Pink fruitcakes
Posted by Anne on December
24, 2002 I saw a film last week. It was about the making and using of atomic
bombs in the Second World War. When many foreign scientists participated
in the American project refused to use the atomic bombs against
Japanese people to end the war after they had completed the device,
the US Army general scolded them for not agreeing to use the device
to force Japan to surrender unconditionally. He called those scientists
"pink fruitcakes" in an angry tone of voice. Now that’s
the phrase I’m totally clueless about. Could anyone please
enlighten me here? I’ll be very much obliged.
|