1992 Presidential Election. George H. W. Bush vs Bill Clinton. My elementary school held its own vote with a refrigerator box as the voting booth. Since it was in Mississippi (I have since moved on to a better, bluer state) papa Bush won.

Reminds me of a story where a B17 (100th Bomb Group?) was badly damaged. Thinking it would not be able to make it back to England, it lowered its landing gear as a signal to the Germans it planned to surrender. The German fighters came along side it in escort positions. The crew later realized that they actually could…