USS Pampanito - take the virtual tour. I've been aboard her in meatspace, but the virtual tour is *very* nice, and you don't bark your shins on the hatchways...
Pity the poor Major (and, in a sense, I do). But perhaps, should he actually leave the British Army (out of a sense of shame, no less) he should emigrate here and run for Congress? He could bring the sizzle back to Ted Kennedy's, or Al Gore's, or John Edward's old Senate seats. Heh. A little embarassing that I can't come up with Republican seats of a similar bent, so to speak. The Major doesn't strike me as the type to strike up stall-to-stall comms.... And, have to give him some credit for immediately reporting himself. Okay, mebbe he wouldn't do that well as a politician in the US.
And sometimes, you don't have to do anything, the punchline writes itself.
Pity the poor Major (and, in a sense, I do). But perhaps, should he actually leave the British Army (out of a sense of shame, no less) he should emigrate here and run for Congress? He could bring the sizzle back to Ted Kennedy's, or Al Gore's, or John Edward's old Senate seats. Heh. A little embarassing that I can't come up with Republican seats of a similar bent, so to speak. The Major doesn't strike me as the type to strike up stall-to-stall comms.... And, have to give him some credit for immediately reporting himself. Okay, mebbe he wouldn't do that well as a politician in the US.
And sometimes, you don't have to do anything, the punchline writes itself.
No, not The Onion. The WSJ. Really. Oh, I know the WSJ editors knew what *they* were doing. They were just gnoshing on that prime rib the unionistas dropped on their plate...To Protest Hiring of Nonunion Help, Union Hires Nonunion Pickets
Jobless Recruits Get Minimum Wage 'To March Around and Sound Off'
I don't doubt most regulars here know the Pampanito performed as the USS Stingray in Down Periscope. The confluence of the two names gave an interesting result in YouTube's list of "related" videos: USS Stingray, wherein a editor bashed together scenes from DS9 for the opening credits for the old Stingray marionette show.
Anyone going to the site you can switch to high res and see more detail in the Quicktime lookarounds.
"Naked Bar!!!"
"Sir, I think you ought to put on your clothes."
That article is comedy gold.
I went aboard USS Archerfish when I was a little kid, in Miami. I don't remember much except for an excellent memory of the portrait of the boat's name-fish, shooting spit, in the wardroom.
Funny what you remember from when you are six years old.
I don't care if fish don't vote, let's go back to naming our warships properly. (not after politicians)