jdwright56 - 2010-09-05 10:24 AM
RiverRat50 - 2010-09-05 9:09 AM Oh that's right, Private Pyle, don't make any f king effort to get to the top of the f king obstacle. If God would have wanted you up there he would have miracled your arse up there by now, wouldn't he?
This always cracks me up, because it brings so many memories back to me. When I was at MCRD San Diego I had this small piece of steeel that was one of our Junior DI's. He probably weighed 130 and stood about 5'6". He was the meanest person I ever met. He used to say "miracle you there" all of the time.
When I became a DI, I promised myself that I would not use this term, as it belonged to him in my eyes
(yes, this was before the movie, sadly, in 1985
).
Advance some 10 years and I am working in the transportation industry managing a driving force. We would get calls about needing to be home for emergencies and what not, most of which were made up
(I had one guy who's father died three times
).
Anyway, I had a driver that wanted to get home really bad and I didn't have a way to get him there, but I was working on a difficult plan to swap loads and all kinds of crazy stuff. He was calling me every 15 minutes.
Finally, I snapped and just started tearing into him and during that little rant I said "I can't miracle your arse to California, I have to have a load to get you there....". I hung up the phone after a few more choice words and the place is dead quiet.
I am behind my little cubicle walls so I stand up to look at why and everyone had just stopped what they were doing and was looking over at me. Most of the people burst out laughing, though some were just upset that I would say that to someone else.
It became a running joke in the office for as long as I worked there
(10 years or so
).
Good story! I am afraid that I will be telling myself that as I come off the bike at my first Oly next week!
Here is a true story quote...told by class act surgeon to a not so class act surgeon. Can be used by many and a good one to keep in bag of comebacks: "If you don't quit lying about me, you will force me to tell the truth about you..."