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Show Ruminatiri Roundabout j In which Ruminator proposes to dream a lot, think as little as necessary, scatter a few bouquets bou-quets while their objectives are still above the sod to enjoy them, and fire a hot-shot now and then while said Ruminator Ruminat-or can enjoy seeing the sparks fly. "Passed on by the Price Sun-Advocate: Counsel was cross-examining a farmer. "Now," he said, "don't quibble. Do you understand a simple problem prob-lem or not?" "I do," replied the witness. "Then tell the court this: If 15 men ploughed a field in five hours, how long would 30 men take to plough the same field?" "They couldn't do it." "Why not?" "Because the 15 already have ploughed it." PRIVATE HUH! In the army they call me a private. It is a misnomer. I have been examined by fifty doctors and they haven't missed a blemish. I have confessed being married and having no children. I have told my previous occupations, t have nothing in my past that has not been revealed. I am the only living thing that has less privacy than a goldfish. I sleep in a room with countless other men and eat with nine hundred. I take my baths with the entire detachment. I wear a' suit of the same material and out as five million other men. I have to tell a physician whenever when-ever I kiss a pretty girl. I never have a single moment to myself. And yet they call me a private! Apaco. ' Private! What the ! Apaco. v |