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- From: rich@troll1.msfc.nasa.gov (Rich Krum)
- Subject: Re: In the Navy (was Re: /*'s vegetarianism)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.205017.427@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov>
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- References: <OLSON.93Jan20224201@husc8.harvard.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:50:17 GMT
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- In article 93Jan20224201@husc8.harvard.edu, olson@husc8.harvard.edu (Chip Olson) writes:
- >
- >Castelllan listens with interest to DJ's and Trolll's Navy coffee anecdotes.
- >"This reminds me of a story a friend of mine told me which was probably
- >utter BS, but is funny anyway: Seems this friend of his (described as such,
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- Calibration point:
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- There is a standard way to tell if the story is a fairy tale ala the Brothers
- Grimm, or a Sea Story(tm) from the various Naval forces.
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- Fairy tales start "Once upon a time----"
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- Sea Stories start "And this is no shit----"
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- Most of these stories are category two, by the way--
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- <Guffaw>
-
- --Troll, Who lives by the idea of "Never let the facts stand in the way
- of a good story"
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