[Namron] Thoughts for Gulf War !

[Monica Ball]

LOL!

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Garnet Stevens <scooterjester at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> Brave Captain
>
> Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew were
> in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship.
> As the crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his first mate, "Bring
> me my red shirt!"
>
> The first mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the captain
> put on and lead the crew to battle the pirate
> boarding party. Although some casualties occurred among the crew, the
> pirates were repelled.
>
> Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two pirate vessels
> sending boarding parties. The crew cowered in fear,
> but the captain calm as ever bellowed, "Bring me my red shirt!"
>
> The battle was on, and once again the captain and his crew repelled both
> boarding parties, although this time more casualties
> occurred.
>
> Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night recounting
> the day's occurrences when an ensign looked to
> the captain and asked, "Sir, why did you call for your red shirt before the
> battle?".
>
> The captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give,
> exhorted, "If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does
> not show the wound and thus, you men will continue to fight unafraid". The
> men sat in silence marveling at the courage of
> such a man.
>
> As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there were pirate
> ships, ten of them, all with boarding parties on
> their way. The men became silent and looked to their captain for his usual
> command.
>
> The captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown pants!"
>
>
>
>
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"Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'"
Monica Ball
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