Arkwright Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What we need is a war Drafting Guys over 60 I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35. For starters: Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy. Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry.'and pi**ed off with this Labour Government. We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while. An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys always get up early to pee so what the hell. Besides, like I said, 'I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-bitch, weirdo,scrote,or what have you If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser. Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns, we've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling. They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. I can hear the Drill Sgt. In the 'New army' now, 'Get down and give me ... ER .. One?' Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy too. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet. An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head. These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way. Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists! ... The last thing an enemy would want to see right now is a couple of million pi**ed off old farts with attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them. Also, we won't get into trouble for mistreating prisoners. We won't take any. If nothing else, put us on border patrol....we will have it secured the first night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmac Posted May 18, 2009 Share Posted May 18, 2009 Had a bad day Derek I can think of several older men to put on the front line, they can even pay for their own equipment out of their expenses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Dad's Army even. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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