Humor in Uniform

A Marine Drill Instructor, known for his insensitivity and tough

demeanor, during roll call one day ended his talk with, “Oh, by the

way, Kowalski, your mother died last night.”

A couple of weeks later, he told another future Devil Dog in the same manner,

“Don’t bother calling home this weekend Johnson, your house burned down

last night and killed your entire family.”

Word of these incidents leaked to the Commanding Officer, who called

in Sergeant Pyrczkovich and counseled him, instructing him to be a bit

more sensitive to the recruits.

So, after receiving news of the death of Recruit Lazinsky’s

grandmother, he decided to try another ploy. “Listen up! Everyone

whose grandmother is still alive, take one step forward. Not so fast there,

Lazinsky…”