Flapaflapa
Flapaflapa t1_iwj0rwa wrote
Reply to comment by avoid3d in 'It's a pretty gross and offensive phrase': SA Premier under fire for 'sloppy seconds' comment by notinferno
sticks or yokes very rarely have balls at the end...I doubt it's referring to pushing the plane into a dive. but the throttle, prop control, and mixture are often knobs or balls, and can be pushed to the panel (wall).
Flapaflapa t1_iwj0hyg wrote
Reply to comment by Piepally in 'It's a pretty gross and offensive phrase': SA Premier under fire for 'sloppy seconds' comment by notinferno
"Balls to the wall" is a reference to engine controls on an aircraft. Either a lever or a push pull rod with a ball on the end. If it's balls to the wall the levers are pushed all the way in, as in engine connected to it making full power.
So not sexual. unless you are a love machine and currently balls deep going balls to the wall.
Flapaflapa t1_je5o19y wrote
Reply to What do you call a sad cup of coffee? by jflipside
It's the French press. It's sits there until it's time for it to get depressed then it gets drunk.