The Off Topic Topic

[AnchorClanker]

Also, my area was CONSTANTLY being sub-parititioned for the VTCs that the Captain insisted on having.  He's LOVES his face time with the flag officers.   

Powerpoint, VTC equipment, and high-speed encrypted data links have formed an unholy trinity of military brass mental masturbation.

Yes.  It's gone way too far.

[Admiral Yi]

Wouldn't that joke work better as the Gdansk shipyard?

[derspiess]

Wouldn't that joke work better as the Gdansk shipyard?

Actually given that it involves Polacks a Warsaw shipyard would probably be more appropriate

[Admiral Yi]

Actually given that it involves Polacks a Warsaw shipyard would probably be more appropriate

[Caliga]

Invented at the Warsaw Gdansk shipyard.

edit: me = late

[derspiess]

Actually given that it involves Polacks a Warsaw shipyard would probably be more appropriate

Never mind, then.

[Admiral Yi]

Invented at the Warsaw Gdansk shipyard.

edit: me = late

Have you been hitting the pipe again?  It's a freakin' Polack joke.  Polacks do things bass-ackwards, like building shipyards away from the sea.

[AnchorClanker]

   I love that there's variations of this theme in almost every culture... the Lebanese make Syrian jokes, etc.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

  I love that there's variations of this theme in almost every culture... the Lebanese make Syrian jokes, etc.

Texans make Okie jokes.  Longhorns make Aggie jokes.  Sometimes they mix:

Q: What happened when the Aggie moved to Oklahoma?
A: The average IQ of both states went up 3 points.

[CountDeMoney]

I liked how they'd insult each others' mustaches. 

OOOH YOU THREW A SHOE AT ME, WHAT A TOUGH GUY

[AnchorClanker]

  I love that there's variations of this theme in almost every culture... the Lebanese make Syrian jokes, etc.

Texans make Okie jokes.  Longhorns make Aggie jokes.  Sometimes they mix:

Q: What happened when the Aggie moved to Oklahoma?
A: The average IQ of both states went up 3 points.

Iowa and Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky, Oregon/Washington and Idaho, lol.

[FunkMonk]

Also, my area was CONSTANTLY being sub-parititioned for the VTCs that the Captain insisted on having.  He's LOVES his face time with the flag officers.   

Powerpoint, VTC equipment, and high-speed encrypted data links have formed an unholy trinity of military brass mental masturbation.

Yes.  It's gone way too far.

I was the "VTC guy" for several O-6s at TRANSCOM. I wanted to kill myself.   

[Ed Anger]

Speaking of the Gdansk shipyards(IGET THE JOKE), I was there. Outdated and a bit rusty, but still plugging away. Not a whole lot of workers though.

[Neil]

Invented at the Warsaw Gdansk shipyard.

edit: me = late

Have you been hitting the pipe again?  It's a freakin' Polack joke.  Polacks do things bass-ackwards, like building shipyards away from the sea.

Don't worry Yi.  I understood you.

Besides, only retards call Danzig Gdansk.

[alfred russel]

Speaking of the Gdansk shipyards(IGET THE JOKE), I was there. Outdated and a bit rusty, but still plugging away. Not a whole lot of workers though.

The Gdansk shipyards led the movement against communism in Poland, demanding better working conditions. They won, but since their shipyard was internationally non-competitive they lost their jobs.

There is a Polish joke in there somewhere.