ChemEngineer
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I am the youngest of four children, and my older brother quit high school to join the Marines.
He loved to tell stories and this is one. He went to bars to drink and fight, I guess. One night he was soused and took a roundhouse swing at what he called an "anchor clanker."
The sailor backed up and caught my brother as he was about to fall to the floor. My brother says he looked up at this big sailor and said, "Don't you hit me, you big sonofabitch."
And the sailor saw no need to hit him. My brother often said, "I let my alligator mouth write checks my chickenshit ass could not cash."
Only guys could find amusement in such tales, I suspect. Women would simply shake their heads in wonder.
I have another, but first yours.....
He loved to tell stories and this is one. He went to bars to drink and fight, I guess. One night he was soused and took a roundhouse swing at what he called an "anchor clanker."
The sailor backed up and caught my brother as he was about to fall to the floor. My brother says he looked up at this big sailor and said, "Don't you hit me, you big sonofabitch."
And the sailor saw no need to hit him. My brother often said, "I let my alligator mouth write checks my chickenshit ass could not cash."
Only guys could find amusement in such tales, I suspect. Women would simply shake their heads in wonder.
I have another, but first yours.....