Divert YOUR course

by Vivamus 6 Replies latest social humour

  • Vivamus
  • searchfothetruth
    searchfothetruth

    Brilliant.

    Nothing like being brought down to earth with a bang!

    Thanks for cheering me up.

    mark

  • greven
    greven

    LOL! those guys up the light tower must have been pretty amused!

    Greven

  • Pleasuredome
    Pleasuredome

    LMAO

    thanks viv. that reminds of a soldier friend of mine who was in germany on a NATO exercise. he was with the british pioneer corps who were guarding a convoy of mobile missiles. the only way anyone could enter the convoy was at either end and not anywhere else, otherwise they could be killed (seriously). this US general thought because he was a General didnt have to follow this protocol and decided he would enter along the middle. this corporal stopped him, the general went into a rave about how he was a US general and he could go anywhere he damned well pleased. the corporal warned him that if he attempted to enter that he would be bayoneted, and that he should enter the convoy at either end. a few seconds later the general was lying on the ground yelping, with a stab wound to his shoulder.

  • RAYZORBLADE
    RAYZORBLADE

    Vivamus: I remember this.

    Hilarious...but it could have been...um shall we say devastating.

    Thankfully the lighthouse folks identified themselves averting the loss of our most eastward province: Newfoundland & Labrador.

    Too funny

  • bebu
    bebu

    I've heard this story before as a joke, not history. Reading this thread, I decided to check over at snopes.com and see their take.

    http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm

    It's a good story for this section, anyway.

    bebu

  • ozziepost
    ozziepost

    LOL@Viv! There's nothing like a good chuckle on a grey day. Thanks.

    Cheers, Ozzie

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