I was reading some post about vererans and thought of a funny true story! I didn't witness this personally, but have heard it from several sources, Years ago not long after WW2 Sun Refinery had about 1200+ employees, when I went to work there in 1977 we had about 600, I think. the supervisors back years ago would have a meal catered into the Refinery, at noon, and call this a business meeting, of the 20/30 top supervisors to justify the expense. This was nothing more than a good hot meal, and bull session. All these guys had been involved in WW2, except one older masn, that was a veteran of WW1! This old man listened to war stories every day for months, and finely one day he said, you guys in WW2, were a bunch of sissy's compared to GREAT WAR combat. We had it much tougher than you guys did in WW2! Naturally someone spoke up and ask, what did you do in the GREAT WAR? The old man replied I was a paratrooper! One guy said, wait a minute, the parachoot wasn't invented until 1923! To which the old man replied, SEE WHAT I MEAN?
That there is funny.
I thought you were going to tell this one.
In World War I there was trench warfare, and neither the Americans nor the Germans could get the upper hand. They were reaching a stalemate. One day, an American came up with a plan that would win them the war. This private explained his plan to his trench mates, and they figured, "Why not? It's not like we have any better ideas." The next day, an American soldier called out, "Hans?" A German popped up and shouted back, "Ja?" Boom, the German was shot dead. The next day the Americans shouted again, "Hans? "Ja?!" Shot dead. This process continued over the next couple of days. The Germans were losing large numbers, and were now finally catching on.
The Germans had an emergency meeting. They thought they could come back from the heavy losses using the same tactics as the Americans. Thus, a German asked, "What is a popular American name?" "John!" replied another. The next day, the Germans decided to execute their plan. A German who spoke perfect English shouted, "John?" An American called back, "John ain't here right now, is that you Hans?" "Ja!" And that is how the Americans won WWI.
I thought you were going to tell this one.
In World War I there was trench warfare, and neither the Americans nor the Germans could get the upper hand. They were reaching a stalemate. One day, an American came up with a plan that would win them the war. This private explained his plan to his trench mates, and they figured, "Why not? It's not like we have any better ideas." The next day, an American soldier called out, "Hans?" A German popped up and shouted back, "Ja?" Boom, the German was shot dead. The next day the Americans shouted again, "Hans? "Ja?!" Shot dead. This process continued over the next couple of days. The Germans were losing large numbers, and were now finally catching on.
The Germans had an emergency meeting. They thought they could come back from the heavy losses using the same tactics as the Americans. Thus, a German asked, "What is a popular American name?" "John!" replied another. The next day, the Germans decided to execute their plan. A German who spoke perfect English shouted, "John?" An American called back, "John ain't here right now, is that you Hans?" "Ja!" And that is how the Americans won WWI.
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