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2009-04-03 India-Pakistan
Reporter plays April fool's prank, Indian army not amused
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Posted by john frum 2009-04-03 06:24|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 This was idiotic.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2009-04-03 07:56||   2009-04-03 07:56|| Front Page Top

#2 It says a lot about the Indian media that a reporter would think this funny
Posted by john frum 2009-04-03 08:17||   2009-04-03 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 This comes under the heading of "Asian humor".

A good example was during WWII, when Chinese soldiers were being transported in open door aircraft by the US. When one of them would stand in the door for the view, another would goose him, and he would jump out, to his demise. The others thought this was hilarious.

Then, soon, another would stand in the door to get a view. This phenomenon was so common that a plane would take off with many Chinese soldiers, and land with just two or three.

Asian humor.
Posted by Anonymoose 2009-04-03 09:02||   2009-04-03 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 According to my uncle who "flew over the hump", the Chinese soldiers would gamble and the loser would have to jump out. The C47 pilots reported this, and the Air Corps secured the doors after that.
Posted by mom">mom  2009-04-03 09:08||   2009-04-03 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 WORLD MILITARY FORUM > IIUC CHINA: THE MERGER OF NEPAL/TIBET INTO CHINA'S ECONOMY IS A MORTAL BLOW TO INDIA.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-04-03 19:49||   2009-04-03 19:49|| Front Page Top

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