If your looking for funny, move along...
Just have to say, although my a-typical lurker status probably discounts my opinion, this QOTY is seriously lacking in chances at amusing story / anecdote / made up bullshit.

That said...I used to work in the Army (Regt etc etc unimportant) and was in Iraq approx 1 week before the start of the conflict a few years back, for about 11 months. Being attached to a medical supply unit (making sure the hospitals had blood, plasma and the like) I saw my fair share (and them some) of bodies / parts / random pools of unidentifiable claret. Suffice to say you cant see that kind of thing for months on end without:-

a) developing a sort of immunity to it, no matter how squeamish you were before and..
b) starting to really appreciate the good things you have when compared to these guys who are now dead/maimed/badly hurt mostly for reasons we dont totally understand or believe told to us by our respective governments.

There is no specific story im going to tell here so appologies to the gore seekers amongst you, just kind of wanted to say my piece and have done with it.

Oh, and one last note...when meeting someone / finding out someone was in forces / Iraq / Kuwait / etc etc...be aware that, for the most part, nothing says "im a cunt" like opening your conversation with "so, did you kill anyone / see any dead people".

Anyway, post over, heres hoping to a better subject next week when i can attempt to redeem myself with stories of hillarity and mirth to rival that of the infamous Legless himself :)

Ill be back.
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