-03-2010 9:42pm

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i have a sneaking suspicion that most of these may be made up . . .???!!!

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#38 06-03-2010 9:54pm

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Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Film Actors Guild - F.A.G.

See page 2

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#39 06-03-2010 9:57pm

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bazmaiden wrote: »

See page 2

huh, late ninja'd ?

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#40 06-03-2010 9:59pm

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C.U.N.T. = Co-ordinated Universal Nuclear Time.

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#41 06-03-2010 10:02pm

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Roy Hallowed Grimace wrote: »

C.U.N.T. = Co-ordinated Universal Nuclear Time.

Appropriate too.

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