Just one little fighter jet nobody will miss…. and this can be yours!

You’ve probably never heard of Operation Moolah before, and I certainly hadn’t before today.  But it was on April 27, 1953 that US Army General Mark Clark announced an offer broadcast on radio to be heard from North Korean, Chinese and Soviet air fields promising $100,000 and political asylum to any pilot of a MiG 15 to defect with said plane to South Korea.  The Soviet based MiG was kicking the Allies butts during the Korean War despite Honest Joe Stalin claiming the Russians weren’t even involved in the war… and the UN led forces badly wanted an intact MiG to figure out why they were the superior aircraft.  Nobody took up General Clark on his offer (with one bizarre exception), and an armistice ending the war was signed just a couple months later.  However, Operation Moolah was credited with causing enough distrust among Soviet Army brass to have most MiGs and their best pilots grounded for the remainder of the conflict…

I’ll get a MiG for you, General! Even if it costs me my wingman…

I won’t get a dime for answering this week’s Share Your World questions from Di, but that’s not going to keep me from doing my duty….

Suspicious aircraft sighted over North Korea….

What was the most memorable gift you gave someone?

I don’t buy gifts for people, but that doesn’t mean I don’t occasionally give things from a personal perspective.  From an Evil Squirrel’s Nest point of view, maybe the most memorable “gifts” I ever gave were the twenty twenty-one hand drawn holiday cards I mailed out on a first come, first served basis back in 2014.  A recap of that event can be found here.  There are even a few people from that group who still haunt my blog, and I’m sure they’d agree how (cough, hack!) memorable those gifts were from me…

And I completely forgot about this Rainbow Donkey painting I did for FaithHopeChocolate eight years ago!

What was the most memorable gift you received?

Memorable can be a double edged sword.  I’ve gotten some pretty crappy gifts that are seared into my memory…..

The People’s Court board game… yes, I really got this one Christmas.

And then there are gifts I hated when they were first given to me….. like these:

Unwanted crap.

Then again…. could you imagine my blog today had I thrown Mitzi or Troll in the trash after my Mom, on separate occasions, embarrassingly gave them to me?  Well, OK, Troll looks like he WAS scooped from the trash…

For the girls: Would you be suspicious if your partner gave you flowers or chocolates for no reason?
For the guys: Do you surprise your partner with something for no reason at all?

This seems like a trap…..  to finagle flowers and chocolates out of unsuspecting partners while increasing suspicion to secure future gifts.  Good thing I don’t have a partner…

OK, I would give Pretty Kitty some flowers…. if she were still around.

Have you accepted a gift with pleasure, even if you hated it?

I’m not and never will be a professional poker player because I can’t and often refuse to disguise my emotions.  If I hate a gift, it’s going to be pretty obvious.

Dafuq is this shit?

Gratitude: A gift given with love doesn’t need a price tag.

Tell that to Buster….

Yeah, I’ve reposted that comic a lot, but it’s one of my favorites!