-=> George Pope wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
GP> Unsweetened white grapefruit juice was always my goto treat for a
GP> drink.
If you drink alcohol, you'll appreciate a Salty Dog. Vodka and grapefruit
juice, salted rim, wedge of grapefruit as a garnish. There was a bar I used
to go to in Oakland, CA called Cafe Van Kleef that would squeeze a half a
grapefruit into your glass when they made it. Doesn't get any fresher than
that.
GP> A German soldier during World War II was embellishing the number of
GP> troops he had with him
GP> When the Allies thought it was just him, he claimed there were not 1
GP> but 2. Then he changed his story to 3. Then he said 5, then 8, then 13,
GP> and finally 21. When the Allies made it to his position, they
GP> discovered that it actually was just him.
I just read a story about the Germans building fake wooden airfields during
WW II to draw off the Allied bombers. They made wooden vehicles, airplanes,
hangars, and plowed a fake airfield.
The British waited until they were complete and dropped a wooden bomb on it.
... Only one element of each kind
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