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[gwywnnydd]

"They can't take away my birthday."

I've heard this comment (most commonly from military folk), pretty damn frequently. For those who haven't heard it, it translates to "How much trouble can I get in?"
And every time I hear someone say that, I remember a story told to me by a former Marine (who I knew as an Ave Rat going by Freak). So this guy's stationed on a boat that's out on WesPac. And there's another member of the Marine detachment on that ship that's an unmitigated fuckup. Dude can't do *anything* right. But no matter how bad he fucks up, he shrugs, and consoles himself with 'They can't take away my birthday'.

Until his birthday comes along. Except, it *doesn't*, cause the Captain diverts the ship 18 hours out of her way, to cross the international dateline. And take away this guy's birthday.

How bad of a fuckup does one lone marine have to be to get a Captain to take his ship (eventually) 3 days out of her way, just to punish you?

Comments

I love this!

[levin-marks.livejournal.com]

It takes a savvy Captain to make a point like that. The question I have is after the capt. made the point that he CAN take away his birthday did he continue to be a fuckup. (are we talking J here?, LOL)

Re: I love this!

[gwywnnydd.livejournal.com]

I don't know if the guy continued to be a fuckup. I *do* know he carried around a bewildered expression for a while afterwards, as if a basic tenet of his world had just been rattled...
;)

And no, 'twasn't J. *He* learned not to fuckup that badly (or at least, that consistently)before he enlisted.

[airlinepilot.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just frelling wow. :)

[treebyleaf.livejournal.com]

That's horrible.

Now how do I stop laughing, again?

[nds-wolf.livejournal.com]

That BLOWS

[mrfurry.livejournal.com]

I'm with airline pilot... that's one of the craziest stories I ever heard...