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I had one of the cashiers where I work convinced that since a Counterfeiter came up with 20s and 100s that pass the pen to check em, every one was gonna have to start licking everything that was a 10 and over. That way they could easily taste the difference. Took here about 45 mins to figure out I was joking. Lol

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I got a gullible little guy at work, Scott Miller, actually feeling sorry for the endangered nauga. A real bleeding heart liberal who thinks he's smart and superior. He bought it hook line and sinker. The nauga is the hairless male of the species, prized for its skins, used to make naugahyde while the female, known as the faux, is highly sought after for it's thick, luxurious fur. I was taking up donations to ban their senseless, brutal slaughter. You see, they are very trusting, and, even in the wild can be walked up to and picked up to be petted, (they love that) which hunters easily do, then either club them or break their necks. The rest of the guys at work backed me up and regaled him with many stories, describing the faux and nauga, and their habits. It was about 3 or 4 days before he caught on. We had a great time. Him? Not so much. He got really mad at me and sulked around about it, embarrassed for being too stupid to catch on. biggrin.png

 

Great story!  Too bad he didn't understand that if you didn't like him, you'd never had done the same to him.  He should realize that even though he is a misguided dolt, he's accepted and liked by his coworkers.

 

This story reminded of another instance where friends tried to pull one on me, but I caught it off the bat.  In boats, if you have a separate rudder, instead of using the motor as one (outboard or inboard/outboard), and the boat sits in the water for long periods of time, the rudder becomes pock-marked with areas of rot, even if it is properly painted.  I had my first sailboat I purchased and was pulling it from the water to work on the first time (had sat in water for a few years).  All my buddies started talking about "rudder lice".  They were lamenting the lice that eat away at rudders.  Unfortunately, I never bit because I have several degrees in biological sciences.  At the end, they showed up when I pulled it from the water with a box to treat for the rudder lice.  The rudder was severely pock-marked, but I still didn't bite.  I opened the box and it was full of wool and garbage.  It was funny.  I almost feel bad for the guys that I never fell for it.

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I sent a kid to fetch me some argon for my tig welder and handed him a five gallon bucket. He got sent from shop hand to shop hand looking for the argon tap. He finally made it to the general managers office. Then i heard my name being called on the PA. The GA immediately knew who sent him on the chase.

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 While working at the Farm implement parts department, I use to send them looking for the mufler bearings for a chevy tractor or a johnson rod...haha.gif

 


While working at the Farm implement parts department, I use to send them looking for the mufler bearings for a chevy tractor or a johnson rod...haha.gif

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I sent a kid to fetch me some argon for my tig welder and handed him a five gallon bucket. He got sent from shop hand to shop hand looking for the argon tap. He finally made it to the general managers office. Then i heard my name being called on the PA. The GA immediately knew who sent him on the chase.

 

 

LOL... If someone at the mill sent on a goose chase made it all the way to the GM he would figure they weren't smart enough to work there and can them. Being stupid should hurt.  

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I got a gullible little guy at work, Scott Miller, actually feeling sorry for the endangered nauga. A real bleeding heart liberal who thinks he's smart and superior. He bought it hook line and sinker. The nauga is the hairless male of the species, prized for its skins, used to make naugahyde while the female, known as the faux, is highly sought after for it's thick, luxurious fur. I was taking up donations to ban their senseless, brutal slaughter. You see, they are very trusting, and, even in the wild can be walked up to and picked up to be petted, (they love that) which hunters easily do, then either club them or break their necks. The rest of the guys at work backed me up and regaled him with many stories, describing the faux and nauga, and their habits. It was about 3 or 4 days before he caught on. We had a great time. Him? Not so much. He got really mad at me and sulked around about it, embarrassed for being too stupid to catch on. biggrin.png

 

Great story!  Too bad he didn't understand that if you didn't like him, you'd never had done the same to him.  He should realize that even though he is a misguided dolt, he's accepted and liked by his coworkers.

 

Sorry, he was a pain in the ass. We didn't like him. His sole purpose at work was to be the designated target. He was a WAAAAY left, closed-minded Lib bunny/tree hugger. That's why the nauga gag was so on-target and got him so angry! It was well worth it.

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LOL! Good stuff. Metal stretcher! Ha!

 

Worst one I got was when I was training some dudes on a base and my truck took a shit. I went to the motor pool and the guys got right on it because of the beer and porn that I gave them in advance for an outstanding, high speed job.

 

I felt useless standing around and was a motivated light infantry dip shit who always had to keep busy. I asked if I could help them out. The were glad that I asked to help.

 

They gave me a hammer and asked me to gently tap the metal on the tank that was had the tracks broke down on it. A young spec4 asked me to tap it gently and if it sounded different in any spots that it indicated a fault and soft spot on the tank that would have to be repaired or replaced.

 

I was wondering what all the people in the office were laughing at. I figured they were watching a funny TV show. They were, they watched me bang on a tank for a good 30 minuted before top came out and chewed my ass for banging on his tank.

 

Good shit... :)

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On 10/19/2013 at 9:25 AM, YOT said:

 

Good one. You could make him feel a bit better and give him a memento.... http://www.naugahyde.com/promoitems_nauga.html

Here's the whole story:

 

Here's a bit I wrote a few years ago to prank a bunny hugger at work We kept him going with this for days. He was mad as hell when we laughed and told him it was all a joke:

The nauga is the hairless male of the species, prized for its skin, used to make naugahyde, while the female, called a faux, is highly sought after for her thick, luxurious fur which can be dyed virtually any color. You see, the nauga are very trusting, and, even in the wild can be walked up to and picked up to be petted, (they love that). They are very easy to raise, being about 40 lbs, and resemble their cousins the capybara.
 
Naugas look really funny until they re-grow their hides after shedding their skins (Usually after the last frost). They're smooth as an egg and bright pink until the new skin is exposed for about a week. They're the only mammal that sheds it's skin. Fresh skins need to be picked up within 24 hours of being shed, if you want to process them for furniture or car upholstery. Hides over 24 hours off the hoof can still be used to make footballs, baseballs, basketballs, etc.
 
In 2014, a wild nauga was seen with a pattered skin to allow it to blend in to its surroundings. Evolution has provided protection from predators.
That hide became very popular among outdoorsman and certain armed forces for clothing and furniture.
 
For some reason, unknown to science, they appear to be camera shy. If they see you with a camera, they turn away, lean over and touch their noses to the ground., as if showing you their butt. 
 
Joan Rivers, famous comic and fashionista, has a car custom-upholstered in genuine naugahyde, and back in the 1970s, many a car in the inner cities had been reupholstered with faux fur. Think Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch.
 
The nauga also have no heart.
They are the only known mammal without a heart. Their circulatory system works similarly to the digestive tract; ie. by peristalsis.

This is partially responsible for the slow, placid pace of the creature, as the circulatory system is unable to provide a rapid increase in blood flow, and thus more oxygen to their muscles.
 
They mate in the spring, after shedding their skins. Their mating call is best simulated by letting the air out of a balloon and stretching the neck... emitting a high-pitched squeaking wail. Don't use a mating call during hunting season... it confuses them terribly, they get all excited, but there's no mate around.
 
Mating season is a show worth watching if you can stand the noise. Their skins make a very loud sound as they frantically move together, remarkably similar to the sound of two balloons rubbing together!

The light show from the repeated static discharges is beautiful.
 

Like Paul Harvey said:

...now you know... the Rest of the Story.

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In aviation, we do have prop wash!  Otherwise known as carbon removing compound (I forget the number).  It's like purple Windex, and we use it for cleaning the tail rotor blades.

A good one was sending someone out for a PRC E7.

Or a rear-axial crossthreader.    

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