Today's mystery orchestra (misleading title, ha ha)

[dochermes]

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[ticktockman]

Operation Little Red Riding Hood. "My, grandma, what big ears you have."

[harvey_rrit]

"This is not regulation artillery. You are relieved of duty, Major Sousa."

[dochermes]

That "Major Sousa" made me laugh!

[zathras_ix]

Japanese "Listen & Learn" Program, circa 1930.

(When those WW2 posters warned that "The Enemy is Listening" they were NOT kidding....)

[dochermes]

Yes indeed. If not for radar, these might have been still in use throughout the war.

[anonymous]

Apparently Sergeant Pepper was a real military officer, commanding troops in the field, as well as a horn section. This explains a lot.

[anonymous]

Blue Meanies!

- Hoosier X

[dochermes]

I read a Mike Shayne mystery which featured a police officer named Sergeant Pepper.. and it was written twenty years before the album! Little synchronicity there.

[m_faustus]

Didn't you post this one before? Or something of a similar nature?

[dochermes]

Very likely. Maybe a British listening device mounted on a platform. I've been doing this since 2008 and some repetition is bound to creep in. I've been doing this since 2008 and some repetition is bound to creep in.