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Back in pre-email days the only way to pass written jokes or cartoons around the world was to make a "Xerox copy" to send via US Postal Service to distant friends. (You younger readers can verify this by asking some old dude.) An amazing amount of time, effort, and office resources were devoted to this practice - I can remember seeing new ones turn up every few weeks where I worked.
Most of them have long since transitioned from that format to email, and are widely available on the world wide web (see 2.6 million google hits for '50 reasons why beer is better than a woman', for example). But one I haven't been able to find yet was a black and white 5-panel cartoon. The first panel showed a GI wading waist deep in a swamp, saying "It sucks here". Underneath the caption said "Infantry". The next panel showed the same picture, but the guy says "I like how it sucks here" and the caption reads "Rangers". The next panel the guy says "I wish it suked more here!" above the caption "Special Forces". The scene switches to a helicopter for the next box, the pilot looking down saying "Looks like it sucks down there" and the caption "Army Aviators". The last panel shows a guy sitting in an easy chair holding a remote watching TV crying "What - no cable? This place sucks!!!" The caption? Air Force.
Like I said, I haven't been able to find that on line. If anyone can point us to one please do. (Or email me a scan if you have one.)
I'd forgotten about that old joke until I read this story in Stars and Stripes:
The people fighting the war on terrorism are being asked to tighten their belts to help pay for it.Air Force bases are cutting back on utility bills. Commands are canceling travel or training that doesn?t somehow support the war. And at some fitness centers, people will have to bring their own towel to save on laundry costs.
Budget cuts are even hitting small, local businesses that rely on U.S. air bases.
Tony Molloy, who owns a news agency in Beck Row near RAF Mildenhall, England, said the base canceled its contract for 316 magazines with weekly TV listings because it has pulled the plug on cable television in billeting.
?They rang up from the contracting office and said they were cutting the cable, so they wouldn?t need the magazines,? said Molloy, who has provided the magazines for several years. Col. Richard Devereaux, RAF Mildenhall?s base commander, confirmed the loss of cable TV in billeting.
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Small things would have a large impact, Devereaux added. For example, the chapel?s weekly bulletins will be in black and white instead of color, and cell phones will be shelved if they are not used enough to support the contract. The 435th Air Base Wing, the host unit at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, is reducing supplies and equipment purchases and limiting video teleconferencing use, according to Lt. Col. John Long, commander of the 435th Comptroller Squadron. Bases also are asking people to turn down the heat in the winter to save on utility bills.
?Small things add up,? Devereaux said. ?Sometimes small savings send a signal that we really need to tighten our belt.?
Of course, officials said, war- fighting capabilities and readiness are untouchable. Other than that, they said, everything is fair game.
?It will be painful,? Devereaux said, ?but we can get there."
Update: Got a joke about another branch of the service? Add to the comments. All in good fun.
