A ship most inept

[Capt Worley PE]

Tthe WWII destroyer USS William D. Porter was easily the stupidest ship ever launched. If ships were people, this one would be the kid who ate paste off a stick. And then almost killed the president by accident.

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_19637_the-5-craziest-war-stories-all-happened-same-ship.html#ixzz2c3jSajF7

 

[csb]

I laughed so hard at this article! Thanks for the link!

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I must admit to snorting a time or two in the course of reading it.

 

[csb]

I flat laughed out loud when they said they were going to roll FDR off deck in a mercy killing.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

That was a pretty good article. Certainly returns the "golden age" of our grandfathers to a more believeable status as opposed to the "we walked 10 miles in the snow, uphill both ways, and we liked it!!" typical comments...

 

[Capt Worley PE]

^That generation also has a weird thing against the Jews, but you don't hear that mentioned much.

 

[csb]

^ my grandmother and my father-in-law, who acts like he's from that generation, both show that

 

[Capt Worley PE]

^If they could explain it, even a nonsense reason, I could somewhat accept it, but they have no reason for it. It's nuts.

It really makes me wonder if we'd even gone to war if Hitler stayed in Germany and carried out his "final solution." That isn't a train of thought I like to board often, because it doesn't go anywhere good. Not at all.

 

[csb]

My father-in-law has never met a Jewish person. He just knows they want to steal his money.

 

[snickerd3]

my 1 maybe 2nd generation removed from being polish immigrant relatives all thought Jewish people were either drs or lawyers that were cheapskates. When it came to money they (meaning the jewish people)pinch their buttocks so tight they could make diamonds... so to speak.