Talk:Blood chit/Archive 1

"Goolie"
The term "goolie" is British slang for "testicles" and was so called (and still is called by the Royal Air Force) because, in the areas where the chits were used, local tribesmen were known to turn over aviators to their womenfolk, who castrated said pilots for use as servants.

Granted, I have no knowledge on this subject whatsoever, but this strikes me as something that definitely needs a citation. intooblv (talk) 02:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hy, I made the Chit Article for the german Wiki. Here´s the citation: http://www.usmcpress.com/heritage/blood_chit.htm (Goolie was the Hindustani word for ball, and many hostile tribesmen had been turning captured airmen over to local women for castration.) Greets --87.182.101.176 (talk) 21:23, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

I, too, am a little sceptical about the full explanation for 'goolie chit' as given in the link posted above; it has a folk-etymology feel about it, a carefully rational explanation. Goolies are testicles, certainly, and the word (like chit) is a Hindi-derived Anglo-Indian one, probably a lot older than the dictionaries record — but it remains slang, whereas 'chit' is now standard English. It seems more likely to me that the concept is simply that these chits could save a person's life, an essential element of 'life' often being symbolised by blood, or (amongst males) by testicles. AgTigress (talk) 11:17, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

Why blood?
Why is this called blood chit? 86.56.41.142 (talk) 23:43, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

New Pic of cold war era chit
Hy, i just uploaded a self made Pic of an US Chit from the cold war ear. The Chit was made for the european theatre of WW3 and if someone wants to add it to the english Wiki, feel free to do it. the Pic code is: "ChitRussia.JPG" Check the german Bloodchit Wiki for a litle preview. --91.36.195.224 (talk) 15:25, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

https://www.jpra.mil/links/Products/BC.html Tyvek used in current chits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.106.65.127 (talk) 07:13, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Physical description
Should there be a bit more detail about the size and material of these documents, and discussion of the different types that were presumably made in different times and places? Two examples in my possession, which are 1940s, RAF issue to personnel serving in India, are printed on silk, and measure 20" x 11½" (50 x 30 cm): they would have been very durable, and extremely lightweight. I am not an expert on this subject, but I think the article could do with some additional detail. AgTigress (talk) 16:11, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Alternate image
In case anyone would like to use this. --  李博杰  &#124; —Talk contribs email 14:00, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

OEF
The paragraph relating to OEF should probably be verified. I have never heard of someone being issued a "blood chip", but blood chits, as this article discusses, are widely used. Belts with a window on the inside containing a blood chit have been issued in Afghanistan to US personnel like the section for Norwegian forces mentions. The sentence regarding the $1 bills may be true in some instances, but it does not seem like it was widely done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RygD (talk • contribs) 22:56, 23 September 2014 (UTC)