The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Monday, August 7, 2023
Memes that made me laugh 171
Gathered from around the Internet over the past week. Click any image for a larger view.
Bader was one heck of a man. He crashed in 1931 performing low-flying aerobatics - against orders - and lost both legs and was invalided out of the RAF. He re-learned flying with prosthetic legs, and when WWII started he talked his way back into the RAF. He was promoted to wing commander, but was then shot down over German-held territory. He lost one artificial leg bailing out, and the Germans arranged for an RAF bomber to parachute-drop a replacement.
So now he could climb down a rope made from bed sheets and walk away from the POW camp. He got caught, but tried again - several times. The Germans finally transferred him to Colditz castle, their "inescapable" POW camp for the most troublesome prisoners. That held him - but he was probably keeping busy helping more able men attempt escapes, including secretly building a glider.
My top three:
ReplyDelete#3 Tanker
#2 Election Fraud
#1 Ukraine headlines then/now :D
Just missed the podium: #4 Dad/Son Whatsapp chat
I heard that fokkin' Messerschmidt joke when I was a freshman in college, in 1972.
ReplyDeleteKyle Mosley told it to me in our dorm at Texas Tech.
Bader was one heck of a man. He crashed in 1931 performing low-flying aerobatics - against orders - and lost both legs and was invalided out of the RAF. He re-learned flying with prosthetic legs, and when WWII started he talked his way back into the RAF. He was promoted to wing commander, but was then shot down over German-held territory. He lost one artificial leg bailing out, and the Germans arranged for an RAF bomber to parachute-drop a replacement.
ReplyDeleteSo now he could climb down a rope made from bed sheets and walk away from the POW camp. He got caught, but tried again - several times. The Germans finally transferred him to Colditz castle, their "inescapable" POW camp for the most troublesome prisoners. That held him - but he was probably keeping busy helping more able men attempt escapes, including secretly building a glider.