One Applebee’s reported the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) brought his entire crew to the restaurant, with 3000 sailors fighting for just 100 seats.
“The bartenders and servers fled the premises, leaving the sailors free reign over the bar,” said Archer. “The restaurant was on fire five minutes later.”
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Ah. i was wondering why I hadn't seen that in the big news outlets...
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snopes.com: Applebee's Declares Bankruptcy After Offering Free Alcohol for Veterans Day
It is funny what people will believe without doing some research. So I am glad someone debunked it (even though I read it on snopes before I saw these postings).
Best line:
One of them died for a moment. Actually died. He fell to the floor and wasn’t breathing. The two others did CPR on him while shouting ‘Wake up pussy, there‘s beer left!’”
All you had to do was read the article to realize it was meant as humor. :smdh: The dumb ones are the ones that have "research" or tell others that this is humor.
If that had really happened it would have been all over the News, the Navy would have relieved the CO, etc., etc. So I know it'sOne Applebee’s reported the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) brought his entire crew to the restaurant, with 3000 sailors fighting for just 100 seats.
“The bartenders and servers fled the premises, leaving the sailors free reign over the bar,” said Archer. “The restaurant was on fire five minutes later.”