Humor in Uniform: Funny True Stories About Life in the Military - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0762109297 ISBN 13: 9780762109296

Casa editrice: Readers Digest, 2008

Riassunto

Representing five decades of humor from the Reader's Digest magazine, a compilation of four hundred hilarious, real-life stories captures the lighter side of military life in all of the armed forces. Original.

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If laughter is the best medicine, then look no further to cure whatever ails you. The column "Offbase," formally known as "Humor in Uniform," has appeared in the Reader's Digest" magazine for over half a century, and has published more than 3,500 jokes, quotes, and funny stories from the more than a million readers who have submitted them. This volume--from the world's #1 source of humor--contains laugh-out-loud gems from one of Reader's Digest's" most popular columns. This side-splitting collection of humor delivers hundreds of the best jokes, anecdotes, cartoons, quotes, and stories from men and women in the armed forces or their families proving that life is often funnier than fiction. Such as: - From a Family Member: "My son regaled me with stories about how they do things in the modern Air Force. Being an old Air Force man myself, I scoffed at their complicated methods. "That's not the way we did it when I was in the service," I said. "Yeah," he shot back. "But when you were in, there were only two pilots, Wilbur and Orville" -- Ted Shirley - From an Army Soldier: "Our Army Unit was overseas conducting maneuvers with the Marines. On shift one night, a Marine asked my sergeant where he was from. "I'm originally from Central America," said the sergeant. "Oh, yeah?" asked the Marine. "Kansas?" -- David Denbek - From Iraq: "At the end of a tough day in Iraq, my daughter, the airman, collapsed onto the first seat in the transport truck, forcing everyone else to climb over her. "Private!" hollered the sergeant, "Skinny girls get in the back so when we men get on with our weapons and equipment, we don't have to climb over you. Have I made myself clear?" Suddenly my daughter perked up, "Do you really think I'm skinny?" -- Margaret Culbertson - About the Military: "A soldier stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, actually got a letter addressed to "Fort Ignorance." "How did you know where to deliver it?" she asked the mailman. "We were stumped at first," he admitted. "But the

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Readers Digest
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0762109297
• ISBN 13: 9780762109296
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 215
• Redattore: Reader's Digest Association
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