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Drown in the desert

2008 Reader Submission
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Darwin says, "Thanks for the submission, Randy! It sounds like you have a talent for telling stories! But I can't figure out what decision the deceased made that was particularly stupid--though it's certainly bizarre to drown in a desert."
ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:

20 years in the Air Force gives you lot stories. In the mid nineties I was temporarily assigned to our aircraft maintenance detachment Saudi Arabia. In addition to Americans we also had Brits and small unit of French fighters. The Brits handled their own problems but the French came over for our help when their rare cargo plane showed up, they where a lively bunch. The summer heat as you can imagine was incredible, 125 in the shade, we where in tents with A/C but still you can feel the heat even before the sun showed its face in the morning. Water was so precocious we had to take quick shower with un-potable water drawn from well that when down hundreds of feet. But amazingly we had two small backyard pools that where about three feet deep.

Boys will be boys even in uniform and some the Frenchmen decided to have a breath holding competition One French Lt. won forever. Drown in the middle the Saudi Arabian desert in an overgrown kiddy pool in three feet of mineral water.

Submitted on 09/25/2008

Submitted by: Randy Woods
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Candi said:
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Tell me you're joking. That's some dedication! Thanks, Randy!

Bruce said:
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Thanks, Randy. Drowning in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert like that is certainly a new one on me.

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