Reader's Digest India by [E125] [[E125]]

Author:[E125] [[E125]]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RD
Published: 2015-02-27T16:42:00+00:00

Humour in Uniform

HiGH sTePPinG

the india–Pakistan

border (see white

line) is quite tense,

and we know that.

after watching

the high-kicking,

gyrating Wagah

ceremony, which

marks the border’s

daily opening and

closing, one visitor

hoped “the soldiers

will be just too tired

to start another war.”

source: cracked.com

A new soldier was on duty. His

The general repeated, “drive on.”

orders were clear: no car was to

The sentry walked up to the rear

enter unless it had a special sticker.

window and said, “General, I’m new

A big Army car came up with a

at this. Do I shoot you or the driver?”

general.

military-quotes.com

The sentry said, “Who goes there?”

s

The chauffeur, a corporal, says,

dUrinG THAT FirsT roll call in

GE

“General Wheeler.”

the Army, I waited in dread as the

“I’m sorry, I can’t let you through.

sergeant got to my name: DiFelician-

tty ImaE You’ve got to have a sticker on the

tonio. There was bound to be

/GUN windshield.”

trouble, and I was right, because

a

N

The general said, “Drive on!”

suddenly, he fell silent—eyebrows

r

The sentry said, “Hold it! You

arched, brain overloaded. After a

INDE

really can’t come through. I have

long pause, he thundered, “The

arN orders to shoot if you try.”

alphabet?!”

JoHn diFeliCiAnTonio

reader’s digest | march 2015 | 101

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