9 Comments

Anthony Sacramone
June 28th, 2010 | 9:10 am

SURELY you’re not suggesting an FT reader would do such a thing?

…

Your turn.

David Blum
June 28th, 2010 | 9:46 am

Jody, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

Ellyn
June 28th, 2010 | 10:57 am

Looks like we picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

(Call me if you need me “I speak jive.”)

Mike Melendez
June 28th, 2010 | 11:14 am

I still remember that day over Macho Grande.

Matt Hummel
June 28th, 2010 | 12:53 pm

Anthony-

He is suggesting it. And stop calling him Shirley.

SteveM
June 28th, 2010 | 3:03 pm

I think I’m Ethel Merman..

Joseph Bottum
June 28th, 2010 | 6:44 pm

Elaine: Would you like something to read?
Passenger: Do you have anything light?
Elaine: How about this leaflet, “Famous Jewish Sports Legends?”

jm
June 28th, 2010 | 9:31 pm

I was hoping this post would be in Jive.

GeronimoRumplestiltskin
June 29th, 2010 | 10:18 am

Doctor: We need to get these people to a hospital.
Elaine: A hospital? What is it?
Doctor: It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now.
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Ted: My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We’re bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We’re coming in from the north, below their radar.
Elaine: When will you be back?
Ted: I can’t tell you that. It’s classified.
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Roger Murdock: Flight 2-0-9′er, you are cleared for take-off.
Captain Oveur: Roger!
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9′er.
Captain Oveur: Roger!
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Victor Basta: Request vector, over.
Captain Oveur: What?
Tower voice: Flight 2-0-9′er cleared for vector 324.
Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.
Captain Oveur: Roger, Roger. What’s our vector, Victor?
Tower voice: Tower’s radio clearance, over!
Captain Oveur: That’s Clarence Oveur. Over.
Tower voice: Over.
Captain Oveur: Roger.
Roger Murdock: Huh?
Tower voice: Roger, over!
Roger Murdock: What?
Captain Oveur: Huh?
Victor Basta: Who?
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Doctor: Captain, how soon can you land?
Captain Oveur: I can’t tell.
Doctor: You can tell me. I’m a doctor.
Captain Oveur: No. I mean I’m just not sure.
Doctor: Well, can’t you take a guess?
Captain Oveur: Well, not for another two hours.
Doctor: You can’t take a guess for another two hours?
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And, of course, every Domer’s favorite:

“Doc,” he said, “some time when the crew is up against it, and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to get out there and give it all they got and win just one for the Zipper….”