Posted by Lorna on 11/17/2006, 6:03 pm, in reply to "Welcome back, Lindy! A little war story for you... LOL" --Previous Message--
Hey Lindy,
Good to see you are back with us again..we missed you at the "chats" of course. I bet the smoke will be coming out of your keyboard at the rate you'll be typing to catch up on all you've missed!! LOL
Also sad news about the little 12 year old, but you can only think positive thoughts..and the treatment has advanced so much that success rates are nowadays very good!
: Lindy, girl, you missed it. We almost had a
: serious catastrophe here, LOL. We almost
: bombed our own firebase!
:
: But before I get into that, please welcome
: one of our most recent posters: George.
: (Oh, I see you already did that, LOL.) You
: may remember him from the "Medics and
: guns" thread. I mean, medics and
: weapons, LOL.
:
: Anyway, one night, a bunch of us were on
: watch duty and visibility was really poor.
: We were just sitting there in our foxhole, a
: little cold, a little hungry, and a little
: bit grumpy because we still haven't found
: Ernie yet, when suddenly we notice something
: near the wire.
:
: Movement. Definite movement.
:
: And somebody yells, "Sapper Troll! Lay
: it down! Lay it down!"
:
: And we all fired away, lobbing grenades,
: cuttin' it loose with the '60, M-16s,
: Thumpers... you name it, we did it. It was
: very tense. After the smoke cleared from
: the first wave of weapons fire, it was still
: very tense. Nobody was saying it, but I
: know we were all thinking it: was he still
: out there? Were we gonna have to call in
: danger close? Or maybe make a run for the
: command bunker and do a re-enactment of
: "Under Siege?" Would we all fit
: in there? (There are over 8,275,000 of us,
: remember?)
:
: The suspense!
:
: But then a flare went up, and the moon rose
: from behind the trees, and we all said at
: the same time, "Dude, he don't look
: like VC to me."
:
: And George said, "I don't look like VC
: to me, either."
:
: At which point, we gave the order to cease
: fire (to ourselves, LOL, as nobody else was
: firing; they were either sleeping in their
: bunks or placing bets on this), and turned
: to George and said, "Okay. How about a
: beer, then?"
:
: roflmao
:
: And now everybody is happy again. The base
: probably still looks like a war zone, but,
: hell, who can tell? Somebody probably had
: to fill out the paperwork on this, but I
: don't think anybody got latrine duty. LOL
:
: Bet you're sorry you missed the action?
:
: Well, you can bet we're glad you're back.
:
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