fencersmother

Marcie, that was the best laugh I've had all day! Hilarious!

marciemi

Thanks! Another one, more on the theme of this thread, that I've been meaning to add (meaning more sad than funny). My husband was talking to someone at work and telling them that our son's goal was to go to either the Air Force Academy or the Naval Academy. The person patted him on the arm and said "That's okay, he'll be able to go to college sometime later."

DH had to try to explain that the academies WERE a college, and that West Point was just recently named the number one college in the country! (Sorry, I had to throw that in there after your last post!)

fencersmother

So, today I'm in the doctor's office getting an allergy shot - no big deal but there 's a 20 minute wait while they make sure I'm not going to die from the shot. Wearing my UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY sweatshirt (it screams it). Guy sitting across from me asks if I went to USAFA. No, I reply, but my kids do. Oh, says he, what do they do in the air force? Well, I explain that USAFA is like West Point or Annapolis, you know the ol' yarn.

Then, he asks me: "Have they killed any children in Iraq?"

Then it dawns on me, because I am a slow learner, that this easy-going conversation I thought we were having was not the conversation this gentleman was having.

I gently told him that while they hadn't killed anyone YET, they'd not mind taking out anyone who attacked the citizens of this great nation.

I got up and left when he started wagging his finger at me.

It did occur to me when I left the waiting room that his T-shirt said "I'm not waiting till they legalize pot."

aglages

"Have they killed any children in Iraq?"
As a fellow SW PA resident I find this very difficult to believe.

fencersmother

I found it difficult to believe that anyone would ask me that. I don't believe that the man in the waiting room was getting his news from the same sources which supply mine.

marciemi

One common one that we seem to find that we're being asked is "So where will your son go to boot camp?" This after explaining that he's hoping to go to the Air Force Academy. Does anyone other than the Marines call it that, even ignoring the whole academy aspect?

flalaw97

NavySupporter:

I can't believe the timing was coincidence. You almost wish he had the quick thinking to say "yeah, it will probably feel the same as when I run over your kid's back on the way to the finish line today."

Hope he is doing well at USNA.

jscam87

Another response could be, "Do you mean Today? Hmmmm. I haven't spoken with him today... Now if you caught me last WEEK, well, THAT was a good one!"

I used to enjoy/cringe at the old Jay Leno show on the feature called , "Jay Walking" where he walked up to people on the street and asked very simple questions. Seems like you're catching some contestants.

I think this thread is GREAT! It always helps to know you're not alone. Keep up the good work everyone! And keep the stories coming, funny or sad, they all help!