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Sending an SOS
My friend, Tony, was driving home from a fishing trip in northern Michigan with his boat in tow, when he had engine trouble a few miles inland from Lake Huron. He didn't have a CB radio in his car, so he decided to use his marine radio to get help. Climbing into his boat, he broadcast his call letters and asked for assistance.
A Coast Guard officer responded, "Please give your location."
Tony answered, "I'm on Interstate-75, two miles south of Standish."
The officer paused, "Could you repeat that?"
Again Tony answered, "I-75, two miles south of Standish."
There was a longer pause ...
Then an incredulous voice asked, "How fast were you going when you hit shore?"
"Suppose you were an idiot ... And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself." --Mark Twain
In the Great Seal of the US the eagle grasps 13 arrows and an olive branch.
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