tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post958383771836385670..comments2024-03-22T08:39:17.629-07:00Comments on Spin Easy Time!: Mr. Fred's Poetry Corner: The Chauvinistsfred chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-88847930887458118902009-04-18T18:33:00.000-07:002009-04-18T18:33:00.000-07:00I never bullied anybody, and I mostly teased the g...I never bullied anybody, and I mostly teased the guys from Philadelphia. <br /><br />The Navy purposely put guys from New York and Philadelphia together with guys from the deep south so we could get used to each other. Those guys spoke so slowly, and we so quickly, that it was a real comedy sometimes. <br /><br />We New Yorkers were ok with everybody, we'd seen it all before. The guys from Philly were trouble, they bullied hicks and gave us New Yorkers shit all the time, "you all think you're so tough." <br /><br />At the end of boot camp there was some score-settling. Take a guy into the bathroom and "flush" him; hold down a sleeping guy with his blanket and beat him a little. The Philly crowd told me one afternoon that it was my turn that night. I went right up to the biggest guys face and told him, "after ten weeks of this shit, I'm just mad enough to like it. That's my bunk over there. I'll be waiting." <br /><br />I slept with my boondockers on, propped up on the bad rail. I slept like a baby. Nobody bothered me.fred chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-67731372869885197382009-04-16T18:36:00.000-07:002009-04-16T18:36:00.000-07:00So you teased the "hicks" huh? Did you bully them ...So you teased the "hicks" huh? Did you bully them too? Back in your CP days, did you ever notice the expression on people's faces (people that were from, say Westchester County or Long Island) when you apprised them that you were from CP? HA!Rory Crippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620554459906789641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-82565515409009561092009-04-16T02:59:00.000-07:002009-04-16T02:59:00.000-07:00I don't know about being more sophisticated. We ce...I don't know about being more sophisticated. We certainly had/have better "street smarts."<br /><br />The Norewgian thing is a bit sophmoric, and I suggested it under the influence of my anti-depressant of choice. Nevertheless, I hope you get a chuckle out of it:<br /><br />There once was a man from Norway<br />Whos balls got caught in a doorway<br />Along came his wife<br />Who came with a knife<br />And now they hang in the hallwaynanutenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-36429241468866144842009-04-15T18:37:00.000-07:002009-04-15T18:37:00.000-07:00The once was a young girl from Norway
Who hung by ...The once was a young girl from Norway<br />Who hung by her feet from the doorway;<br />Which worked out quite well,<br />'Cause when you rang her bell,<br />It actually turned out to be foreplay!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-2037273698012113912009-04-15T18:11:00.000-07:002009-04-15T18:11:00.000-07:00Maybe it was just my experience, but as a boy in C...Maybe it was just my experience, but as a boy in CP my impression was that we NYC boys thought that we were much more sophisticated than kids from anywhere else. That was sure borne out by my Company at Navy boot camp, we just teased the hicks mercilessly. <br /><br />Never heard the limerick about the Norwegian, but I'd love to.fred chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812811681270634366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3058711831772256734.post-46974058703821069182009-04-15T16:32:00.000-07:002009-04-15T16:32:00.000-07:00This certainly changes my perspective on the defin...This certainly changes my perspective on the definition of chavunist. Being Irish, are you familiar with the limerick about the man from Norway?nanutenoreply@blogger.com