Things we do to fit in"When I was fifteen," writes No3L, "I curled up in a Budgens trolley while someone pushed it through the supermarket doors to nick vodka and Benny Hedgehogs, just to hang out with my brother and his mates."
What have you done to fit in?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 12:30)
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Fitting in at it's worstThis one is pretty hard on me as it relates to the time I spent in the army, a time I would personally rather forget.
In the army you have no real choice but to fit in, and any differences are either beaten out of you by the CO’s or your fellow trainees.
Our squad had a person that seemed to tick all the boxes when it came to not fitting in (and I am glad to say it wasn’t me) he was overweight, out of shape and had little to no social skills, for the sake of my anonymity I will just call him P.
From the start of training the poor sod got the worst treatment imaginable (basic training is no walk in the park itself but they were extra hard on this guy). His constant inability to correctly follow instructions made the drill instructor decide to come down on him even harder, at first our instructor thought that if I could mentor him he may change his ways and fit in (I had got my head down and worked hard and had become the squad leader by then). For a while it all looked like it would work out P improved a little, with the odd fuck up.
He then landed himself in more hot water and our whole squad was punished as a result. The idea of punishing us all for his mistakes then continued, as our instructor decided that it may be better to use the whole "get the squad against the target to make him either shape up or ship out" mentality.
This new rule resulted in P becoming very unpopular and culminated in him having a blanket party one night (AKA hold him down in his bed with a blanket and beat the crap out of him with socks/ towels filled with soap bars or any other hard object you can get your hands on) where I admit that due to peer pressure I also gave him a good whack too.
Strangely enough the plan seemed to do the trick and P’s performance rapidly improved. He even managed to pass the final exam to become a marine… Sadly he then went and ruined it all on our last night of training by blowing the head off of the drill instructor and then taking his own life in the same toilet block. It took me hours to clean up the mess left. Gomer Pyle R.I.P.
(Big thanks to Mr Twisty Cheeky for the idea.)
(, Mon 19 Jan 2009, 12:16, 8 replies)
Love itWhat a great film.
I use it as my plyer name for COD4 COD5 Wolfenstein etc...
Private Pyle FTW.
(, Mon 19 Jan 2009, 12:47, closed)
For that one...... you deserve a Full Metal Click!
(, Mon 19 Jan 2009, 12:48, closed)
I don't knowan Eskimoes pussy is mighty cold.
(, Mon 19 Jan 2009, 12:51, closed)
?What is your major malfunction Private Pile ?
(, Mon 19 Jan 2009, 12:52, closed)
The fact I enjoy most about that film is that the drill instructor was a REAL drill instructor who they'd brought in to give guidance to the actor who would have been playing that role. They went ahead and used the real guy instead.
(, Mon 19 Jan 2009, 18:42, closed)
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