Inspection

"The Solution Is... "

The soldier was tired and sleepy from a long
train ride in a miserable old-day coach. On
top of this, two fussy old ladies were keeping
him awake with argument about a window.
One wanted it closed and the other wanted it
open. This fuss finally brought the conductor.
"Conductor," said one, "if that window is
opened, I'll just freeze to death!"

"And if it is kept closed," whined the other,
"I'll suffocate."

The poor conductor didn't know what to do
and finally turned to the GI for help."What
would you do, soldier, if it were a military
problem?"

"In the Army we handle such problems like
a double-prong attack. Open the window
and freeze one of them, then close it and
suffocate the other."

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"Inspection"

An American journalist was stopped at a
Russian Checkpoint in the bullet-pocked
suburb of Chechnya.

The Russian soldier said, "Get out of the
car and open the trunk!"

The American replied, "I'm sorry, but the
hand brake on the car is broken. I can't take
my foot off the brake or it'll roll back down
the hill."

So the Russian says, "Do you take me for
a FOOL?!" as he slides into the passenger
seat, and stamps his big boot onto the brake
pedal.

"Now, go and open the trunk!"

So the journalist reluctantly complies with the
soldier's request and goes and opens the
trunk of the car.

"Now", shouts the Russian from inside the
car, "Is there any contraband in there?"
Received on Thu May 18 08:28:40 2006