Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Friday, January 21, 2011

Times Have Changed in the German Navy

Germany is set to investigate an alleged mutiny on a naval training ship said to have taken place last year.

The Gorch Fock tall ship was ordered to dock in the Argentine city of Ushuaia to await experts, after reports of a revolt [by cadets] in November.
It wasn't terribly long ago that no German cadet would have dared to speak up, lest any objection be answered by a shot from a Luger.

(The only shipboard mutiny in the U.S. Navy was in 1842.)

3 comments:

BadTux said...

Uhm, not exactly. Between the final truce in WW1 and the humiliating armistice signed later, there was a major revolt of the German armed forces -- including major naval mutiny.

In short, Germany has a history of revolts of its draftee soldiers and sailers, albeit not a recent one. Saying that a mutiny is incompatible with German military culture is thus a bit of an overstretch...

- Badtux the History Penguin

Old Sarge said...

My Prussian ancestors would roll over in their graves to see what a bagfull of sissies the Germans are these days.

Nangleator said...

A mutiny on a training ship suggests things are rather awry with the training program. Or the trainers.