Whiskey, tango, foxtrot? I asked a question 5 hours ago and there have been no others since?

What the f***. You weren't in the military. Hey...I know an alphabet you don't. This post was edited by Element 99 at September 5, 2020 7:25 AM MDT

 

  Civilians, right, Shipmate?

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OK, but that doesn't answer my question. What the f*** does "whiskey, tango, foxtrot" have to do with you asking a question however many hours ago? And I know what that means. It's not such a mystery. This post was edited by Stu Spelling Bee at September 4, 2020 8:14 PM MDT

It's an expression of disbelief or confusion.

 

  Civilians, civilians, civilians. 

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I truly have no idea but, reading all of this for the first time just now, I was thinking  "Whiskey, tango, foxtrot" maybe was another way of saying "What the f***" because the three words begin with the respective same letters.
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Indeed it is. As I said to Element, it's not a big military secret. I just felt that, given the light traffic on our site, asking a question a few hours ago and not seeing any since hardly warranted such an expression. Just my humble opinion.

I'm a sailor. It's a common expression.

You're a sailor? Bet you don't know this one:

US Navy. Twenty years and retired. I never saw that, but I have a ship's clock that strikes bells.

Of course not, it's a song!

And here I am again -- it seems everyone has known all along about the wtf's except me.

Again, only after coming back and reading all of this yet again - - I see everyone has been on the same page except me. Here I was thinking I was maybe figuring it out -- and everyone knows it all already. 
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Feel free to ignore that other comment I posted. Geez. (And to think they let me drive a car.)