Just weird from a German

[cojak]

The scene:

Groups of bikers huddled around campfires around dawn at the Le Mans 24 Hour bike race. French Les Miserables between an English and German contingent.

The Bosh:
"Hey! Englanders! Why do they have trees along French roads?"

Tommy (me):
"I don't know Fritz, why do they have trees along French roads?" (I know how to play the straight man...)

The Bosh:
"To give the German Army some shade as they march to Paris!!"

Somehow that reduced us all to fits of laughter (apart from Les Mis, obv...)

[SueEllen]

I was told Germans didn't have a sense of humour yet all Germans I've met have been funny.

[socialworker]

The first use of superglue as I understand it. Then again I may be wrong.

I thought superglue was developed by the Americans in the 60s and used in Vietnam to stick wounds together. Or I may be wrong.

[socialworker]

reminds me of the old squadron leader giving a talk at our school in the sixties.
The old duffer was telling us about a dog fight over Kent

'Of course, I was on me own. seperated from the boys. Checked the bally sun, and there they were , two fokkers screaming down at me. So I dived into the clouds, did a reverse immelman, pulled the stick over, and when we came out of the clouds, I was heading back for Manston and those two fokkers were heading for Berlin. Jolly good show.What. what'

'does anyone have any questions for the squadron leader ?'

'Sir sir. were the Fokker 190 or 190A ?'

'No. no. those two fokkers were Messerschmitts'

That old boy must have got around quite a bit.

[doodab]

Never used for sticking wooden aircraft together though.

Chiefly because it doesn't work very well. It soaks into the wood and doesn't stick.

[EternalOptimist]

my dad used to tell me about a Jap plane that impressed the heck out of him. (he was on a carrier in the Pacific)
It was called a betty. It was a twin engined bomber that had a truly massive range, and it carried a long lance torpedo.

At the time, the allied torpedoes were unreliable , but the the japs was a 'one hit sinker'.

merchant ships were crucial to win the war in the pacific and these bettys were deadly. Problem was, the japs didnt like knocking off unarmed ships, they wanted a samurai fight, so they didnt go all-out (unlike the u boats).
(He said that the jap subs would often let cargo ships off the hook, so they could save the torpedoes for a warship)

[stek]

my dad used to tell me about a Jap plane that impressed the heck out of him. (he was on a carrier in the Pacific)
It was called a betty. It was a twin engined bomber that had a truly massive range, and it carried a long lance torpedo.

At the time, the allied torpedoes were unreliable , but the the japs was a 'one hit sinker'.

merchant ships were crucial to win the war in the pacific and these bettys were deadly. Problem was, the japs didnt like knocking off unarmed ships, they wanted a samurai fight, so they didnt go all-out (unlike the u boats).
(He said that the jap subs would often let cargo ships off the hook, so they could save the torpedoes for a warship)

Had a massive range cos it had no defences whatsoever!