Category	odds and sods
Subcategory	transport

If you've just bought an f-16...

This was supposedly posted very briefly on the McDonnell Douglas web site by an employee there who obviously has a sense of humour.

The company, of course, does not (have a sense of humour), and made the web department take it down immediately. (In case you don't know, McDonnell Douglas is one of the world's chief suppliers of military aircraft).

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