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BigBen · 05-02-2005, 11:41 AM

At the tender (and I really mean TENDER) age of 17, I joined the army. I wasn't allowed to go for a drink to celebrate the Graduation of the course. My Sergeant walked up to me and said:

"What is your problem, numbnut? You can't stomach the booze?" He was screaming at me, and little drops of his spit kept landing on my lips. I felt like we were kissing, which was nauseating.

"NO SERGEANT! I am not legally allowed to consume alcohol here..."

"Fuck that. If you are old enough to wear the green sack, you are old enough to pound them back." Did I mention he had a thing for poetry? You should see the things he could make rhyme with "uck".

So we all got drunk together. My instructor finished by telling me "I just spent alot of energy teaching you how to kill someone. If anyone ever tries to keep you from drinking, show them what you know."

I don't see a problem with making the legal age for enlisted personnel an exemption. Hell, I think it could be a good recruiting tool. Everyone makes a big thing about "being able to die for your country but not being able to celebrate..." that is BS in reality. I love having a new guy (hell, some of them are 16 now with their parent's consent) in my platoon and getting him wasted on 3 beers. That poor kid on morning PT makes everyone laugh. Why? BECAUSE IT IS A RIGHT OF PASSAGE. love it.

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BigBen Comedian Location: Use the search button	At the tender (and I really mean TENDER) age of 17, I joined the army. I wasn't allowed to go for a drink to celebrate the Graduation of the course. My Sergeant walked up to me and said: "What is your problem, numbnut? You can't stomach the booze?" He was screaming at me, and little drops of his spit kept landing on my lips. I felt like we were kissing, which was nauseating. "NO SERGEANT! I am not legally allowed to consume alcohol here..." "Fuck that. If you are old enough to wear the green sack, you are old enough to pound them back." Did I mention he had a thing for poetry? You should see the things he could make rhyme with "uck". So we all got drunk together. My instructor finished by telling me "I just spent alot of energy teaching you how to kill someone. If anyone ever tries to keep you from drinking, show them what you know." I don't see a problem with making the legal age for enlisted personnel an exemption. Hell, I think it could be a good recruiting tool. Everyone makes a big thing about "being able to die for your country but not being able to celebrate..." that is BS in reality. I love having a new guy (hell, some of them are 16 now with their parent's consent) in my platoon and getting him wasted on 3 beers. That poor kid on morning PT makes everyone laugh. Why? BECAUSE IT IS A RIGHT OF PASSAGE. love it. __________________ 3.141592654 Hey, if you are impressed with my memorizing pi to 10 digits, you should see the size of my penis.