People will believe anything...
I live in middle Tennessee and 4 hours from the nearest Navy base (and it's the Navy personnel command). I was at a veterans function in tiny Cowan, Tennessee and told a couple of old ladies that I'm retired Navy. You'd think they would pick up on the word "retired" but alas....
They told me they didn't know there was a Navy base in the area. I couldn't resist it. I told them that we had a very small submarine base on the Duck River (pictured below). They believed me! I put my finger to my lips and told them it was a very small sub base, very secret. (I didn't clarify that the sub base was very small - I sort of implied that the base was for very small subs. Disguised as crawfish.
They told me they didn't know there was a Navy base in the area. I couldn't resist it. I told them that we had a very small submarine base on the Duck River (pictured below). They believed me! I put my finger to my lips and told them it was a very small sub base, very secret. (I didn't clarify that the sub base was very small - I sort of implied that the base was for very small subs. Disguised as crawfish.
