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Show Why a Cadet Hops Long ago when button shoes were considered the latest thing in footwear, a Latin individual with rare intelligence (in fact it was very rare, almost microscopic) puckered his mouth in a silly way and made a noise that sounded like "cadet hop," which now means "sore toe." From this simple (meaning dumb) explanation one can conclude con-clude exactly why a cadet hops. Hours of drilling followed by a dance spells misery to a cadet's lower extremities, which are usually usu-ally mangled to a point beyond usage. At the dance he, with his feet in a pair of skin-tight shoes, nears a state of collapse after spending only 15 minutes in the dance floor. His toes have reached the grinded meatball stage and oh, what he couldn't do to St. Vitus, inventor of the dance. From the treatment his feet are now receiving, if insanity in-sanity doesn't result, corns will . . . and why, at this happy moment, should the word "amputation" enter en-ter his mind ? This brilliant conversation continues con-tinues throughout the entire evening eve-ning and when he finally returns rome, he rushes for the corn plaster and kisses it and you ask why a cadet hops? i. |