This Marine drill instructor, completely

frazzled by the ineptitude of his recruits, burst into a blue streak of

swearing hot enough to blister paint. He broke off suddenly when he

noticed one of the recruits had been talking in ranks.

“WHAT WAS THAT YOU SAID, RECRUIT??” the drill sergeant hollered.

In
a quivering voice, the recruit replied, “I said, to myself, Drill

Sergeant Sir, ‘if that sucker thinks I’m going to stand here and take

his crap . . . well, he’s certainly an uncanny judge of

character.