Sunday fare.

AFSister sends:

An Irish woman of advanced age visited her physician to ask his help in reviving her husband's libido. What about trying Viagra? asks the doctor.

"Not a chance", she said. "He won't even take an aspirin".

"Not a problem", replied the doctor. "Give him an Irish Viagra. Drop it into his coffee. He won't even taste it. Give it a try and call me in a week to let me know how things went".

It wasn't a week later that she called the doctor, who directly inquired as to progress. The poor dear exclaimed, "Oh, faith, bejaysus and begorrah! T'was horrid. Just terrible, doctor!".

"Really? What happened" asked the doctor?

"Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee and the effect was almost immediate. He jumped hisself straight up, with a twinkle in his eye, and with his pants a-bulging fiercely! With one swoop of his arm, he sent the cups and tablecloth flying, ripped me clothes to tatters and took me then and there, making wild, mad, passionate love to me on the tabletop! It was a nightmare, I tell you, an absolute nightmare!"

"Why so terrible?" asked the doctor, "Do you mean the sex your husband provided wasn't good"?

"Oh, no, no, no, doctor, the sex was fine indeed!

'Twas the best sex I've had in 25 years! But sure as I'm sittin' here, I'll never be able to show me face in Starbucks again".

Then there's this, continuing the Iwo Jima theme this week. Looking at it from relative safety - Mt. Suribachi doesn't look like all that much, does it? But there are still hundreds, if not thousands, of Japanese soldiers and sailors entombed in that rock, sealed in their caves and bunkers by the Marines 60 years ago.

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Iwo Jima, Japan -- Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) line the beach below Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima in a static display for the 58th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima Commemoration, March 12. Mt. Suribachi is the historic site where four Marines and one Sailor raised the American Flag during the WWII battle. The AAVs are embarked aboard ships of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group, consisting of USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), and USS Juneau (LPD 10). Iwo Jima was the largest sustained aerial offensive of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The U.S. sent over 110,000 Marines in 880 ships in what also became the largest invasion force of the Pacific Campaign. It took 36 days of fighting and more than 25,000 U.S. casualties to break through and bring the island under American control. Today's forward deployed Sailors from the Essex ARG and embarked Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable, continue to sail throughout the Pacific to help promote peace and stability in the region. Official U.S. Navy photograph by Journalist 2nd Class Wes Eplen. (RELEASED)

Entry in the "You have to trust the designers, builders, maintainers and operators division..." Pilots have to. Submariners have to - so do Marines. Like these guys in an Amphibious Assault Vehicle entering the water out of a LSD, Landing Ship Dock.

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Wonder what the heck I'm talking about? Start here. Then Here. Then here. And here.

Then there's this comment from Laney (who was commenting on our proto-Zoomie and his dancing)

Now here is a guy with the right stuff! Loved both the videos however the second captured my heart!

Nothing like a man loving life and having the ability to laugh at
himself! Stuff dreams are made of! Good on ya mate! Life is tough enough as
it is and so you find your moments! Thanks for posting these. They made
me laugh so much and for all the right reasons! You guys are awesome!

If they ever have a talent show for dancing he would be the next
"American Dancing Idol"! Every time I hear that song in the future I will
think of this video. And if I ever look out the window of a plane and see
the baggage handlers or traffic controllers blow a ball bearing I will
die laughing!

Thanks for sharing!

P.S. Forget flowers and chocolates fellas just bust a move! It just
makes us melt :)

The Armorer is steadfast in his refusal to dance. There are good reasons.

The is the Armorer Dancing.

Did you laugh? Hell, are you up off the floor yet? The Armorer indulges in self-mockery all the time. He's even tolerant of mocking from others - ya can't dish it out if you can't take it, right?

But the Armorer doesn't *do* stand up - yet on those few times he has reluctantly taken the floor, you'd have thought it was a Friars Club Roast...

Reader (and frequent content-supplier) Mike D, points us the the Brothers Judd, who in turn point us to this article in the Stars and Stripes. Things like that aren't worth MSM attention, I guess. Or, maybe, 1SG Jurgerson didn't think that keeping his promises was something that the MSM should cover... seeing as how, for him, it's probably just something you do, eh? Hoo-ah, Top!

Let's close with this, also sent along from AFSister, who is up very early this morning apparently with nothing to do... she sends along this joke, from her buddy who is in the Air Force Army and deployed - he's probably also the source of our opening bit...

Murphy showed up at Mass one Sunday, and the priest almost fell down when he saw him. Murphy had never been seen in church in his life.

After Mass, the priest caught Murphy and said, "Murphy, I am so glad you decided to come to Mass; what made you come?"

Murphy said, "I got to be honest with you Father; a while back, I misplaced me hat, and I really, really love that hat. I knew that McGlynn had a hat just like me hat, and I knew that McGlynn come to church every Sunday. I also knew that McGlynn had to take off his hat during Mass, and I figured he would leave it in the back of church. So, I was going to leave after Communion and steal McGlynn's hat."

The priest said, "Well, Murphy, I notice that you didn't steal McGlynn's hat. What changed your mind?"

Murphy said, "Well, after I heard your sermon on the 10 Commandments, I decided that I didn't need to steal McGlynn's hat."

The priest gave Murphy a big smile and said, "After I talked about 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' you decided you would rather do without your hat than burn in Hell, right?"

Murphy shook his head and said, "No, Father, after you talked about 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' I remembered where I left me hat

I like the Zoomie's Dogface's tagline he has as a closer to his emails, a part of his signature - the Armorer can relate:

Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved."

I was wrong - I gotta add one more thing. I understand prudence - and I understand expedience - and I understand due process... but the President of Colorado University seems to me to be flirting with just plain old moral cowardice. Scroll down to "University President..." If Churchill walks away from this with a 7-figure settlement, the world is upside-down.