And now for something weird...

spinnaker

Joined Oct 29, 2009
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This story reminded me of when my little brother was back in the second grade. One day he came home from school all excited. "Mom, mom", he exclaimed, "If we do good on our test tomorrow, the teacher is going to give us a seal". My mom patted him on the head and said "oh that is nice son". He persisted, "Where are we going to keep him"? "Dad is going to have to build a pool in the basement"!

"No", my mother said, "she did not mean a real live seal, she meant a sticker". "Nanah" my brother said "She meant a real seal and my teacher wouldn't lie"! Nothing we could say to convince him he was not getting a live seal.

He went to work the next day. Did well on his test but came home very disappointed. ;)
 

cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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This story reminded me of when my little brother was back in the second grade. One day he came home from school all excited. "Mom, mom", he exclaimed, "If we do good on our test tomorrow, the teacher is going to give us a seal". My mom patted him on the head and said "oh that is nice son". He persisted, "Where are we going to keep him"? "Dad is going to have to build a pool in the basement"!

"No", my mother said, "she did not mean a real live seal, she meant a sticker". "Nanah" my brother said "She meant a real seal and my teacher wouldn't lie"! Nothing we could say to convince him he was not getting a live seal.

He went to work the next day. Did well on his test but came home very disappointed. ;)
And your story reminded me of one of the funniest Calvin & Hobbes sequences I've ever read:

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nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=103056
The mariners, Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba, both from Honolulu, and their two dogs had set sail from Hawaii to Tahiti this spring. They had an engine casualty May 30 during bad weather but continued on, believing they could make it to land by sail.

Two months into their journey and long past when they originally estimated they would reach Tahiti, they began to issue distress calls. The two continued the calls daily, but they were not close enough to other vessels or shore stations to receive them.

On Oct. 24, they were discovered 900 miles southeast of Japan by a Taiwanese fishing vessel. The fishing vessel contacted Coast Guard Sector Guam who then coordinated with Taipei Rescue Coordination Center, the Japan Coordination Center, and the Joint Coordination Center in Honolulu to render assistance.
Sails around for months in circles? What ding bats.

 
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