Re: [ST] The Smiley Bag incident

[Tom Emberson <ate_st@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, STeve Duncan wrote:

> Hey Matt :)  Yes, I was waiting for the first person to voice that comment.  
> And when I tell this tale "live", my final advice is just that, "Lift your 
> faceshield, dummy".  But please remember that this did not happen sitting a 
> my computer screen, or around a campfire.  This happened "at speed" with no 
> warning.  Yep, in retrospect lifting the faceshield,...or....simply turning 
> my head to one side would have done the trick.  But at the time, well, I did 
> not have time for such a well thought out deductive process...........
> 
> Hopefully I, and anyone who reads this story will be better prepared.  Those 
> damn bags are everywhere.  And I bet you and everyone else will be much more 
> cognizant of their evil presence.

Yup, with the added wisdom passed down from STeve, when ever I see
bag floating through the air I perform the three stooges proceedure,
I put my left hand perpendicular against my visor!

This should be tought in the MSF courses.

Tom


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