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Humor

Sometimes laughter is the best medicine in life, even under the most trying of circumstances, I remember quite a few years ago when in small battle in the Yemen some of us crying with laughter, the events leading up to this laughter was at the time quite serious. In addition, when the dust had settled I ended up having the biggest rollicking of my soldier life. It went something like this.

Me. Watch em lads watch em; they are trying to creep up to chucking distance.

Mate on the left of me. Do you think I am blind or something I can fucking see em.

Mate on the right of me. Well frigging pop em will you before it’s to late.

Mate on left of me. What the fuck do think I am trying to do, the bastards will not keep still.

Me. What do you won’t them to do stand up and say look at me kill me.

Mate on right of me. Frigging twat always the comedian.

Its then I look around and see that our officer is missing, now the officer is one of those with a plum in his mouth, he had been given to us to get himself some battle experience. Moreover he was not one of us he was a Guards officer who thought he was a cut above all of us Special force soldiers. Now we did not give a toss what this officer thought of us, we were the elite of the British fighting force who did not like shirkers, now as I saw it this Rupert was shirking is duty, not only that he was doing it in the heat of Battle.

I let of a round or two and look around again he was still missing, it’s no use I shouted this is winding me up, the little snot rag is missing all the fun and besides we could do with a little more fire power. Where is he I shouted?