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This e-mail was sent to me by an ex-service person: On some bases the Air Force is on one side of the field and the civilian aircraft use the other side of the field, with the tower in the middle. One day the tower received a call from an aircraft asking, "What time is it?" The tower replied, "Who is calling?" The aircraft responded, "What difference does it make?" To which the tower replied, "It makes a lot of differenceÉ if it is an American Airlines flight, It is 3 o'clock. If it is an Air force plane , it is 1500 hours. If it is a Navy aircraft, it is 6 bells. If it is an Army aircraft, the big hand is on the 12 and the little hand is on the 3. If it is a Marine Corps aircraft, it's Thursday afternoon and 120 minutes to "Happy Hour"! **** During a training exercise, the lieutenant who was driving down a muddy back road encountered another car stuck in the mud with a red faced colonel at the wheel, "Your jeep stuck sir?" asked the lieutenant as he pulled alongside. "Nope," replied the colonel, coming over and handing him the keys, "Yours is!" **** Having just moved into his new office, a pompous, new colonel was sitting at his desk when an airman knocked at the door. Conscious of his new position, the colonel quickly picked up the phone, told the airman to enter, then into the phone, "Yes, General, I'll be seeing him this afternoon and I'll pass along your message. In the meantime, thank you for your good wishes sir." Feeling as thought he had sufficiently impressed the young enlisted man, he asked, "What do you want?" "Nothing important sir," the airman replied, "I am just here to hook up your telephone!" **** Officer: "Soldier do you have change for a dollar?" Soldier: "Sure buddy!" Officer: "That's no way to address an officer! Now let's try that again! Soldier do you have change for a dollar?" Soldier: "No, SIR!" **** Q: How do you know if there is a fighter pilot at your party? A: He'll tell you! Q: What is the difference between God and fighter pilots? A: God doesn't think he's a fighter pilot! Q: What is the difference between a fighter pilot and a jet engine? A: Jet engines stop whining when the plane shuts down! **** An air Force Chief Master Sergeant and a General were sitting in the barbershop. They were both just getting finished with their shaves, when the barbers reached for some after-shave to slap on their faces. The General shouted, "Hey, don't put that stuff on me! My wife will think I've been in a whorehouse!" The Chief turned to his barber and said, "Go ahead and put it on. My wife doesn't know what the inside of a whorehouse smells like." **** "Well," snarled the tough old Navy Chief to the bewildered Seaman, "I suppose after you get discharged from the Navy, you'll just be waiting for me to die so you can come and pee on my grave." "Not me, Chief!" the Seaman replied. "Once I get out of the Navy, I'm never going to stand in line again!" **** Have a great weekend! Thanks to J.J. for the e-mail!
