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Sea Tale

The difference between a sea tale and a fairy tale is that a sea tale starts with, "This ain't no BS………" Like most, if not all of you, I receive 'beaucoup de humor' via the Internet and I save a lot of them. (Yes, that was French, but I believe in learning as much as you can about your adversary.) Like this one below, I don't know who wrote it or from whence it came, but I enjoyed it to no end. So, to the author, my respects for a well spun Sea Tale.

The Sailor and the Parrott

During World War II, this magician joined the Navy to avoid being drafted into the army. To keep his skills fine-tuned for his return to civilian life, the sailor practiced magic every night to the enjoyment of his shipmates. Nightly, they would converge on the mess decks, crowding it, trying to figure out the tricks. The same audience came night after night, but the magician-sailor changed his magic tricks nightly to improve his act and keep the audience enthralled.

Everything was fine until a new arrival checked on board with a pet parrot. The sailor brought the pet parrot to the magician sailor's show every night and after a couple of weeks, the parrot began to understand how the sailor did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting in the middle of the show: "Look, it's not the same hat!" "Look, he's hiding the flowers under the table." "Hey, why are all the cards the ace of spades?"

The sailor was furious, but couldn't do anything. After all, the parrot belonged to someone else, who just happened to be twice his size.

Suddenly one night during the show, General Quarters sounded, and the ship took a torpedo. Within minutes it sunk. The magician sailor regained consciousness to find himself on a piece of wood in the middle of the sea with, as fate would have it, the parrot. They stared at each other with hatred, but not a word did they utter. This went on for a day and then another day and then another. Finally, on the fourth day, the parrot could not hold back: "OK, I give up. Where's the ship?"

JOINT TASK FORCE AFRICA is Meadows' newest novel scheduled for release in March 2005.

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JOINT TASK FORCE AFRICA A Navy EP-3E is hit by a missile and before the pilot can recover control of the aircraft four aircrew bail out over West Africa, landing in the middle of an African civil war. It is a fast-pace story as Admiral Holman races to rescue the Sailors before they are killed or captured. "Meadows will keep you turning pages and thinking new thoughts." --Newt Gingrich "Rip-snorting, realistic action-adventure from a man who has been there." --Stephen Coonts "When Meadows' men set sail, it's sure to be a mission like no other." --W.E.B. Griffin "Fast-paced, roller-coaster ride with this exhilarating military thriller. Dynamic writer with a fresh voice in this technical-ridden, yet intriguing genre." --Midwest Book Review "An absorbing, compelling look at America's future. Visionary, scary. Great battle scenes, believable heroes, plus villains you'll love to hate!" --Joe Buff, author Tidal Rip.

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