Humor in Uniform 2/23/2010

[R J]

2/23/2010
I was participating in a U.N. peacekeeping mission outside Skopje, Macedonia.  We were required to stay on base at all times, so I hadn’t been off the base for six weeks when a general came to boost morale.   Speculation ran high over who would be invited to the general’s dinner in a top restaurant in Skopje.   The afternoon of the big event, my commander called me over and said, “Captain Adams, you know the dinner we’re having for the general?”  “Yes, sir!” I replied, expectantly.  “Well the general forgot to bring civilian clothes.” He said.  “You’re about his size.  Can he borrow a pair of pants?”                       Thomas R Adams, Jr.