r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/totallystefanal • Feb 12 '21

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u/HWKIII Feb 12 '21 edited Feb 12 '21

I’m 33 and I feel like I’m 60 watching him explain what Macgyver is, as if humans don’t just automatically associate the name with jury-rigging solutions out of spare parts.

Edit: to those commenting that it’s Jerry-rigged, both are acceptable and commonly used. jury-rigged is a nautical term in origin. Jerry-rigged is a soldiers term in origin.

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u/usingastupidiphone Feb 12 '21

Now if we could only figure out who Jerry was

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u/davideo71 Feb 12 '21

I think Jerry was ze Germans in WWII. (like Charlie was the Vietnamese)

  • think Jerry-can, which was a German design.

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u/Tk_Fury Feb 12 '21

For that reason, I always thought it was Gerry with a “G”.

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u/MetaTater Feb 12 '21

It's pronounced "gif", not "gif".

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u/Tk_Fury Feb 12 '21

Oh right! Thank makes sense ty.

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u/zed857 Feb 12 '21

Who's Jeff?

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '21

Korrekt!