wally2450
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The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln was finally inching up
to
the pier at homeport when the Captain of the ship noticed a sailor
on
the flight deck gesturing wildly with semaphore flags. He then
noticed an attractive young woman standing on top of a station
wagon,
also waving semaphore flags. Always concerned about security and
never having seen something like this, the Captain barked at his
Bridge Signalman, "What message are those two people sending?" The
Signalman concentrated intently and soon reported, "Sir, he is
sending FOXTROT-FOXTROT and she is sending ECHO-FOXTROT." Not having
any clue as to what these messages could mean, the Captain
dispatched
an armed Marine to escort the sailor back to the Bridge. The sailor
arrived, out of breath from running up the many ladders to the
bridge, and saluted smartly. "Seaman Endicott reporting as ordered,
sir!" "
Seaman", shouted the Captain, "Who is that woman on the pier and why
are you exchanging signals FF and EF?"
"Sir, that's my wife, Sir, and she wants to eat first!"
to
the pier at homeport when the Captain of the ship noticed a sailor
on
the flight deck gesturing wildly with semaphore flags. He then
noticed an attractive young woman standing on top of a station
wagon,
also waving semaphore flags. Always concerned about security and
never having seen something like this, the Captain barked at his
Bridge Signalman, "What message are those two people sending?" The
Signalman concentrated intently and soon reported, "Sir, he is
sending FOXTROT-FOXTROT and she is sending ECHO-FOXTROT." Not having
any clue as to what these messages could mean, the Captain
dispatched
an armed Marine to escort the sailor back to the Bridge. The sailor
arrived, out of breath from running up the many ladders to the
bridge, and saluted smartly. "Seaman Endicott reporting as ordered,
sir!" "
Seaman", shouted the Captain, "Who is that woman on the pier and why
are you exchanging signals FF and EF?"
"Sir, that's my wife, Sir, and she wants to eat first!"
