Subject: Air Force Recruiting
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 08:44:39 EST
"Comparing The Planes"
A couple of F-15s are escorting a C-130 Hercules,
and their pilots are chatting with the pilot of the
transport to pass the time. Talk comes around to
the relative merits of their respective aircraft. The
fighter pilots contend that their airplanes were better
because of their superior speed, maneuverability,
weaponry, and so forth, and pointed out the Hercules
deficiencies in these areas.
After taking this for a while, the C-130 pilot says, "Oh
yeah? Well, I can do a few things in this old girl that
you'd only dream about." Naturally, the fighter pilots
challenge him to demonstrate. "Just watch," comes
the quick retort. And so they watch. But all they see is
that C-130 continuing to fly straight and level.
After several minutes the Hercules pilot comes back
on the air, saying "There! How was that?" Not having
seen anything, the fighter pilots reply, "What are you
talking about? What did you do?"
And the Hercules pilot replies, "Well, I got up, stretched
my legs, got a cup of coffee, then went into the back
and took a leak."
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"Air Force Recruiting"
The chief of staff of the US Air Force decided that
he would personally intervene in the recruiting crisis
affecting all of our armed services. So, he directed
that a nearby Air Force base be opened and that all
eligible young men and women be invited. As he and
his staff were standing near an brand new F-15
Fighter, a pair of twin brothers who looked like they
had just stepped off a Marine Corps recruiting poster
walked up to them.
The chief of staff walked up to them, stuck out his
hand and introduced himself. He looked at the first
young man and asked, "Son, what skills can you
bring to the Air Force?"
The young man looks at him and says, "I'm a pilot!"
The general gets all excited, turns to his aide and
says, "Get him in today, all the paper work done,
everything, do it!" The aide hustles the young man off.
The general looks at the second young man and
asked, "What skills to you bring to the Air Force?"
The young man says, "I chop wood!"
"Son," the general replies, "we don't need wood
choppers in the Air Force, what else do you know
how to do?"
"I chop wood!"
"Young man," huffs the general, "you are not listening
to me, we don't need wood choppers, this is the 21st
century!"
"Well," the young man says, "you hired my brother!"
"Of course we did," says the general, "he's a pilot!"
The young man rolls his eyes and says, "Darn it, I
have to chop it before he can pile it!"
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