Boot Camp...

    • 611 posts
    August 28, 2012 9:48 AM PDT
       Dear Ma and Pa,
     
    I am well.  Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled.
     
    I was restless at first because you get to stay in bed till nearly 6 a.m. But I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some things.  No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing.
     
    Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water.  Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their food, plus yours will hold you until noon when you get fed again. It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much.
     
    We go on 'route marches,' which the platoon sergeant says are long walks to harden us.  If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him different.  A 'route march' is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks.
     
    The sergeant is like a school teacher.  He nags a lot.  The Captain is like the school board.   Majors and colonels just ride around and frown. They don't bother you none.
     
    This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing.  I keep getting medals for shooting.   I don't know why..  The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you like the Higgett boys at home.   All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it.  You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes.
     
    Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training.  You get to wrestle with them city boys.  I have to be real careful though, they break real easy.  It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home.  I'm about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver   Lake. I only beat him once...  He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6' and 130 pounds and he's 6'8' and near 300 pounds dry.
     
    Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.
     
    Your loving daughter,
    Alice
    • 3006 posts
    August 28, 2012 5:45 PM PDT
    LOL good one !
  • August 29, 2012 12:19 AM PDT
    ....and I will bet that this is one of those "Never a truer word than spoken in jest" type of letters...lol...

    That is a good one, and may have to copy it at some point...lol...
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    August 29, 2012 7:32 AM PDT
    Yep, this is one of those "Redneck" letters home... I thought that more folks would like it... Oh well, hit and miss...
    • 2 posts
    August 29, 2012 12:12 PM PDT
    Reminds me of the Andy Griffith movie "No Time for Sergeants" - If you haven't seen it, rent it.
    • 544 posts
    August 30, 2012 4:57 AM PDT
    99Savage wrote...
    Reminds me of the Andy Griffith movie "No Time for Sergeants" - If you haven't seen it, rent it.

    I totally agree!  A must see movie!

    • 823 posts
    August 30, 2012 10:03 AM PDT
    Good one!
  • October 4, 2012 1:22 PM PDT
    Great joke!
    • 85 posts
    October 4, 2012 3:49 PM PDT
    Pretty darn smooth!