Nostalgia and Dead Pans.

[Ken Dupuis, wn2sqc]

Fred. Reminds me of the fellow who worked on the wrong side of the Berlin

wall, every day when going home he pushed a wheelbarrow full of straw
to the border check point. The guards poked through the straw with their
bayonets and let him go. It took 6 months before they realized he was
stealing wheelbarrows, moral: the best place to hide is in plain sight.
73's Ken

On Sat, 5 Aug 2000 06:52:10 -0700 Fred E Holnagel <w7prv at JUNO.COM>
writes:
> Re: the dead-panned faced examiners. We had a good one in the early
> 50's
> in the Seattle area. Caught him smiling several times. Further re:
> Gov't. Military Installations and security. For about a year, I
> worked
> with a civilian mechanical contractor in a very  secure installation
> just
> West of Seattle. My job was to go there once a week and make
> progress
> estimates. Now, for 52 times I appeared there in front of the same
> people, filled out the paper work, tried to strike up a conversation
> with
> the guards only to be met with stoney faces regardless of my
> beguiling
> smile. On my last visit there I commented to the forces on how very
> efficient and professional they all were ................. all
> except for
> one thing. That brought everyone to attention . "What do you mean,
> one
> thing?" they asked. With a big smile I replied, "Each week that I've
> signed out of here, I've stolen your pen!" I had not only smiles but
> guffaws! Fred W7PRV
>
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