Short version. There was a guy that had a body like Charles Atlas but a tiny head. One day a friend said to him, man you are a specimen but why the tiny head? He said one day I opened a bottle and out popped a Genie. She said I'll give you one wish and disappear from your life forever. He said I had everything I wanted so said to her, How about a little head?
Hey, if you're like I am (6 foot 4, 24in neck, 330 pounds) you take what you can get tape test wise. I was the first contractor to ever get a weight waiver b/c of what I call the "Kate Moss BMI Index"... fucking thing has zero grounding in reality, by it, at 6'4, my MAX weight should be like 210... it doesn't take bone density or if you throw steel like Junior up there or me... It's how I got handle 'Big Country' back in the day... when I got the waiver, the CENTCOM Surgeon General had to sign off... the doc at the Deployment center sent pics of him n me standing side by side (he had to get a step stool to measure my neck and was giggling 'cos he thought it was so absurd) with the waiver request...
The General wrote back "Waiver Approved. I really wouldn't want that guy mad at me."
My favorite uncle (Tony) was like that. He'd been a SeaBee in WW2. Went into the FDNY after the war. Retired as a Lieutenant. Traded stocks for a few years after that. he was a force of nature. [rocketride]
But he don't need no farm tractor to move that tank.
ReplyDeletea/k/a size 22 collar and a size 4 hat.
ReplyDeleteNo way they’re gonna be able to hang him.
ReplyDeleteShort version. There was a guy that had a body like Charles Atlas but a tiny head. One day a friend said to him, man you are a specimen but why the tiny head? He said one day I opened a bottle and out popped a Genie. She said I'll give you one wish and disappear from your life forever. He said I had everything I wanted so said to her, How about a little head?
ReplyDeleteHeh heh!
DeleteOG
Same genie sent another guy a 12 inch Pianist!
DeletePaul J
He's just beating the Army weight standards.
ReplyDeleteHey, if you're like I am (6 foot 4, 24in neck, 330 pounds) you take what you can get tape test wise. I was the first contractor to ever get a weight waiver b/c of what I call the "Kate Moss BMI Index"... fucking thing has zero grounding in reality, by it, at 6'4, my MAX weight should be like 210... it doesn't take bone density or if you throw steel like Junior up there or me... It's how I got handle 'Big Country' back in the day... when I got the waiver, the CENTCOM Surgeon General had to sign off... the doc at the Deployment center sent pics of him n me standing side by side (he had to get a step stool to measure my neck and was giggling 'cos he thought it was so absurd) with the waiver request...
DeleteThe General wrote back "Waiver Approved. I really wouldn't want that guy mad at me."
Typical? Not hardly. Not a typical human, much less a typical engineer...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite uncle (Tony) was like that. He'd been a SeaBee in WW2. Went into the FDNY after the war. Retired as a Lieutenant. Traded stocks for a few years after that. he was a force of nature.
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Hey! I resemble that remark.
ReplyDeleteFreak.
ReplyDeletehe never skips neck day.
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