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To: sting1935 who wrote (12654)	4/13/2000 11:24:00 AM
From: piscatologist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35685

Mr Sting, You didn't bore me. I would love to meet up with you at some porch get-together and hear more of your stories. Did you catch Dr. Yagoda's story about the Swedish fighter pilot? Man I had a good belly laugh over that one. From: Joel Yagoda Thursday, Apr 6, 2000 11:37 PM ET Reply # of 12701 Hi Coonster, You little focus line reminded of one of the best jokes I ever heard. The condensed version follows: A retired aviator form Sweden was asked to speak at a Women's Auxillary meeting. He had the distinction of being just old enough to to be in World War I and still young enough to fly in World War II. He also had the distinction of achieving the Ace status in both wars(shooting down 5 or more enemy planes) At the meeting he was asked to recount some of his battles in the air. (Think Swedish accent) "Well, Der ve vere flying over German territory when all of a sudden these 3 German fokkers jumped us." The hostess realizing than many woman were aghast jumped up and stated, "I just would like to explain that the plane he is talking about is spelled F O K K E R and was a 3 winged fighter plane used by the Germans in WWI." At this the pilot quickly interjected, "Ya dat is right, but these fokkers were flying Messerschmidts" Later, Joel