In Russia, apparently, it’s an annual event: City governments across Russia drained the water from municipal fountains Thursday, hoping to keep drunken paratroopers from drowning in them. Aug. 2 is Paratrooper Day in Russia and every year more than one million burly active and retired soldiers take to the streets in their signature blue berets and striped undershirts to mark the occasion, often by combining large quantities of vodka with plunges into fountains. Plunges into fountains? Yeah, not my idea of a good time, but to each their own. Hanging out in the local Irish pub and having everyone buying Guinness for me? Yeah, that works. By the way, rumor has it that Uncle Jimbo travels to Russia each year to participate and last year took the bronze medal in fountain diving (I mean look at his face for Pete’s sake and tell me you don’t get a mug like that from diving head first into a concrete fountain). Apparently Matty O is his coach. So? Support the BlackFive team. I’m sure Jimbo will have an after action report upon his return and after receiving medical attention. We want gold! ~McQ Twitter: @McQandO
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