tekaweni

There’s a story about the military pilot calling for a priority landing because his single-engine jet fighter was running “a bit peaked.”

Air Traffic Control told the fighter jock that he was number two, behind an eight engined B-52 that had one engine shut down.

“Ah,” the fighter pilot remarked, “the dreaded seven-engine approach.”

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matthew330

hahaha - i liked it. It had to sink in a little.

Delvid

That joke does nothing for me. Please try again.

ratbastid

.... Apparently it hasn't sunk in far enough over here...

DEI37

That's pretty good. Thanks for the laugh.

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irseg

I enjoyed it.

The gist is that the guy with his single-engine plane was having problems and wanted to make a quick landing. But he was put behind plane that was faced with the "burden" of landing with only 7 out of 8 engines.

roadkill

thats failry good man

Jackebear

Not bad.

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tropple

Ditto. Had to let that one sink in.

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mr sticky

That improves every time I read it!

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Peetster

Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South to
avoid collision.

Americans: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the
North to avoid a collision.

Canadians: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15
degrees to the South to avoid a collision.

Americans: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again,
divert YOUR course.

Canadians: No, I say again, you divert YOUR course.

Americans: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS LINCOLN, THE SECOND
LARGEST SHIP IN THE UNITED STATES' ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE
ACCOMPANIED BY THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS AND NUMEROUS
SUPPORT VESSELS. I DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES
NORTH--I SAY AGAIN, THAT'S ONE FIVE DEGREES NORTH--OR
COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.

Canadians: This is a lighthouse. Your call.

Hanxter

Remember when you vote in November that President Kerry will be cutting defense dollars where he can because he believes in a lighter, more maneuverable force. The Navy is already getting prepared by naming a class of aircraft carriers after him. This is the prototype...

KERRY CLASS CARRIER

DEI37

Now THAT is funny!

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Mantus

Please oh please dont post political stuff here.

Anyways, was the pilots remark supposed to be sarcastic?

Journeyman

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

GM2

Yea, lets don't do political stuff in here, there's another forum for that. All it does is make half the people mad.

Spanxxx

It's a joke. They are supposed to be false.

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Mehoni

I don't think political jokes etc are allowed in the Political-forum.

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tekaweni

Do I - or you - really care if a joke is political or not? Nope!

If its funny, its funny.

Thats my bottom line.

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