> --- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> So how do you
A military rat:
Confuses ability to run fast with leadership potential.
Says "Hooah" more than twice in a single sentence.
Ends every phone conversation with "Out".
Thinks shouting is motivation.
Goes to the mall and walks in step with his buddies.
Has a tan line on his high and tight.
Refers to his younger chilren as "cherries".
Refers to his wife as "Household 6".
Thinks that an invitation to a social function described as starting at "7ish"
means being on the front doorstep at 1855.
Knows the words to the official songs of units he hasn't been in for a decade.
Refers to every unpleasant experience as "Good training".
His litter lines up with the eldest on the right, then to the left in
ascending age order.
His _wife_ tells the litter to "At Ease" when they get
too rowdy.
Worships the Great God Kiwi.
His offspring answer the phone with "Ratticus residence, Michael speaking, how
may I help you, sir or ma'am?"
When his litter plays "war", they have a defined chain of command. And
occasionally staff sections.
His litter uses correct fire and maneuver techniques with capguns.
His children are either smart or strong.
His daughters curse better than any panty-waisted
sailor ever born.
> His offspring answer the phone with "Ratticus
insert "be aware this is not a secure line,"
> how may I help you sir
> --- Laserlight <laserlight@quixnet.net> wrote:
Only the terminally anal retentive actually say that, except in buildings with
both secure and insecure lines. I've never heard it myself.
I remember being home on leave and catching myself starting to answer the
phone that way.
Michael Brown
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When I moved over to the CG I used to say this as we would often get
information about an imminent smuggling op on regular phone.
Eventually the CG figured out this was bad and it is now frowned upon. (but
people still slip once in a while).
Bob
> --- John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> wrote:
> His daughters curse better than any panty-waisted
I have found military cursing, from any branch, to be rather lame. They just
overuse shock words until the words retain no shock value.
I've given up cursing because of this. In extreme situations (such as when I
locked my truck door and slammed it locked on my hand last week) I might say
"Damn".
No major injuries, the keys were in my pocket so I extracted myself.
> --- Roger Books <books@jumpspace.net> wrote:
Ah, you havn't found a true artist then. I have.
> On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 21:42, John Atkinson wrote:
This is actually pretty funny. When I was living in the barracks back
in '92-93 and we'd head into town for whatever reason every once in a
while, we always caught ourselves walking in step. About two or three times
each trip into town we'd hear someone mutter "change step" and we'd make a
concious effort to fall out of step.
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