A Post Crusader Just Sent
…has dredged up some happy Christmas Marine Corps memories.
[Dateline: Early ’80’s] In our squadron lore, it wasn’t a Boise, Idaho fence ~ it was the Osan, Korea flightline.Pole Licker Strikes, Again
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – It’s become an annual winter tale: A young boy gets his tongue stuck to a metal pole, perhaps as the result of a dare.
It wasn’t 10° ~ it was 10° below.
It wasn’t a little kid ~ it was a L/Cpl.
And it wasn’t a fence.
It was a frozen 500 pounder…
…hanging off the pylon of one of these…
…and he was the plane captain.
And no one had warm water.
Hope someone at least gave him a cowboy hat to wave around as he went hurtling towards his target.
“Missing chunk o’ tongue” about covers it.
I hadn’t heard that one. But I believe it. It wasn’t H, was it?
Of course they had warm “water”. Lots of it, and immediately available. That LCPL just preferred missing a chunk o’ tongue to tasting it.
Nah, Skyler. Long before your time, I’m afraid. {8^P
ICK, Jeffs! And considering how high that pylon is, ‘twould be one helluva trick regardless.
Just more proof that the only thing that might be more dangerous than Marines at war is bored Marines at play.
I thought Marines were tough, Sis. And resourceful. ;-p