Jan 15, 2004 14:40
Coming back from leave can be almost as exciting and adventure as going on it in the first place. The messhalls become nothing more than a stage with each man trying to tell a better story than the previous and all the while hoping no one will give them up for having done little more than holing up in a tavern and drinking until oblivion comes. Because, truly, that's what most of the men do.
Yet every time there is leave, over half of them will come back stating that they have fallen madly in love. Most likely, they have found a willing body. At best, they didn't have to pay her for her time.
I should know. I used to be one of them