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If a military newbie is sent to fetch a bucket of prop wash, or keys to the submarine...
Posted on 05/31/2015 7:49:46 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Hydrazine
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:50:14 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Such jokes are a betrayal of trust. The person so duped may never believe the joker again. Nor can anyone else trust that person.
To: Gen.Blather
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:53:54 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
In the motor pool: find a can of muffler bearings.
In the Air Wing: looking for a spool of flight line.
In the artillery battery: the keys to the phone box or to find a Battery Adjusting Wrench.
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:54:27 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Back when I worked in the bindery, the boss sent some idiot on a 200 mile round trip to get a paper stretcher from another shop.
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:56:32 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:57:58 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Gen.Blather
This is a form of hazing that newbies have to go thru to be accepted into the group.
Can easily get out of hand, but when relatively mild I don’t think it’s terribly harmful.
Once handed a new guy a styrofoam cup and asked him to get me half a cup of a particular solvent. Well, of course the solvent went right thru the bottom of the cup like it wasn’t there. Funny at the time.
To: Jack Hydrazine
Perfectly acceptable hazing that goes a long way toward making someone a part of the team.
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posted on
05/31/2015 7:59:15 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: cripplecreek
Yep, the old “find me a stud stretcher” is still used in construction.
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:02:48 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(POPOF. President Of Pants On Fire.)
To: Jack Hydrazine
The boss actually did need a part from the other shop but couldn’t help but tell the gopher to ask for the paper stretcher. He came back with a box with “Single Sheet separator” written on it.
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:03:29 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: Jack Hydrazine
Here's the prop wash you asked for, sir!
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:04:08 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: Jack Hydrazine
Don’t forget a.spool of flight line.
To: Jack Hydrazine
In the sixties, I’d take the Greyhound from Camp Pendleton up to L.A. for weekends..........one driver laughingly told me he couldn’t count how many times he’d been saluted.
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:05:04 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
To: cripplecreek
Can you imagine the laughs that shop had when the gopher kept insisting that he was there to pick up a paper stretcher and not a single sheet separator?
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:05:17 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
Oh my, now having fun is no longer politically correct. I guess the box of grid squares, a can of track tension and the like are cause for issue.
I suppose giving our new LT ( when I was an Infantry NCO) a ball peen hammer and having him tap the armor of our Bradley for soft spots would be a capital offense.
Going too far, as in the Maritime example, is going too far, but most is just enough to keep folks sane enough to enjoy life!
Whatever!
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:06:36 AM PDT
by
Manly Warrior
(US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
To: Flick Lives
And don't forget the blinker fluid!
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:06:39 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Gen.Blather
Sending someone for a bucket of striped paint was a good one. Also, a wire stretcher.
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:08:59 AM PDT
by
GrouchoTex
(...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free....)
To: Manly Warrior
THAT is hilarious. Just think of what would be said if a higher grade officer walked by while that new LT was tapping on the armor of the Bradley.
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:09:28 AM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Jack Hydrazine
I was once sent to get a part from Will Call.
Ask for Will Call they said.
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posted on
05/31/2015 8:09:51 AM PDT
by
right way right
(Disclaimer: Not a prophet but I have a pretty good record.)
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