Angela Merkel pissing herself laughing after sending new boy Boris on errand to get some elbow greas

[geardaddy]

Angela Merkel pissing herself laughing after sending new boy Boris on errand to get some elbow grease
https://newsthump.com/2019/08/22/angela-merkel-pissing-herself-laughing-after-sending-new-boy-boris-on-errand-to-get-some-elbow-grease/

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The German Chancellor has played a brilliant joke on Boris Johnson by giving him 30 days to buy some elbow grease.

The British Prime Minister is today eagerly scouring the hardware stores of Europe after being tasked with obtaining some elbow grease in order to avoid a no-deal Brexit.

“I wouldn’t normally treat a fellow Head of State with so little respect,” said Ms Merkel. “But I can’t imagine Boris will be in post very long – he’s basically the work experience lad, isn’t he?

“Hee hee, the way his little face lit up when I told him that we should be able to agree on an alternative to the Irish backstop with just a little elbow grease. Priceless!

“The genius part was giving him 30 days to get some. A whole month of flying around, hitting his head against the window like a fly trying to leave the room before he finally realises he was on a fool’s errand all along!

“Who said us Germans have no sense of humour?”

[Aristus]

1. When I was a tank crewman in the Army, we had a number of tasks we assigned to the newbies.

We would send the new recruits, fresh from tanker school at Fort Knox, the long walk from the track park to the motor pool for items such as heater grease, lube for the gunner's quadrant, the key to the turret-traverse lock, and then make them inspect the tank for soft spots in the armor.

Good times...

[geardaddy]

2. Haha!

[cwydro]

4. In the Air Force, newbies were sent for prop wash.

I toured an old ship when I visited Seattle, forgotten the name....they had a list of those tasks for new sailors.

They were pretty original!

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Ah, memories...

I once sent the FNG (fuckin' new guy) on a search for a fallopian tube. Wasn't so funny getting chewed out by the Chief Radioman, who was awakened in his bunk by FNG at the urging of others keeping the prank going.

[Doc_Technical]

5. In the Air Force

FNG's would be sent to supply to get
50 feet of flight line, and while you're at it
get a gallon of checkered paint.

[Kaleva]

6. Chow line, bulkhead remover, BT punch , mail buoy watch, relative bearing grease....

Had to do Earthquake watch once while in boot camp. Stood at attention with the tip of my nose touching the bulkhead. If the bulkhead (wall) starting moving and shaking, that meant there was an earthquake happening and I was to do a smart about-face and yell "Earthquake!" to warn others.

[Javaman]

7. we had this in film too: a bucket of f-stops and the famous Rambo skyhook. LOL nt