MY bad. Fouls on me.
Sorry about that. Are you OK?
ROTFLMAO!
Yes...I am okay. SIgh...I almost NEVER do that kind of post...I guess SandRat knows how much I appreciate all her posts, and I didn’t even consider anyone else. Reminds me of a story...
When I served on the USS JFK back in the Seventies, there was a sailor on watch one night on the Port Quarter (Left side of the ship, all the way towards the back, for you lubbers out there...:)
It was about 0300, the sailor was sitting in a chair, peacoat on, soundpowered phones on, looking out at the ocean and...he fell asleep. A couple of his buddies came down to say hello, saw he was sleeping, and had a great idea for a prank.
They crawled over and tied the shoelaces on his boondockers together. They retreated back into the hatch and then called out in semi-hushed tones “Man Overboard! Man Overboard!”
Well, it had the desired effect. The sleeping sailor jumped to his feet and fell flat on his face.
Unfortunately, someone on a catwalk above heard them, and raised the alarm. The entire battlegroup came alive, 6000 men on the carrier, and thousands on the destroyers, cruisers and support ships were rousted from their beds and ran to their battle stations to report in as the ships maneuvered in unison to come about.
Needless to say, the men were court martialed.
Bottom line...it is always a good idea to consider the effect a conversation might have if overheard by a third party!
No harm...no foul!