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Helicopter crash in South Africa blamed on 'unsecured' penguin
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| 4/11/25
| Ben Hooper
Posted on 04/12/2025 10:44:45 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff
“Before landing please secure all tray tables and penguins.” I know I’ve heard that a hundred times.
To: SkyDancer
“Relax. It’s a joke.”
Jokes have punchlines.
Relax. I knew it was a bad attempt at a joke.
To: TexasGator
The punch line was: “unsecured penguin” as though it was a mechanical part.
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posted on
04/12/2025 2:25:08 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
To: DallasBiff
Yesterday it was the helicopter’s “Jesus Nut.”
Today it’s the helicopter’s “Unsecured Penguin.”
So many ways a helicopter can crash.
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posted on
04/12/2025 4:22:05 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(All we want is the same deportation policy that Martha's Vineyard has. That's it.)
To: DallasBiff; 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; ...
Aviation Ping!................
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posted on
04/15/2025 8:44:21 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: SkyDancer
Right next to the Jesus Nut.............
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posted on
04/15/2025 8:45:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Has anyone seen Burgess Meredith lately?
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posted on
04/15/2025 8:48:53 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
Not since Grumpy Old Men......................
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posted on
04/15/2025 8:49:51 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
04/15/2025 8:59:28 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/15/2025 9:01:07 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
To: ClearCase_guy
Hahahahahaha "Toonces"!
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posted on
04/15/2025 9:13:41 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
To: Red Badger
I’ve read that Danny DeVito was the best Penguin but I’m old school. I still think John Astin was the best Riddler.
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posted on
04/15/2025 9:14:25 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: Larry Lucido
Frank Gorshin.................
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posted on
04/15/2025 9:15:54 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
I distinctly remember the first time I heard of “The Jesus Nut”...I was on the USS JFK watching a guy with grease all over him working on the rotor of a Sea King. I mentioned to one of the guys below him that I had some misgivings about riding in a machine with such a complicated looking thing whirring above me, and and I asked what he was doing.
He said something like “Looking at the Jesus Nut”. I thought he was making a sacrilegious comment about the genitals of Christ, and said “Wha..tttt?”
When he saw the look on my face, and before I could ask, he said something like “It’s the big thing on top that holds everything in place, and if something goes wrong with it, you are going to say hello to Jesus.”
Now THAT is a piece of hardware every 19 year old mechanic will remember!
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posted on
04/15/2025 9:20:23 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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