> –Had to share this because it’s funny
> and smart
> and some people just plain need to stop and smile
> once in awhile! Sunny
>
> The Navy found they had too many officers and
> decided to
> offer an early retirement bonus. They promised any officer
> who volunteered for retirement a bonus of $1,000 for every
> inch measured in a straight line between any two points in
> his body.
> The officer got to choose what those two points
> would be.
> The first officer who accepted asked that he be
> measured
> from the top of his head to the tip of his toes. He was
> measured at six feet and walked out with a bonus of $72,000.
>
>
> The second officer who accepted was a little
> smarter and
> asked to be measured from the tip of his outstretched hands
> to his toes… He walked out with $96,000.
>
> The third one was a noncom missioned officer, a
> grizzly old
> Chief who, when asked where he would like to be measured
> replied,
> ‘From the tip of my (*ahem) to my testicles.’
>
> It was suggested by the pension man that he might
> want to
> reconsider, explaining about the nice big cheques the
> previous two Officers had received. But the old Chief
> insisted and they decided to go along with him providing the
> measurement was taken by a Medical Officer.
> The Medical Officer arrived and instructed the
> Chief to
> ‘drop ’em,’ which he did. The medical officer placed the
> tape measure on the tip of the Chief’s (*cough) and began to
> work back. ‘Dear Lord!’ he suddenly exclaimed, ‘Where are
> your testicles?’
>
>
> The old Chief calmly replied, ‘ Vietnam ‘
>
>
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