The
Portuguese army had a surplus of men and offered
a
retirement incentive program.
She
promised all volunteers wishing to retire a
sum
of 100 euros for each centimeter measured in a straigh
t line between two
different points of the body.
Each
soldier could choose which parts of the body he could
use to
determine the amount of the premium.
The
first and youngest candidate asked that the distance between
the above
his head and the tip of his toes is used.
As
he measured 2.10 he got a bonus of 2100 euros.
The
second candidate, a little more cunning, asked to be measured
end
of his arms raised to the end of his toes. He got 2,800 euros.
The
third candidate, an old chief warrant officer who had seen more
than one, asked
to be measured from the tip of his penis to his testicles!
We give him Recommends
to reconsider the situation, underlining the
amounts advantageous
that the first two candidates had received.
But the old Sargent-chef
insisted and his choice was respected provided
that the measure taken
by a military doctor.
The
military doctor arrived and asked the Chief Warrant Officer to lower
his pants,
which he did.
The
doctor placed the tape measure on the tip of the Chief Warrant
Officer's penis and
proceeded backwards.
"My
God!' said the doctor, but where are your testicles?
The
old chief warrant officer calmly replied:
I
left them in Angola, when I was in the war because of
antipersonnel
mine !...
