America’s most famous greasy pole is no more. When the plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy gathered on May 24 to mark the end of their grueling first year in Annapolis, they clambered up the 21-foot Herndon Monument almost without breaking a sweat, in two minutes and five seconds.Related...Baracky, enraged because the hole isn't plugged already, is heckled again by strange people (DADT revisionists)(far-left wussies) for not moving fast enough.
The annual ritual commonly took hours in the past, because upperclassmen slathered the monument with lard and hosed down the ground at its base as well as the plebes. But the wussification of America proceeds apace, and the service academies are not spared. This year the order came down: no lard, no hoses. According to an academy spokesman, Vice Admiral Jeffrey Fowler, the -superintendent “made the decision this year that it would be safer for the midshipmen to climb the monument without grease.”
Poor guy, out of his depth.
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