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[marvinmoon]

1 What does the initials A S D A stand for please
2 In thunderbirds what does F A B stand for

[Lie-in King]

From Wikipedia...

"... the formation of the ASDA name occurred in 1965 with the merger of the Asquith chain of three supermarkets and Associated Dairies; ASDA is an abbreviation of ASquith and DAiries."

[ermintrude35]

Associated Dairies

fab was made up it does not stand or anything

[Zen]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term =F+A+B

[B00]

Wiki's got it wrong in this instance Lie-in king- Ermintrude's correct.

[Panic Button]

Don't forget SIG from Captain Scarlet.

Who is first to expand that one?

[Panic Button]

Give up?

Spectrum is green

[THECORBYLOON]

Sorry to correct you B00 but on this ASDA site http://www.asda-corporate.com/about-asda/histo ry.asp
they confirm the ASquith and DAiries origin of the name.

[B00]

Well that's a turn up for the books, id have put money on it too TCL worked for 'em for nearly 10 years too....lol

Mind you, I should have known I was wrong, I usually am, i've already been called a pr*ck on here tonight :-(

[dot.hawkes]

harmony, raphsody, symphany, melody and destiny, i always remember them too lol

[dot.hawkes]

who called you that B00, let me at em let me at em!!!

[minesapint]

I'm with Associated Dairies. I read an article about the origins of the company in "The Grocer" magazine some time back written by a couple of the company directors and well before Wal-Mart took them over.

They confirmed the Associated Dairies link and said that the Asquith rumour was false.

As far as Wikipedia goes, anyone who takes heed of a resource which is user editable by the learned and ignorant alike badly needs to find a reliable resource elsewhere.

[sddsddean]

Just confirming FAB didn't stand for anything and if the question setter says it does...they are wrong! If it helps, I am a member of Fanderson (The Gerry Anderson Appreciation society ... got the anorak too!), so I know what I'm talking about.

PB - also SIR (Spectrum is Red). What about PWOR in Stingray?

[B00]

Yay, so I could be right afterall?

Some twonk on shopping dotty- didn't like my joke :-(

[THECORBYLOON]

Ma source was not Wikipedia but ASDA and if anyone should know, it's them.

[Panic Button]

Is that phwoar for when they see Marina?

[sddsddean]

No you dirty minded little person!!! It stands for 'Proceeding with orders recieved'

[Panic Button]

As Brian Conley would say:

'It's a puppet'