In a pickle

[Arm out the window]

Anyone know the origin of the term 'to pickle', as in 'the load got an uncontrollable swing up, so I pickled it.'?

[Lu Zuckerman]

To: Arm out the window

During WW2 the bombardiers (bomb aimers) released their bombs by pressing a switch. The body of the switch was shaped somewhat like a pickle. The actual switch was contained at the end of the “Pickle” and the switch was depressed with the thumb.

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The Cat

[Arm out the window]

Thanks, Lu.

I'm developing the theory that you're not actually a human being, but a super-computer!
Is this true?!