I hate the phrase "Welcome Home"!
Today I stopped at my local bar after work. I was wearing a baseball hat that says Vietnam Veteran, and it has the 173rd Airborne Brigade patch.
This guy about my age walks up to me and looks at my hat and says, "Welcome Home Brother!"
He was obviously a bit drunk.
So I said "Thanks", as I ordered a beer......
Then he said he also served in Vietnam.
So I asked him what unit he served with in Vietnam.
"I was in Division LRRPS!" he said.
So I asked him what Division LRRP unit he was in.
Then I got the blank, drunken stare.......
"Ahh....it was the 173rd Division..." he said, "You know, the unit that Big and Rich made the song about."
"Really?" I said, "I was in that same unit! Only it was the 173rd Airborne Brigade. We were never a Division.....we were just a Brigade! And I never heard of any "Division LRRPS" with the 173rd Airborne Brigade!"
BUSTED!
So he starts backsteping......"Ah....it was a long time ago.....I can't remember that far back."
Unfortunately, I was in a real bad mood today! Work has been a bitch lately..
I told him he was full of shit, and told him to get the f*** out of my face!
He paid his tab and left the bar!
I hate the phrase "Welcome Home".
It came thirty years too late to mean anything.....and posers seem to like to use it a lot!
Today I stopped at my local bar after work. I was wearing a baseball hat that says Vietnam Veteran, and it has the 173rd Airborne Brigade patch.
This guy about my age walks up to me and looks at my hat and says, "Welcome Home Brother!"
He was obviously a bit drunk.
So I said "Thanks", as I ordered a beer......
Then he said he also served in Vietnam.
So I asked him what unit he served with in Vietnam.
"I was in Division LRRPS!" he said.
So I asked him what Division LRRP unit he was in.
Then I got the blank, drunken stare.......
"Ahh....it was the 173rd Division..." he said, "You know, the unit that Big and Rich made the song about."
"Really?" I said, "I was in that same unit! Only it was the 173rd Airborne Brigade. We were never a Division.....we were just a Brigade! And I never heard of any "Division LRRPS" with the 173rd Airborne Brigade!"
BUSTED!
So he starts backsteping......"Ah....it was a long time ago.....I can't remember that far back."
Unfortunately, I was in a real bad mood today! Work has been a bitch lately..
I told him he was full of shit, and told him to get the f*** out of my face!
He paid his tab and left the bar!
I hate the phrase "Welcome Home".
It came thirty years too late to mean anything.....and posers seem to like to use it a lot!