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This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/18/2007 5:38:46 PM

norarc

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Please, somebody tell me that this is just a made-up goofball joke, because if this kind of thing really happens out on the ocean blue, I may need to move to Mars.

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/18/2007 7:45:05 PM

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Please, somebody tell me that this is just a made-up goofball joke, because if this kind of thing really happens out on the ocean blue, I may need to move to Mars.

This is totally made up.

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/19/2007 9:27:46 AM

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http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/20/2007 11:02:05 AM

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Please, somebody tell me that this is just a made-up goofball joke, because if this kind of thing really happens out on the ocean blue, I may need to move to Mars.

This is totally made up.

actually, no it isnt. my uncle called me up when this conversation first came to light. he just retired from the navy a year or so ago.

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/20/2007 2:41:30 PM

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still in the navy and it is not true Please find out fact before making an atttemp on claiming the truth.... as for the joke the 1960's version is better

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/24/2007 5:11:37 PM

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Please, somebody tell me that this is just a made-up goofball joke, because if this kind of thing really happens out on the ocean blue, I may need to move to Mars.

This is totally made up.

actually, no it isnt. my uncle called me up when this conversation first came to light. he just retired from the navy a year or so ago.

You might still be able to salvage a bit of your credibility if you make a retraction.

Are you sure your uncle wasn't trying to pull your leg?

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/24/2007 8:01:42 PM

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lol ya im sure. i just called him to be sure. his response was that anyone who is or was in the navy wouldnt want to claim it! *shrugs* really makes no difference to me. I get seasick.

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/31/2007 10:49:44 AM

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It is not true. Google "urban legends."

Of course, snopes is much easier.

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/31/2007 10:55:17 AM

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I have heard similar stories, some are true, others are not.. Just depends on WHERE they are, its happened. FYI, snopes does NOT know everything; just like wikopedia. Its free info, take it for what you pay for it.

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/31/2007 11:00:43 AM

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I have heard similar stories, some are true, others are not..

Which ones were true?

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 10/31/2007 10:17:47 PM

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This is going to be my worst hijack on history. I apologize, but it might be worth it.

Because this is in the humor section as well, I just see it as less inappropriate.

Now people are talking about urban legends and stuff, about what is a true story and what is not. While this is a valid point, what about the other side of it ?

Here is the thing, this little story really could've happened, like before IFF. And even if it did, the recantment we may have heard or read might well be fake, even if it really did happen at some point in time.

But the real point is, if it is false, who wrote it ? Same question goes for all the people who write the jokes that we bring in here. I mean I am not really all that bad, I have my moments. But I have come up with an impromptu sidesplitter only perhaps a dozen times or so in my 47 years. But some people come up with it every day.

What exactly is their form of creativity that enables them to do that ? I mean I have done it, but I am really not that good. Give you an example:

Rifraff: What is that mop doing there ? "
[this is in a carpeted room, I just happened to put it there earlier]
Termy : "I don't know what you are hallucinating, but it ain't doing shit".

Humor is based on the unexpected. I read that somewhere and I think it may be true. The more unexpected the punchline, the better. The effect may be understood by thinking of it twisting the mind. Everything affects us, and if we apply principles of matter to these effects, we might get somewhere.

When you are hanging out with your kids, there can be tension, but in that environment you want to stretch out. The tension is almost welcome.

When you are at work, the force against you could be described as compressional. Now in most materials and metals, compressional and tensile strength are equal, but I now submit that this is not true of the human mind.

I also allege that humor, that is when you get it and laugh, that is a different aspect. I would describe it as a torsioinal force. I actually do not want to imply that humor twists your mind, but I think the effect is similar.

What say you ?

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 11/2/2007 10:05:33 AM

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(snip)

Here is the thing, this little story really could've happened, like before IFF. And even if it did, the recantment we may have heard or read might well be fake, even if it really did happen at some point in time.
(snip)

T

Speaking of which, having worked around military student pilots, I really have seen some make note that the IFF does not work in OFF position.

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 11/2/2007 10:19:34 AM

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norarc wrote: Please, somebody tell me that this is just a made-up goofball joke

As others have said, it's a joke. For those who insist that it's real, note that the ship is designated ``USS Abraham Lincoln'' not ``US Lincoln'' and that, at the time the conversation allegedly took place, she was part of the Pacific Fleet (not the Atlantic Fleet) and was in the Persian Gulf (nowhere near Canada).

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RE: This Has To Be Apocryphal... - 11/4/2007 10:38:19 PM

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Hello
have heard this before, but off the coast of scotland, in more detail, but it's the same story. Regardless of the participants, it's about lack of communication, lack of compromise. At the moment it's the americans, a millenium ago it would have been the romans.
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