The right stuff

[Juan]

A FRIEND OF MINE FOUND THE FOLLOWING IN THE 12/05 ISSUE OF THE
>LEATHERNECK
> MAGAZINE. THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH PASSING ON TO THOSE THAT MIGHT
> APPRECIATE THE WISDOM OF A "GOOD OL' COUNTRY BOY", WHICH I'M SURE MANY
> OF YOU KNEW AT LEAST ONE WHILE SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES.
>
> A MARINE PATROL SAW A SMALL GROUP OF MEN SETTING UP EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
> ALONG A ROADWAY. THE INSURGENTS WERE TRANSPORTING THE EXPLOSIVES VIA
> A CART PULLED BY A DONKEY. WHEN THE MARINES MOVED TO INTERCEPT THEM,
> THE INSURGENTS HAD ENOUGH TIME TO FLEE THE AREA. HOWEVER, THEY LEFT
> THE CART AND DONKEY
>
> THE MARINES SEARCHED THE CART, TALLYING THE SIZE OF THE WEAPONS AND
> AMMUNITION CACHE AND LOOKING FOR CLUES AS TO WHERE THE INSURGENTS MAY
> HAVE COME FROM OR FLED TO.
>
> THE STAFF SERGANT, A COUNTRY BOY FROM SOUTH DAKOTA, WALKED UP TO THE
> DONKEY, UNHITCHED HIM FROM HIS HARNESS AND RELEASED HIM. AS THE
> DONKEY WALKED OFF INTO THE DISTANCE, THE MARINES FOLLOWED. SURE
> ENOUGH, THE DONKEY WENT HOME WITH THE MARINES IN TRACE, AND THERE
> SITTING AT THE HOUSE WERE SOME VERY SURPRISED AND QUICKLY SUBDUED
>INSURGENTS.
>
> OOOOOHRAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sw]

Have to pass that one to the Marine for sure. He'll have to take that back with him. One of his buddies in the picture of the four of them has never seen a cow before. Can't wait for him to come out here on leave, he has never been out of a city. That is going to be fun! :lol:

 

[George]

Thats the kind of down home knowledge that I did not get in boot camp - - - It is good that we have good old country boys in the Corp.

 

[MsSage]

That is going to be fun!

You better be nice SW ..ya know what they say ..........
hmmmmmm why do I feel for the poor poor city slicker :?