A rather painfull mistake

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2004-04-02 12:45pm

fear the might of the American navy

remember full titles

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2004-04-02 01:02pm

actually i was referring to the song "In the navy" from The village people

... and again, there are other topics with incomplete titles also. Why the fuck do i get singled out again

MarkIX · Post by **MarkIX** » 2004-04-02 08:51pm

Because you touch yourself at night

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-04-03 01:57am

HOOAH.

Dark Primus · Post by **Dark Primus** » 2004-04-03 08:25am

I have seen it before but is it a Swedish commercial? If it is then very creative one.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2004-04-03 09:10am

As funny as this is I'm sure a number of people will actually think it's based off of fact.

And for those of you that think it is....

http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm#add

Shame on you...

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-04-03 09:31am

Of course the US Navy will say its untrue,they do not wan't to look like idiots.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-04-03 10:20am

Not bad.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2004-04-03 10:07pm

Montcalm wrote:Of course the US Navy will say its untrue,they do not wan't to look like idiots.

Of course, but that's not the only evidence to show that it isn't true. Snopes provides details in full.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-04-04 03:41am

I wonder how old that tale is?

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2004-04-04 03:53am

Hi-larious! I wholeheartedly approve!

PrinceofLowLight · Post by **PrinceofLowLight** » 2004-04-04 04:03am

They made a commercial out of an old chain letter? Or is this commercial just really really old?

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2004-04-04 08:43am

PrinceofLowLight wrote: They made a commercial out of an old chain letter? Or is this commercial just really really old?

it doesnt look old to me

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-04-04 09:11am

Having served on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) I recall seeing that email/letter back when it was still listing the Lincoln as the largest ship in the US Navy (early 1990s). I've also seen the letter with other carrier names (Enterprise and Nimitz come to mind).

The other problem with the message quoted on snopes is that the Lincoln was home ported in California through at least 1994 and then it moved to Washington. So it's a bit of a haul for the ship to get to Newfoundland. Either they went through a whole lot of ice or went around South America because Nimitz class carriers are too big for the Panama Canal.

Canada

The first time I saw the joke the date given for the Lincoln made it semi-plausible because the ship was doing pre-com on the East Coast of the US at the time and could possibly (although unlikely) have been up near Newfoundland at some point.

Now, knowing how full of themselves people can get when they think they are the biggest thing afloat I wouldn't be shocked if at some point that something like this had happened before.

I've heard versions where it's two ships fighting over who's bigger. A carrier or a super tanker.