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Righty Tighty!

 
 
SMickey
 
Reply Fri 4 Sep, 2015 07:51 am
This is from the movie 'The Pearl Harbor'

Here are two pilots, Danny and Rafe, playing chicken with each other.
It was just a joke, but it's gotten serious and they are about to collide any sec. This is part of their conversation.

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Which way you goin'?

I guess I'll go right. No, uh, left. I'll go left.

OK, we're goin' left, right?

Ri--uh, right. Right?

Right like we're goin' right, or right like we're goin' left?

Well, now you got me all mixed up! I don't know. Make up your mind.

God, Rafe, we're going right! Righty-tighty!

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Not having seen the phrase 'Righty-tighty',
I looked up the dictionary to realize it's about tightening bolts or nuts.

Now, at the last scene, Danny cried out 'Righty tighty'
and I wonder if I should turn to left or right if I get to hear 'Righty tighty'.

When I'm told 'Righty tighty!', should I turn to right or left?
I guess this might be very helpful 'cause it might save my life.

Here's the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YSzAawigiI
 
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McTag
 
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Reply Fri 4 Sep, 2015 08:16 am
@SMickey,

Quote:
Not having seen the phrase 'Righty-tighty',
I looked up the dictionary to realize it's about tightening bolts or nuts.


I doubt that, in this case.
It probably just means "okay".
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parados
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Reply Fri 4 Sep, 2015 08:35 am
@SMickey,
"Righty-tighty" means turn to the right in this instance.

The phrase is "right-tighty, lefty-loosey" to help remember which direction to turn a bolt.

Edit- Righty tighty was used to clarify the direction since there was confusion as to whether "right" meant the direction or that the answer of left was correct.
Ragman
 
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Reply Fri 4 Sep, 2015 09:15 am
@parados,
"Righty, tighty - lefty, loosey" regarding a memory device to remember which way to turn a bolt.
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SMickey
 
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Reply Fri 4 Sep, 2015 04:35 pm
@parados,
Just 'right' would've been good enough, but something else was needed
to avoid confusion, and that's why 'righty tighty' was used in this case.
Oh, I got it. Thanks.
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