They thought they were safe in their remote mountain fastness, wearing their bus driver suits, tailored flight suits and ascots. Secure in their comfortable lives, thinking their happy, vacuous corporate thoughts.
They were wrong.
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Now THAT is funny, even to this old sojer!
Second time I’ve seen that sub today (Steeljaw had it to0).
Very cute. Amazed they were allowed to do it.
Jeff,
It’s not that they were allowed to. More a matter of they got away with it.
For more of the prank.
Here are the other classics:
Chair Force stadium
Blue Angel static F-4
Lex, you should allow img src tags in comments. Possible?
Oh my yes…..
I guess the USN can teach them a thing or two about stealth, eh?
Ouch, the bus driver suit thing really cuts to the quick, Lex–but we always hated it too. It would help if they at least put back the numbered AF patches on the left shoulder so as to give SOME military bearing to the damn thing–they had just phased out the kaki Class As when I got in, but still had the 1505 short sleave “suntans” for summer wear.
PS: In my day only the T-Birds wore scarves and the tailored flight suit was
for “party-suits” only and they came in every color of the rainbow from powder/royal blue, black, blood red to yellow–you name it–usually in short sleaves.
Awesome. Those AF kaydets couldn’t come up with something this imaginative in a zillion years.
GO NAVY!
Byron,
You are so totally wrong about the Air Force. Don’t you know how much imagination it takes to get out of a bunker on the dog-leg of a par five hole???
Probably the first navy ship to come in on time and on budget since WWII.
I liked how they were in the mast, waiting to get busted.
The Blue Angel F-4 was good, but the sub was inspired.
Very clever!
-DM
OK Aedotatus, just how does one get out of any bunker regardless of what the par on the hole is? I’ve been trying for years.
Pick the ball up and drop it for a better lie on the fairway…
; )
(The shortest distance between two points is the easiest way.)
Are you availible to be a rules official on the PGA next year? I think you would contribute immesurabily to the game of golf.
Adeodatus,
The easiest way is, invariably, mined. It’s one of Murphy’s Laws of War.
Regards,
Jake
Now that is sweet. Well done.
In fact, I think that’s an appropriate response to the new AF slogan, “Above All.” So, in my first official day as a retiree, I’ll doff my cap to ya’.
TWOTHOUSANDTEN!
GO NAVY BEAT AIR FORCE!
midwatch cowboy, I think I could open up image tags in comments, but that opens the door to a whole host of issues, not least of which would be bandwidth theft.
Links work fine.
Got an email from my Dad late last night saying something along the lines of “Remember, we leave for CO tomorrow morning at O dark thirty.” We being he and my Mom.
I was puzzled and sent him an email in return wondering if I was the only kid who didn’t know about this trip. (Email is a GREAT family tool for communication, but truly sucks when I receive one saying, “Just popped in to pick up a sweater… in the ER with your Mom.” *blink*)
Quick reply back was that they’re going to the game. I wish I’d seen this post in time to show him before they left!
Why is a USN submarine attacking the Mormon Tabernacle?
Open stance… open the sand wedge face by about 10 degrees… align left of the intended target… take a normal swing but come into the sand about 2 inches back and make sure the entire trunk of the body rotates toward the target…
If you are in a fairway bunker then: dig the feet in good… pull the knees toward each other a bit (knock-need… because you don’t want to shift your weight)… shoke down abit on the club and take a normal swing keeping the body very still…
-Or-
Take a furtive glance towards the opponent and if he/she is not looking reach down and flip out out to a better lie. Warning: Although it is always good golf etiquette (sp?) to rake the bunker after exiting, it is most likely that this will expose you to scorn and scandal… therefore you should (with heavy heart of course) just vacate the area smoothly and naturally and hope the next guy 1. Does not land in your footprints -or- 2. Has the same ethics and morals you do…
The End.
These are the inspired young thinkers-doers-risktakers I want in my DOD. Game on!
John — played St. Andrews (right across the bay from an RON at RAF Leuchars). Buried in one of those famous pot bunkers, complete with a ladder down. No idea how to get out. Caddie shows me the “hand wedge”. Take your bottom hand, and with the pointer and middle finger, hold the ball against the shaft. Normal swing, at the top of the follow through, release the fingers, and the ball flies right out. Easier to do if you are about five feet below ground level, and probably not a tactic for a fairway bunker. I will also not say if I have ever used it on this side of the pond.
Never cop to the facts when they can do naught but harm!
Outstanding!
Go Falcons! Just not in that sub.