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Originally Posted by timwilky
I don't know how anyone could keep their face straight and stand to attention when somebody is shouting at you an inch from your nose without wanting to smack em.
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My sarge during the first 10 weeks of basic was an amatuer boxer, he loved provoking blokes into taking a swing. He was only about 5'6" so I was an inch shorter at 17, grew 3 inches befdore I finished. I reckon coz he was a shortie he liked to batter anybody over 6 feet.
One night on the way back from the NCO bar 4 conscripts set about him with tent chains. Beat him black and blue, 2 weeks in hospital.
When he came out he was meaner than ever and proved why his nickname was "rubber".
He was also the most eloquent swearer I've ever heard, in any language.
Mind you the RSM once threatened to stick his swagger stick through my ears and ride me around the parade ground like a Harley Davidson. A real gent never swore as he thought it a lazy manner of speech.