| The duty officer reported to his CO: Sir nothing significant has happened during my duty hours - only the dog died. The CO asked: How did the dog die? The duty officer: Ate too much of mule meat sir. The CO: Mule meat ? Where did that come from? The duty officer: Sir actually we had to shoot one of our mules. The CO: Why? The duty officer: You see sir, he was in terrible pain due to over exhaustion caused by overload. The CO: How over load ? The duty officer: We had to carry water in barrels from the river and this mule got overworked. The CO: Water ? Why ? The duty officer: Sir because we had a fire in the Quarter Guard... everything is turned to ashes. The CO: Goddamn it... this is what you should have begun your report with. The duty officer: Well actually when I reported to 2IC, I did that, but he fainted on the spot.... |