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tbarak · 06-06-06, 11:14 AM

LOL, actually a funny thread. A few more that came to mind:

- Make sure to tie a wounded man down super tight to a lead stretcher (so he can't even move his arms) when transferring him in a dinghy in rough stormy seas.

- After coming all that way and accomplishing a super dangerous mission to steal the Enigma, once you've seized it, make sure its the last thing that you take aboard your ship.

- Always know that the German sailors will cower in fear at the first sign of gun fire.

- You can always be sure that the head spy, whose undergone years of training and psychological evaluation will get tongue tied at a critical moment in action.

- I'm still to this day wondering what those German guys patrolling on the bridge and conning tower were doing with SMGs when they were stationary in a storm (the scene when they were waiting while the Americans paddled over to them).

- When you're a sailor aboard a sub, and you remove special, personal items like a ring and place them on a shelf in your quarters, always place the item right near the edge of the shelf since of course subs don't heave and rock in the ocean.

- Even though you have to keep it a secret that you're half German so your buddies won't hate you, once they hear you speak it fluently, they won't ask any questions.

06-06-06, 11:14 AM	#49
tbarak Sparky Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 151 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	LOL, actually a funny thread. A few more that came to mind: - Make sure to tie a wounded man down super tight to a lead stretcher (so he can't even move his arms) when transferring him in a dinghy in rough stormy seas. - After coming all that way and accomplishing a super dangerous mission to steal the Enigma, once you've seized it, make sure its the last thing that you take aboard your ship. - Always know that the German sailors will cower in fear at the first sign of gun fire. - You can always be sure that the head spy, whose undergone years of training and psychological evaluation will get tongue tied at a critical moment in action. - I'm still to this day wondering what those German guys patrolling on the bridge and conning tower were doing with SMGs when they were stationary in a storm (the scene when they were waiting while the Americans paddled over to them). - When you're a sailor aboard a sub, and you remove special, personal items like a ring and place them on a shelf in your quarters, always place the item right near the edge of the shelf since of course subs don't heave and rock in the ocean. - Even though you have to keep it a secret that you're half German so your buddies won't hate you, once they hear you speak it fluently, they won't ask any questions. Last edited by tbarak; 06-06-06 at 11:18 AM.