My dad's version:

WWII / SRU (ship repair unit)
made an extremely small drill bit, sent it to a comparable French
ship. Sent back with a bit inside theirs with a threaded cap.

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"Gene Kearns" wrote in
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:02:45 -0800, Jim Stewart

wrote:

Yesterday I was trying to recount a story I heard years
ago. It was something like... a US company makes an
incredibly small drill, drills a hole in something, sends
it to their Swiss/German counterparts to show it off,
Counterparts send the part back with the hole tapped and
a screw in it.

Does anyone know the story and is it true?

I think every guy that has spent much time in a shop has heard
this
tale in one iteration or another... 40 years ago I heard it as
the
Germans vs. the Americans....

It appears, though, that variations on this oneupmanship tale
has
existed for at least 2,000 years.

See:
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/wire.asp
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