> The other day I was talking to one of the LT's in the police department.
> He's a former Marine and we kid each other about my having been in the Navy.
> I made some remark about our softening the beaches for them so they can
> just stroll ashore and go for walks along the beach.

Always fun to tweak the noses of friendly Marines, like:

Q: Why does each USNavy ship have one Marine on board? A: A sheep would be too obvious.

I tell that oneto Maruinesm, but Ui generally close with the one about the 200  army men in training & a marine yells insults from up the hill a rthem,. The  sarge sent a guy up to shut him up; he came back bleeding & crawling.

He then sent 2 guys up, & they both came crzwling back, bleeding.

Finally, quite irate now, he sends ten of his best fighters up the hill.

They fight the Marine over the cresty & down the other side out of sight.

Finally one comes crawling back to tell his sergeant, "It's a trap, sir --  there're two of them!"

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