Posted on 07/09/2009 11:06:23 AM PDT by Species8472
The midnight twilight turned out to be too much for a couple of out-of-state visitors who wanted to be rescued after spending a single night in the Bush this month, Alaska State Troopers said Wednesday.
Troopers say they got a report of an emergency locator beacon registered to Washington, D.C., resident William Calomiris, 27, that was activated near Pungokepuk Lake, 20 miles northeast of Twin Hills, about 8:30 p.m. July 1. An air taxi service had dropped him and Adam Grunstra, also 27, of Bethesda, Md., off at the lake on June 30 for a seven-day stay, troopers said.
Troopers alerted the Alaska Air National Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard and then diverted their own Dillingham-based floatplane that was in the area to head to the scene and check things out.
"Calomiris and Grunstra claimed that they had been sunburned,"
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No I got it. It’s actually a triple entendre.
In this case it was uniquely funny.
Two things I get from this story, First, these were obviously two wimpy gays from the DC area. Second, why did they spell bush with a capital B? They are saying that it was Bush’s fault that these two gays had a hard time of it.
Of course. You’re right. I failed triple entendre.
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