European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Talk about Arachnophobia. Command sgt. Maj. William Covey has it bad which has made him a Likely target for a few eight legged jokes in fact he still has a scar from one in 1968. The v corps artillery command sergeant major from Frankfurt Germany had just opened a letter from his wife while sitting on his bunk inside a Bunker in the Mountain Region of the Northern province in Vietnam. Before he could read it he got called out for an artillery firing. He a definitely afraid of spiders a so i put a Little plastic rubber spider in one of his letters a said his wife Linda recalling the incident from her office at 3rd army div he. When her husband returned from the fire Mission to the open letter the spider dropped out. It caused him to jump and As Linda puts it he a crammed a Nail into the top of his the Bunker had a Low ceiling and lots of exposed nails Covey explained. Later on Linda remembers him writing her a ooh please Honey done to Ever do that Linda did no to. But by this time other soldiers in the unit Learned of Covey a fear of spiders. He tells of the time that the unit first sergeant told a Soldier that Covey was the resident spider expert. The Soldier came into Covey a Hooch carrying a Jar with a Large crab like spider in it. A i just went right on through the screen door to get out of there a Covey said. Sch . Johnson a tuba player with the . Army Europe band in Schwet Zingen Germany shared a couple of his musical favourites. Johnson said he a been known to put Tabasco sauce on the mouthpiece of his Section leaders tuba. A a a a a. A. A a not a lot Johnson said. A just a couple drops around the rim of the mouthpiece. Then when he puts it up to his Mouth it Burns his he and fellow band members have also on occasion added a few weights to the inside of a Sou Saphona. Not a lot Johnson said. Just enough weight to make the Horn 30 pounds heavier. Air Force it. Col. Rosanne Greco assigned to . European come he in Stuttgart said a colleague of hers used to put out on his desk a Jar of what looked like Candy. When a passer by grabbed some and put it to the test it tasted suspiciously like old Coffee grounds. Air Force staff sgt. Rich Ray the Host of the morning radio program at Afna a Stuttgart affiliate recalled an april fools Day when he was broadcasting live at his College radio station. While one Friend handed him a copy of a news report and then set it afire three others a a mooned him from the other Side of a Glass studio partition a and i had to keep a straight face a he said. More from Ray at one of his previous duty stations Ray and his friends hooked up fireworks to the ignition switch of the car of a colleague they did no to care for. When the Man arrived and tried to Start the car it smoked banged and whistled but the motor Start. A Mechanic in the group began poring Over the motor speculating aloud to the appalled owner about How Many thousands of dollars it might Cost to fix the car.,. A the poor Guy was beside himself until he said a maybe its this part right Here a took the fireworks out and started the car right up a Ray said. Tina Ensinger music specialist with the Keller theatre in Giessen Germany recalls that a woman in her office in Cincinnati was forever having trouble with her car. On april fools Day the woman came Rushing Back to the office All upset with a note she had found on her Ivind shield. A she told us that once again something had gone wrong with her the note Ensinger continued read a lady i noticed that when your car moves Forward your front right wheel keeps rolling in a clockwise direction.�?T�?T. One woman who insisted that her name not be published is a walking encyclopedia of office pranks. Some of her suggestions a Staple All books shut. A glue books to the top of a desk. A tape or Nail drawers shut. A Hook paper clips together. A slip a Playboy Centrefold under the plastic cover of a desk blotter. When this happened to her she came Back to her desk in a quiet office and screamed a a there a a naked Man on my a unplug an electric typewriter so the person thinks its broken. A remove ribbons from typewriters and print ers. A relocate computer files. When this happened to her her Boyfriend had copied files to disk and it looked As if the hard drive had crashed a a put paint bristles in the earpiece of a phone. A remove the transmitter out of the phone Handset. A take the wheels off office chairs. Lower chairs until they almost Bottom out. Put plastic wrap Over trash cans or toilet seats. A take the hinges off doors and switch doors. When this happened to her she get into her office with her own key stripes sports staffer Rob Staggenborg told this Story a my sergeant and 1 were in the office late one night setting up new computer systems for our office when we came across an adhesive compound used to secure computer locks to the terminal and disk drive. A a the commanding general a office was just Down the Hall so we glued a Nickel to the floor outside his office. We picked that location because it was a heavy traffic area and surely would attract a lot of attention. A ten people a eight of them a Well paid offi a cars a noticed the Nickel the next morning. They tried to kick it As evidenced by Black scuff Marks around the Nickel. It did no to Budge. A several people tried using pens keys or whatever they could to pry it off the floor. A a week went by. The Nickel still stood. On Friday of that week we noticed that someone had gouged the linoleum out to get to our lowly Nickel. A was we passed the general a office we overheard our commanding general a a two Star a brag about How that a Damn Nickel drove him so crazy he had to gouge it if All of this does no to give you enough ideas and you happen to live around Nurnberg the morale welfare and recreation promotional people have a rent a Clown ready for april fools Day. This character promises to deliver a special and currently top secret Surprise to any workplace in the Nurnberg Community. They la even and this is important a deliver it anonymously. March 31, 1991 sunday. A pages
