We used to send campers to look for deer berries
until one of them ate a few.

"A. Diesel Vents" wrote in message
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On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 18:38:55 GMT, James Johnson
wrote:

When I was in the Navy on a submarine we sent a new guy on what we
thought was a
wild goose chase to get some relative bearing grease. A couple of hours
later
he comes back saying "We don't have any on board, but I've got the stock
number." Disbelieving we followed him to the supply microfiche machine
where an
entry titled 'Grease, relative bearing, Mark V Fire Director' was
displayed. It
spoiled all of our fun, send somebody for something that didn't exist and
he
finds it!

Batteries for the sound powered phones were fun. A gallon of
propwash, twelve feet of payline, and the gun report worked well for
us too. Of course, seeing someone in a Type I, with a safety harness
and a boat hook standing mail buoy watch was the cream.