On Thu, 14 May 2009 20:02:56 -0700, Bob Terwilliger wrote:

> Bobo wrote:
>
>>> Also, creamed, chipped-beef on toast (SOS)
>>
>> People *like* that stuff? Ewww.
>> There's a reason why it's calles S.
>
> People in the military will refer to *anything* as shit, regardless of how
> good or bad it is. Sometimes their efforts to be profane rather than
> articulate lead to some inadvertently-funny dialogue. I remember a group of
> sailors discussing a picnic they'd attended, with one of the sailors being
> particularly fond of the bread they'd been offered at the picnic. His
> comment was, "Man, I was eatin' the SHIT out of that bread!"
>
> Bob

don't forget the advice to soldiers returning home: 'when you ask someone
to pass the salt, there's no need to describe it.'

your pal,
blake