Great story!
And of course, this is why most Orlanthi would rather
charge in together en masse rather than pulling sneaky
stuff like this. You might die in the charge, but
would you rather live (in a small and closely knit
community full of bragarts and bullies) if you'd been
one of the pine tree guys?
- Ernest Devore <edevore_at_...> wrote:
> Once while on a military training exercise I was in
> the role of aggressor
> and a small troop of us were coming the woods for
> 'enemy infiltrators'. We
> came across three of them who had worked together to
> design what looked
> suspiciously like a sickly pine tree. They stood
> inside and holding branches
> up above their heads to apparently mimic what nature
> had created. While they
> were certain their disguise would fool us, we calmly
> went and sat down in
> front of the tree and opened up our lunches to have
> a nice leisurely
> picnic...
>
> For 3 hours we held that tree captive in the blazing
> sun while we sat in the
> shade and finished our lunches, played a little
> frisbee, and even took turns
> napping. After that I walked over to the tree and
> asked if it was ready to
> surrender yet.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KYER, JEFFREY [mailto:jeff.kyer_at_...]
> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 8:36 AM
> To: KingOfDragonPass_at_egroups.com
> Cc: herowars_at_onelist.com
> Subject: Re: Can somebody explain to me....
>
>
> This is also my experience. When I was younger,
> thinner and hotter
> blooded, I was in the Canadian Armed Forces. The
> Gray and Simcoe
> Foresters is a reconnaissance unit. Lets just say
> its amazing -- and
> disturbing how easy it is to get past a poorly or
> casually patrolled
> perimeter even if they are expecting you.
>
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