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Military Friends...can I get an Amen
Email | December 29, 2006 | Unknown

Posted on 12/29/2006 9:59:41 AM PST by LiteKeeper

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you're too busy to talk to them for a week.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having last time you met.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. And Mrs.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Call your parents mom and dad.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Bail you out of jail and tell you what you did was wrong.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Would be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...we screwed up...but man that was fun!"

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Cry with you.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds??(tm) ass that left you behind.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, "I'm home!"

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Are for a while.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are for life.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have shared a few experiences...
MILITARY FRIENDS: Have shared a lifetime of experiences no Civilian could ever dream of...

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will take your drink away when they think you've had enough.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will look at you stumbling all over the place and say, "You better drink the rest of that, you know we don't waste...that's alcohol abuse!!" Then carry you home safely and put you to bed...

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will talk crap to the person who talks crap about you.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will knock them the hell out for using your name in vain.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will ignore this.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will forward this.


TOPICS: Government; Humor; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: friends; military; veterans

1 posted on 12/29/2006 9:59:44 AM PST by LiteKeeper
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To: LiteKeeper
Too True. Thanks for the post.


2 posted on 12/29/2006 10:02:31 AM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: LiteKeeper

Amen!


3 posted on 12/29/2006 10:02:44 AM PST by YouPosting2Me (My Mission: Get 'Millee' to start using a Tagline again...)
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To: LiteKeeper

Oh yeah.


4 posted on 12/29/2006 10:29:05 AM PST by kimmie7 (Liberals embrace the sin......Christians embrace the sinner.)
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To: LiteKeeper
CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Talk a good game of what 'they would do' in a pressure situation...
MILITARY FRIENDS: Jump on a grenade out of instinct to save a buddy or a complete stranger...
5 posted on 12/29/2006 10:43:33 AM PST by YouPosting2Me (My Mission: Get 'Millee' to start using a Tagline again...)
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To: LiteKeeper

IntRep :-)


6 posted on 12/29/2006 11:21:55 AM PST by Hegemony Cricket (When music is banned, only the bands will have music.)
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