Kidnapped

RUNYYFan · 10-07-2014, 07:30 AM

Back in the 1980's, on Friday nights at Kindley Field, the naval station in Bermuda, we would assemble at the officer's club after work. One Friday, Rick, a newly married ensign, insisted he had to leave at 6 p.m. We all tried to talk him into staying, but he'd promised his bride he'd be home by six. I offered to call home for Rick.

When his wife answered the phone, I said, "Rick has been kidnapped. Put ten dollars in small, unmarked bills in a plain brown paper bag and throw it in the door of the officer's club." Then I hung up.

A short time later, a waiter brought a grocery bag to our table. In it were Rick's baseball glove, a tennis racket, and a teddy bear. Attached to the bear was a note: "Rick can play kidnapped until 7 p.m. Then he must come home."

10-07-2014, 07:30 AM	#1
RUNYYFan Life, Liberty, Happiness Join Date: Feb 2010 First Name: Marc Location: Splitting time between Dayton, NJ and Needmore, PA Posts: 360 Trading: (0)	Kidnapped Back in the 1980's, on Friday nights at Kindley Field, the naval station in Bermuda, we would assemble at the officer's club after work. One Friday, Rick, a newly married ensign, insisted he had to leave at 6 p.m. We all tried to talk him into staying, but he'd promised his bride he'd be home by six. I offered to call home for Rick. When his wife answered the phone, I said, "Rick has been kidnapped. Put ten dollars in small, unmarked bills in a plain brown paper bag and throw it in the door of the officer's club." Then I hung up. A short time later, a waiter brought a grocery bag to our table. In it were Rick's baseball glove, a tennis racket, and a teddy bear. Attached to the bear was a note: "Rick can play kidnapped until 7 p.m. Then he must come home." __________________ Marc Fear is the dark room in which negatives are developed. - Anon.