Guns, getting surreal and unexplored parts of the mind... hmm this calls for a story.
This is some fun some of misguided folks had, when I was in the Marine Corps. We had been floating on a boat (the Hornet) about 60 days/daze straight, when we put into a port in Thailand, needless to say this was a really cool port, and expectations were running high. When some FUBAR happened and they canceled all scheduled passes. Needless to say it was not a happy time on the ship...
Also we had known for a while and it had become pretty clear most of the people in my detachment would never grow up to be rocket scientists or diplomats, but what they pulled next was really the work of a demented mind(s)
About day light one morning they had procured a bucket or two of golf balls, about 8 or 9 onces of C4 (plastic explosives) a cut down pipe (a broken Helicopter landing skid I think) and some other odds and ends.
To cut to the chase, they proceeded to jerry rig a "mortor", and set it up on an out of the way area on the back of the Aircraft Carrier, they were firing golf balls at any vessel that got within like a half mile of where we were anchored.
Judging from the "testimony" that came later. They must have been pretty accurate, targeting wooden ships " 'cause the balls bounced much higher than they would on steel ships"
Now mind you a 1/4 to a 1/2 mile is a pretty good distance to track a golf ball, they were asked how they knew they had hit the boat/ship... the answer "well when we seen people running around on deck pointing at the sky we figured we scored a hit and moved our target."
Some one asked "what made you think up this plan" the answer lives in infamy... "I dunno I guess we where bored"
No real damage was done and no one got hurt, and it really is hard to come down on people to hard when you are laughing so hard.
KAA
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