Log Camp

"Log Camp"*

*Monday morning in our logging camp would often
find us a few men short of a full crew because of
weekend celebrations. One such day our boss
was short-tempered when the logs were coming
in too slowly.

"Get the lead out down there and get those logs
moving," he shouted down the hill where work
was going on.

A lone voice came back up from the brush. "Can't,
man. I'm the only one down here."

"Well, then," the boss hollered, "spread out!"

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"Twins"*

*The chief of staff of the US Army decided that he
would personally intervene in the recruiting crisis
affecting all of our armed services. He directed a
nearby base to be opened and that all eligible young
men and women be invited. As he and his staff were
standing near a brand new M-1 Battle Tank, a pair of
twins, well built, neatly kept brothers who looked like
they had just stepped off an Army Corps recruiting
poster walked up to them.

The chief of staff walked up to them, stuck out his
hand and introduced himself. He looked at the first
young man and asked, "Son, what skills can you bring
to the best Army in the world?"

The young man looks at him and says, "I'm a pilot!"
The general gets all excited, turns to his aide and says,
"Get him in today, all the paper work done, everything, do it!"

The aide hustles the young man off. The general looks
at the second young man and asked, "What skills to
you bring to this man's Army?"
The young man says, "I chop wood!"

"Son," the general replies, "we don't need wood
choppers in the Army, what do you know how to do?"

"I chop wood!"

"Young man," huffs the general, "you are not listening
to me, we don't need wood choppers, this is the 21st
century and our battles are fought with our minds as
much as with our bodies!"

"Well," the young man says, "you hired my brother!"

"Of course we did," says the general, "he's a pilot!"

The young man rolls his eyes and says, "Well, I have
to 'chop it' before he can 'pile it'!"
Received on Fri Jan 23 07:24:00 2009