[R-390] Old Brown Beauty Statistics Lesson & Sven 'n' Ole

[Marshall M. Dues]

Lee Bahr wrote:
> First off, I can handle the bickering....  

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					...I have restored many old boat
> anchors over the years but not R-390As.  I now own 4 of them.   I need to
> get started restoring them soon.  (I'm 67 and time is running out)!
> 
> Just remember, there are more ways then one to skin a cat!
> 
> Lee Bahr
> w0vt
> PS:  Anyone heard any good Norwegian jokes lately?
> 
> 
OK, here's one:

Ole knows everybody. Ole was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I 
know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them."

Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Ole how about Tom 
Cruise?"

"Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it."

So Ole and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door, 
and sure enough, Tom Cruise, shouts, "Ole! Great to see you! You and 
your friend come right in and join me for lunch!"

Although impressed, Ole's boss is still skeptical. After they leave 
Cruise's house, he tells Ole that he thinks Ole's knowing Cruise was 
just lucky.

"No, no, just name anyone else," Ole says. ''President Bush," his boss 
quickly retorts.

"Yes," Ole says, "I know him."

His boss retorts, "If you can prove that you know him I'll fly out to 
Washington to see him."

And off they go. At the White House, Bush spots Ole on the tour and 
motions him and his boss over, saying, "Ole, what a surprise, I was just 
on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's 
have a cup of coffee first and catch up."

Well, the boss is very shaken by now, but still not totally convinced. 
After they leave the White House grounds, he expresses his doubts to 
Ole, who again implores him to name anyone else. "The Pope," his boss 
replies.

"Sure!" says Ole. "I've known the Pope a long time."

Again the unconvinced boss flies them off to Rome. Ole and his boss are 
assembled with the masses in Vatican Square when Ole says; "This will 
never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell 
you what, I know all the guards so let me just go upstairs and I'll come 
out on the balcony with the Pope."

And he disappears into the crowd headed toward the Vatican. Sure enough, 
half an hour later Ole emerges with the Pope on the balcony.

But by the time Ole returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart 
attack and is surrounded by paramedics. Working his way to his boss's 
side, Ole asks him, "What happened?"

His boss looks up and says, "I was doing fine until you and the Pope 
came out on the balcony and the Japanese tourist next to me asked, 
'Who's that on the balcony with Ole?'

Submitted by anonymous (14-Jan-04) via Marshall Dues, WB5MYO, Katy, TX