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<blockquote data-quote="Archived-1" data-source="post: 839797" data-attributes="member: 254181"><p>i do hope you can get her fixed c/h i dont mean any malice m8, i just like a little fun at times/most times, i do hope you dont take me serious :-), i do have a heart of gold even if i do not come across like this at times:-),</p><p></p><p>a litlle history on no pack-drill for peeps like myself who did not know :-).</p><p></p><p></p><p> Meaning</p><p>Say nothing and avoid repercussions.</p><p></p><p> Origin</p><p>Pack-drill was a punishment given to soldiers in the British Army, requiring them to undertake drill (exercise) in full uniform and carrying a heavy pack.</p><p>'No names, no pack-drill' is used to indicate that the names of those who have committed a misdemeanor will not be mentioned in order to spare them punishment.</p><p>The 'pack-drill' punishment is known from at least 1845, when it was referred to in William Maxwell's <em>Hints to a soldier on service</em>:</p><p><blockquote></p><p>"A full guard house, dozens at pack-drill."</p><p></blockquote></p><p>The 'no names, no pack-drill' mantra is first recorded in a memoir of the Indian Treaty negotiations, which took place between the British and Native Americans in Canada in the late 1860s. This piece from the Manitoba <em>Daily Free Press</em> lists the phrase as an 'old saw' (i.e. a traditional, homespun proverb) in July 1874:</p><p><blockquote></p><p>[Notes taken] At the time of the Indian Treaty of 1873.</p><p>No NAMES — No PACK DRILL. — Old saw.</p><p></blockquote></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived-1, post: 839797, member: 254181"] i do hope you can get her fixed c/h i dont mean any malice m8, i just like a little fun at times/most times, i do hope you dont take me serious :-), i do have a heart of gold even if i do not come across like this at times:-), a litlle history on no pack-drill for peeps like myself who did not know :-). Meaning Say nothing and avoid repercussions. Origin Pack-drill was a punishment given to soldiers in the British Army, requiring them to undertake drill (exercise) in full uniform and carrying a heavy pack. 'No names, no pack-drill' is used to indicate that the names of those who have committed a misdemeanor will not be mentioned in order to spare them punishment. The 'pack-drill' punishment is known from at least 1845, when it was referred to in William Maxwell's [I]Hints to a soldier on service[/I]: <blockquote> "A full guard house, dozens at pack-drill." </blockquote> The 'no names, no pack-drill' mantra is first recorded in a memoir of the Indian Treaty negotiations, which took place between the British and Native Americans in Canada in the late 1860s. This piece from the Manitoba [I]Daily Free Press[/I] lists the phrase as an 'old saw' (i.e. a traditional, homespun proverb) in July 1874: <blockquote> [Notes taken] At the time of the Indian Treaty of 1873. No NAMES — No PACK DRILL. — Old saw. </blockquote> [/QUOTE]
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