Gordon Williamson Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Brilliant little anecdote I heard from the director of the U-Boot Archiv, Horst Bredow. Horst was Leutnant zur See on U-288.He tells of one NCO who, desperate to relieve himself , went into toilets reserved for officers only. On coming back out, he was spotted by an officer and pulled up for it. Given a real bollicking, his named was written down in the officers notebook so he could later be put on report for this heinous crime.Well, the officer must have had lots more on his mind and forgot about it. Only thing was, the NCOs name had been written down on the same page in the officers notebook as the names of other sailors who had been recommended for the Iron Cross.Yup, you guessed it, the guys name was inadvertantly submitted along with the others and he was awarded the Iron Cross. Needless to say, he kept his mouth shut and held on to the EK.So, next time you look at an Iron Cross , wondering what brave deed the original owner performed, bear in mind, it might have been for taking a piss in the wrong toilet ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nesredep Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Brilliant little anecdote I heard from the director of the U-Boot Archiv, Horst Bredow. Horst was Leutnant zur See on U-288.He tells of one NCO who, desperate to relieve himself , went into toilets reserved for officers only. On coming back out, he was spotted by an officer and pulled up for it. Given a real bollicking, his named was written down in the officers notebook so he could later be put on report for this heinous crime.Well, the officer must have had lots more on his mind and forgot about it. Only thing was, the NCOs name had been written down on the same page in the officers notebook as the names of other sailors who had been recommended for the Iron Cross.Yup, you guessed it, the guys name was inadvertantly submitted along with the others and he was awarded the Iron Cross.So, next time you look at an Iron Cross , wondering what brave deed the original owner performed, bear in mind, it might have been for taking a piss in the wrong toilet !Hello!GordonVery good story. all the bestNesredep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryG Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwest78 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Actually, the toilet is a most deadly place. I've heard that billions have been wiped out in them. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Fascinating. Nice to see that even the "Master Race" could be a bumbling and inefficient as any other complex sytem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 There was also a notorious case of The Wrong Brother being promoted to General in the waning days of the war. "Because" it had been published, it "could not be retracted" (bureaucracy is bureaucracy is bureaucracy...) and so Wrong Brother not only got a promotion he was not entitled to-- but Right Brother did NOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKeating Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Fascinating. Nice to see that even the "Master Race" could be a bumbling and inefficient as any other complex sytem.This may be why they ended up as the only nation in modern times to agree to unconditional surrender after their thousand-year plan disintegrated in just twelve years. Of course, the Aryans came from India... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 This may be why they ended up as the only nation in modern times to agree to unconditional surrender after their thousand-year plan disintegrated in just twelve years. Of course, the Aryans came from India...Alfred Rosenberg sort of believed that . . . what a hash of history he made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Davie Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Getting back to toilet humour.. don't forget the Funnel Web spider here in Oz which likes to live around the golden throne.. will drop you pretty quick in your hour of need.My father-in-law always liked to put on a posh voice and tell a story about some well to do radio news reader who was sacked for reading out his item wrongly..." A woman died today after being bitten on the funnel by a finger web spider"C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 So, next time you look at an Iron Cross , wondering what brave deed the original owner performed, bear in mind, it might have been for taking a piss in the wrong toilet !Many times when I hear folks talking about their "deeds" in wars I think to myself... "You are so full of sh1t..."This is just one of those cases that cut to the bone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MP38 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Great!!! =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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