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Re: Combat Pizza Delivery
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:04:30 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Ken Koleda wrote:
> In lugnet.announce, Justin Pratt wrote:
> > Next time you're pinned down by enemy fire and get the urge for some pizza, just
> > call Combat Pizza Delivery:
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=46264
> >
> > The Combat Pizza Car features all-terrain treads, a handy roof-mounted
> > side-swivel vulcan cannon and a personal Death-Rifle(tm) with optional bayonet
> > for those last few pesky meters. Great for use in modern urban combat zones,
> > alien invasions or zombie-infested suburbs!
> >
> > (Giving the pizza guy a heavy tip is strongly encouraged.)
>
> This is too funny. I don't know if anyone else can appreciate this but it
> reminds me of an odd situation I was in years ago. In the later stages of basic
> training at Ft. benning GA, we went on a field training exercise. At this point
> we had essentially only Army food (not bad, actually, but standard fair) for at
> many weeks. The trucks dropped us at a clearing next to a paved road and left.
> We deploy into the woods and commence digging ..hmm can't recall the name..
> little trench things you can lay in to give you some cover.
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> The sergeant sends someone around and asks if we want to buy pizza and colas.
> Of course we did. After was seemed like forever this small red convertible
> pulls into the clearing. This young kid stands up looking around kind of
> puzzled. He knew where he was going and maybe they did this before but .. it
> was wierd. Pizza delivery in the field... extra weird for us getting junk food
> for the first time in so long... and the sugar buzz from the cola!
>
> I recall sitting there dead tired on 50/50 security. Either you or your buddy
> had to be up at all times. Thinking it was warm, quiet and I was full of pizza,
> even if I was tired... then the rain started, argh. Hard to sleep in the rain
> with only a crappy poncho and those little cover positions made nice little mud
> puddles.
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> Sorry for rambling, but this clever MOC brought it all back like it was
> yesterday.
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> Thanks
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> Ken
Hehehe...wonder how the phone call went.... "Ah, hello, yes, I'd like to order
two dozen large pepperoni pizzas...ah, our address is..ummm...well, I dunno
exactly, but it's somewhere in or around Ft. Bennings, I can't tell you exactly
or I'd have to shoot you. The password at the gate is 5ag-C19. Just follow the
tanks. Ok, thanks!"
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| (...) This is too funny. I don't know if anyone else can appreciate this but it reminds me of an odd situation I was in years ago. In the later stages of basic training at Ft. benning GA, we went on a field training exercise. At this point we had (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.build)
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