MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
A marine officer who was a tank commander in Vietnam said that on one mission his tanks were paralleling an infantry unit, who supposedly was navigating. The infantry officer came over and asked him where they were. The tank commander said he had not been keeping close track of their position but pointed to a spot on the map.
The infantry officer said, "We can't be there! We're not supposed to be there!" He called for a NCO to hand him a compass, laid it on top of the tank, where the needle just spun around. "It's broken!" He picked up the compass and tossed it back to the NCO. "Give me another one!"
Note: Tanks are made out of METAL and also generate all kinds of electromagnetic fields.
One day I was in the CVS at a major intersection and a man walked in and said, "I am trying to get to Cape Canaveral, the Kennedy Space Center. Am I headed in the right direction?"
I replied, "Those are two different places and they are 20 miles apart. Which direction are you headed?" (We were on a corner. North, South, East, and West were the choices at that comer ).
He replied, "I am headed for Cape Canaveral, the Kennedy Space Center."
"But which direction are you headed?"
"I am headed for Cape Canaveral the Kennedy Space Center."
I gave up and said, "Yes, you are headed the right way."
The infantry officer said, "We can't be there! We're not supposed to be there!" He called for a NCO to hand him a compass, laid it on top of the tank, where the needle just spun around. "It's broken!" He picked up the compass and tossed it back to the NCO. "Give me another one!"
Note: Tanks are made out of METAL and also generate all kinds of electromagnetic fields.
One day I was in the CVS at a major intersection and a man walked in and said, "I am trying to get to Cape Canaveral, the Kennedy Space Center. Am I headed in the right direction?"
I replied, "Those are two different places and they are 20 miles apart. Which direction are you headed?" (We were on a corner. North, South, East, and West were the choices at that comer ).
He replied, "I am headed for Cape Canaveral, the Kennedy Space Center."
"But which direction are you headed?"
"I am headed for Cape Canaveral the Kennedy Space Center."
I gave up and said, "Yes, you are headed the right way."
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