And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A few of the enlisted guys pulled a prank in maneuvering by putting blue dye on the 2JV sound-powered phones. They called the EOOW (an Ensign), and when he answered, they told him they couldn’t hear him and suggested he try the other ear.
He did, of course, and walked away with two bright blue ears. The dye wouldn’t wash off—it had to wear off over time!
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ReplyDeleteA few of the enlisted guys pulled a prank in maneuvering by putting blue dye on the 2JV sound-powered phones. They called the EOOW (an Ensign), and when he answered, they told him they couldn’t hear him and suggested he try the other ear.
He did, of course, and walked away with two bright blue ears. The dye wouldn’t wash off—it had to wear off over time!
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