NPF: START THE REAR ADMIRAL JOKES NOW
I am being interviewed for an assistant professor position at the US Coast Guard Academy. You may let fly the "poop deck" and "seaman" and "rear admiral jokes" now. It may bring good luck.
It would probably be fair to tell them that I have never been on a boat but I still have respect for the men and women of America's 17th line of defense (just ahead of the Mississippi National Guard and behind the League of Women Voters).
This interview is bound to go better than the one at Texas Christian. Not even kidding.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Come on now, you're talking about the Naval Reserve, not the Coast Guard.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
interesting…congratz on the interviews!
August 15th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Hey coast guard is serious business…I had a friend in the CG who was patrolling the coast of Alaska and they would commonly run raids on drug boats (basically floating drug labs) that were staffed by heavily armed Russian and Chinese sailors. Many times it led to near-firefights out in the middle of the ocean, miles from civilization.
August 15th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
All kidding aside about the CG. They are pretty bad-ass. It's just too tempting for me to pass up nautical, scatalogical jokes.
August 15th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Nothing wrong with being the "token liberal". It's suiting Alan Colmes just fine.
August 15th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Nevr trust men who dress in white and call themselves "seamen."
August 15th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Go Ed go! I can't wait to hear daily reports about your rear admiral swabbing your poop deck with his seamen.
Did I get 'em all??
August 15th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
I'm pretty sure there's a fo'c'sle joke to be made here…"Folks" something something "hole"…
August 16th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Make sure ye batton down yer hatches, me matey…
Eh… I got nothin'.
Good luck! :)