Humor in Uniform
A friend paid my mother a visit. Later, I spoke with Mom.
“I was very nervous,” she said.
“Why?” I asked. “Because he’s a captain in the Air Force.”
“Mother, as you know, I, too, am a captain in the Air Force.”
“Yes,” she said. “And you also make me nervous when you visit.” —Col. Richard A. Virant (Ret.)
Bothell, Washington
In San Diego to work with military linguists, my colleague and I checked into a hotel and ordered a 5 a.m. wake-up call. The next morning, the phone didn’t ring until 5:30.
“You were supposed to call us at 5 a.m.!” I admonished the desk clerk on the other end of the line. “What if I had to close a million-dollar contract this morning? Your oversight would have cost me the deal!”
“Sir,” he said calmly, “if you had to close that type of deal, I doubt you’d be staying in this type of hotel.” —Yefim M. Brodd Kirkland, Washington Got a funny story about the military? It could be worth $$$. For details, go to rd.com/submit.