That joke is STILL funny!
I looked it up to see how long ago that was. Wow, 25-30 years ago. A complete generation already.. may not even have heard of Strom.
Those were the days.
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The H.L. Hunley was found on May 3, 1995, by author Clive Cussler and his National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) team after a 15-year search. The Civil War submarine was discovered buried in silt off the coast of Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, and was later raised on August 8, 2000
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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (/strɒm ˈθɜːrmənd/;[2] December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond