Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Most valuable commodities on a U-Boat: Soap, Shampoo, deodorant and tooth paste. During a famine, last food item to be added to a U-Boat menu: beans. (Whoa!) 8-) - --- Dan Post <dpost@triad.rr.com> wrote: > > I don't know about in Germany, but at the Museum of > Science and Industry, in > Chicago, they used to have U-505 on exhibit- you > entered a hole cut in one > end, and exited a hole cut in the other, vast > quantities of claustrophobia > in between- it made the old submariner joke make > sense--- > > The U-boot skipper gets on the intercom and > announces, "Achtung!, The crew > vill assemble at 0800 hour for a change of > UNDERWEAR!" > This is followed by loud cheers of joy and acclaim! > The Kapitan- LT. continues-, "Schmidt vill change > mit Grüber, Haas vill > change mit Treudl, Söder vill change mit Gerwig, > und...." > > Carries the concept of 'hot-bunking' to a whole new > level!! > > Dan (Who switched from Ünterseeboots to > Flugzeugträgeren after seeing > U-505)Post <snip> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/