Two old boys, Mick & Paddy, have been promoted from privates to L/Cpls.
>Not long afterward, they're out for a walk and Mick says, "Hey, Paddy,
there's the NCO Club; let's you and me step in."
>"But we?re only privates," protests Paddy.
>"We?re L/Cpls now," says Mick, pointing to his stripe and pulling him inside.
"Now, Paddy, I'm a-gonna sit down and have me a drink."
>"But we're privates," says Paddy.
>"You blind, boy?" asks Mick, pointing again at his stripe. "We're L/Cpls
now!"
>So they have their drink, and pretty soon a one of the Army lass?s comes up to
Mick.
>"You're cute," she says, "and I'd like to date you, but I've got a bad case of
gonorrhoea."
>Mick pulls his friend to the side and whispers, "Paddy, go look in the
dictionary and see what gonorrhoea means. If it's okay, give me the okay
sign."
>So Paddy goes to look it up, comes back, and gives Mick the big Thumbs Up.
>Three weeks later Mick is laid up in the infirmary with a terrible case of
gonorrhoea.
>Mick says to Paddy, "Why the hell did you give me the thumbs up?"
>"Well Mick, in the dictionary, it say gonorrhoea affects only the privates."
Pointing to his stripe, he says, "and we're L/Cpls now!"
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