The Wooden Airfield

"The Wooden Airfield"*
*
One enemy decoy, built in occupied Holland, led
to a tale that has been told and retold ever since
by veteran allied pilots.
 
The German decoy "airfield," constructed with
meticulous care, was made almost entirely of wood.
There were wooden hangars, oil tanks, gun
emplacements, trucks, and aircraft. The Germans
took so long in building their wooden decoy that
allied photo experts had more than enough time
to observe and report it.
 
The day finally came when the decoy was finished,
down to the last wooden plank. And early the
following morning, a lone RAF plane crossed the
Channel, came in low, circled the field once, and
dropped a large wooden bomb.

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"Ship's Log"*

*The first mate on a ship decided to celebrate an
occasion with a "little" stowed away rum.
Unfortunately, he got drunk and was still drunk
the next morning. The captain saw him drunk and
when the first mate was sober, showed him the
following entry in the ship's log: "The first mate was drunk today."

"Captain please do not let that stay in the log,"
the mate said. "This could add months or years
to my becoming a captain myself."

"Is it true?" asked the captain, already knowing the answer.

"Yes, it is true" the mate said.

"Then if it is true it has to go in the log. That is
the rule. If it is true it goes into the log, end of
discussion," said the captain sternly.

Weeks later, it was the first mate's turn to make
the log entries. The first mate wrote, "The ship
seems in good shape. The captain was sober today."
Received on Tue Nov 11 04:46:48 2008