Things for which there ain't enough money in the world (family-friendly, please)

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  1. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    In the Army, they remind paratroopers that the plane was built by the lowest bidder. They don't remind them that the parachute was too!
     
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  2. PickledNorthern

    PickledNorthern Fabulous, the unicorn

    Couldn't do it.


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  3. whaap

    whaap Active Member

    Reminds of a story I have to tell. 1953 Army Jump School, Fort Benning, Georgia. It's the start of the third week and we've just boarded the plane for our very first jump. We're still setting on the runway and the guy next to me appears to be about one step away from wetting his pants. I start the usual gung-ho talk about: "come on now, this is what we've been training for. It's all going to be o.k., etc., etc.". He looked up at me and in a quivering voice said "I've never been in a plane before".
     
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  4. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Oh, Hell no!!!!
     
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  5. PLANofMAN

    PLANofMAN Eccentric Razor Collector Staff Member

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    I would so do that. Looks like fun.
     
  6. macaronus

    macaronus Sir Nice-a-Lot

    Um. Nope. Not today, thank you.
    And that's a nope as well.

    Although I really appreciate the views from up there, I don't see myself doing that within short notice.
     
  7. rmcintyre84

    rmcintyre84 Got out of the kitchen

    Diving near sharks. Or jelly fish. Or sea lice. Bee keeping. (We were once stuck on an interstate next to two 18 wheelers hauling bee hives. I almost passed out.) Sky diving.
     
  8. rmcintyre84

    rmcintyre84 Got out of the kitchen

    I'm sure I'll think of more.
     
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  9. preidy

    preidy Just call me Dino

    Back in 2003 at a military airshow I watched my son do a low level jump from a C-17. I thought it was cool but my wife - not so much.
     
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  10. Omaney

    Omaney Well-Known Member

    I would sacrifice a body part for a ride in that Hornet.
     
  11. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

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  12. youngunn

    youngunn Where's my TSD aftershave balm???

    Oh... my goodness

    I watched that in horror... why wouldnt he just hook his hooky thing on stuff more often... making my sphincter pucker o_O

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  13. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    The thing you couldn't pay my husband enough money to do is try to grow his hair back. He has grown to love his perfect, shiny head.
     
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