No defence
The announcement of the German defence minister's resignation is remarkable only for this observation on the post in question:
It is not yet clear who will succeed Ms Lambrecht in a job which is considered such a poisoned chalice that many refer to it as "the ejector seat".
Jenny Hill, BBC Berlin correspondent, BBC News
Those wacky Germans certainly have a pithy way with words.
The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter had such a poor safety record in Luftwaffe and Marineflieger hands that it became known as Witwenmacher, widow maker
; Fliegender Sarg, flying coffin
; and Erdnagel, literally ground nail
or tent peg
.
Peter Doll
The F-104 was also known by the Royal Canadian Air Force as lawn dart
, which suggests a not dissimilar experience to that of the Germans.