martinmac Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 Life in the Australian Army... > > Text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For > Those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of > Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland) > > > > > Dear Mum & Dad, > > I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers Doug and Phil > that the Army is better than workin' on the farm - tell them to get > in bloody quick > smart before the jobs are all gone! I wuz a bit slow in settling > down at first, because ya don't hafta get outta bed until 6am. But > I like sleeping in now, cuz all yagotta do before brekky is make ya > bed and shine ya boots and clean ya uniform. No bloody cows to > milk, no calves to feed, no feed to stack - nothin'!! Ya haz gotta > shower though, but its not so bad, coz there's lotsa hot water and > even a light to see what ya doing! > > At brekky ya get cereal, fruit and eggs but there's no kangaroo > steaks or possum stew like wot Mum makes. Youdon't get fed again > until noon and by > that time all the city boys are buggered because we've been on a > 'route march' - geez its only just like walking to the windmill in > the back paddock!! > > This one will kill me brothers Doug and Phil with laughter. I keep > getting medals for shootin' - dunno why. The bullseye is as big as > a bloody possum's bum and it don't move and it's not firing back at > ya like the Johnsons did when our big scrubber bull got into their > prize cows before the Ekka last year! All ya gotta do is make > yourself comfortable and hit the target - it's a piece of pi$$!! > You don't even load your own cartridges they comes in little boxes > and ya don't have to steady yourself against the rollbar of the roo > shooting truck when you reload! > > Sometimes ya gotta wrestle with the city boys and I gotta be real > careful coz they break easy - it's not like fighting with Doug and > Phil and Jack and Boori and Steve and Muzza all at once like we do > at home after the muster. > Turns out I'm not a bad boxer either and it looks like I'm the best > the platoon's got, and I've only been beaten by this one bloke from > the Engineers - he's 6 foot 5 and 15 stone and three pick handles > across the shoulders and as ya know I'm only 5 foot 7 and eight > stone wringin' wet,but I foughthim till the other blokes carried me > off to the boozer. > > I can't complain about the Army - tell the boys to get in quick > before word gets around how bloody good it is. > > Your loving daughter, > > Sheila Quote
Jay Posted April 17, 2008 Posted April 17, 2008 I shouldn't laugh at this since i am an Aussie lol Quote
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