I am a US Marine veteran. Back when I was "Old Corps" (mid- to late1960's) there were no mentions of eating Crayons. I don't know where and when this idiocy came about.
We had a retired Marine at our work. One company Christmas, we opened presents and he got a box of novelty edible crayons. He read the box and said, "If I can't have real ones, could you at least give me some with a bit of nutritional value?"
Not that I encourage everyone else to do it, but #19 reminded me of the time where we put about $30 worth of hardware store fireworks in a gas grill. The victim (big Jerry) in this situation was always about 4 beers too many into whatever he was doing. And like always, he just started the grill, never opening the lid first. It took about 20 seconds and then all hell broke loose, with 2 consecutive KA-BOOOOMS, a lot of smoke, and a lid hinge that got bent. Old Jerry thought gas had filled the grill and ignited. His wife slapped the can of beer right out of his hand and hollered at him for melting some of the vinyl siding off the side of the house. He thought it was funny. The following weekend, Jerry was going to deep fry a turkey, got distracted, and managed to burn the deck. Good times!
#5 really, really hits home. I still get told of all the dumb shit I did by old school mates. But....If I could go back and have a second chance....naw, fuck that, I'd do it the same way.
I would disagree only to say I jerked around in HS because I hated the school, the town and the Principal...especially the Principal, however... If some evil wizard sent me back in time, I would not do the same things again, I would improve upon them; bigger, better, bolder. I would be the God of Chaos. But I do respect your attitude, rock on.
I would do it completely differently if I had the chance. But I was the straight laced kid who took school seriously. If I could redo my youth, I would have clowned around more; I would have asked her out even though I didn't drive; I would have made more time for friends and fun.
#5. Nope, not a grunt anymore, and my days of getting up at 0430 are finished. I would have failed high school without other people doing my work for me. Sixteen years later, my GPA is 3.88 in community college and I'm halfway done with my associates degree. I started my own business years before enrolling for a degree in chemistry and still don't commute at 4:00AM.
9: Looks like someone browses reddit/antiwork. Unionize FTW! 14: This is accurate.
#6. Two of my siblings complained that Mom was slow to answer their texts. She's 88 yrs old! Mother is quite lucid but this new technology gives her the fits. And they could, ya know, make actual phone calls.
I am a US Marine veteran. Back when I was "Old Corps" (mid- to late1960's) there were no mentions of eating Crayons. I don't know where and when this idiocy came about.
ReplyDeleteIt came from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and probably a few Marines.
DeleteDon't forget kindergartners.
DeleteIt is a joke, J O K, never mind that is too many letters
DeleteWhen my nephew joined in 1977 it was already a thing. The air force recruiter gave him a box as did several of my brothers
DeleteI thought he was going to use those to heat up his dinner. Pretty ingenious.
DeleteWe had a retired Marine at our work. One company Christmas, we opened presents and he got a box of novelty edible crayons. He read the box and said, "If I can't have real ones, could you at least give me some with a bit of nutritional value?"
Delete# 8. I bought a house with way too many kitchen cabinets so I can relate.......
ReplyDeleteJD
How many kitchen cabinets does it take to buy a house?!?
DeleteNice
DeleteYou can never have too many kitchen cabinets!
DeleteNot that I encourage everyone else to do it, but #19 reminded me of the time where we put about $30 worth of hardware store fireworks in a gas grill. The victim (big Jerry) in this situation was always about 4 beers too many into whatever he was doing. And like always, he just started the grill, never opening the lid first. It took about 20 seconds and then all hell broke loose, with 2 consecutive KA-BOOOOMS, a lot of smoke, and a lid hinge that got bent. Old Jerry thought gas had filled the grill and ignited. His wife slapped the can of beer right out of his hand and hollered at him for melting some of the vinyl siding off the side of the house. He thought it was funny. The following weekend, Jerry was going to deep fry a turkey, got distracted, and managed to burn the deck. Good times!
ReplyDelete#5 really, really hits home. I still get told of all the dumb shit I did by old school mates. But....If I could go back and have a second chance....naw, fuck that, I'd do it the same way.
ReplyDeleteI would disagree only to say I jerked around in HS because I hated the school, the town and the Principal...especially the Principal, however...
DeleteIf some evil wizard sent me back in time, I would not do the same things again, I would improve upon them; bigger, better, bolder. I would be the God of Chaos.
But I do respect your attitude, rock on.
I would do it completely differently if I had the chance. But I was the straight laced kid who took school seriously. If I could redo my youth, I would have clowned around more; I would have asked her out even though I didn't drive; I would have made more time for friends and fun.
Delete#1. Surely there are pictures of a pile of vomit somewhere, as in he left a bad taste in their mouth.
ReplyDelete#10 has become my new normal.
ReplyDeleteMeh. I start getting ready for bed at 8:30, the same as I've done my entire working life.
Delete#5. Nope, not a grunt anymore, and my days of getting up at 0430 are finished. I would have failed high school without other people doing my work for me. Sixteen years later, my GPA is 3.88 in community college and I'm halfway done with my associates degree. I started my own business years before enrolling for a degree in chemistry and still don't commute at 4:00AM.
ReplyDelete9: Looks like someone browses reddit/antiwork. Unionize FTW!
14: This is accurate.
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#6. Two of my siblings complained that Mom was slow to answer their texts. She's 88 yrs old! Mother is quite lucid but this new technology gives her the fits. And they could, ya know, make actual phone calls.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayon-eating_Marine_trope
ReplyDelete#1: "Yum, yum! Eat'em up!"
ReplyDeleteAnd we're expected to believe cannibal tribes live within a 3-hour boat ride of the U.S. coast?