( and then, some hours later, she gets a joke. okay, so it's not dirty, but as a welsh american gene actually found it hilarious so that's what he's sharin'. )
During World War II, four prisoners are captured and brought back to a German base, set to await the death penalty in their cells. The prisoners are a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman and an Englishman.
One morning, a German officer comes in and tells the prisoners, "You are to be lined up and each shot in turn, but before you are shot you get a final wish."
The Scotsman says, "Before I'm shot I'd like to hear Highland Cathedral played on the bagpipes once again, to remind me of the old country."
The German nods, "That can be arranged."
The Irishman says, "Before I die, I'd like to hear Danny Boy sung, in the style of Daniel O'Donnel, with Riverdancers skipping gaily to the tune to remind me of the old country."
The German nods, "That can also be arranged."
The Welshman says, "After them, before I die I'd like to hear Men of Harlech once again, sung by the Treorchy Male Voice Choir, to remind me of the old country."
The German nods, "Yes. That can be arranged."
Hearing all this, the Englishman bursts out laughing.
When the German officer asks "And what is your wish?", he laughs even harder and says;
I'm twenty-four. Well, twenty-five I guess, dependin' on your opinion on the time you're from versus the time it is here. He's eleven months younger than me to the day.
My knees surely feel like I ought to be some days!
I don't know, our relationship ain't ever really been like that I guess? Like, don't get me wrong, we give each other a hard time, but there's some things we both just sorta know not to touch on, out of respect.
( not somethin' he really likes or wants to talk about, but he sorta backed his way on into this one, didn't he? he thinks on the matter a moment, tryin' to decide if al would be offended if he out an' told her an' decided that he probably wouldn't care. he can almost hear him sayin', well that's what happened, isn't it? he wears the evidence of his trauma plain in the arm he's lost. he can't so much as hide it from the world the way gene can. )
He had a rough time of it in the Pacific. Can't speak to how much you may know of the history there, but he lost an arm and spent some time in an internment camp. Reckon it weren't the most hospitable place a fella could while away near a year.
So we joke a spell, but... you know, some things cut too close.
Oh, he's all right. Married. Three daughters, one's just at an age where she's starting to run circles around us, and I bet you dollars to dimes the other two ain't far behind her! His wife's an angel, I swear to the Lord. Helps me run my veterinarian clinic. Reckon he and I would both be plumb lost without her.
this is definitely a time difference thing because the thought of getting married now makes me want to puke and i'm older than him let alone the kids i'm glad he's doing good, though
Well, marriage ain't for everyone. Reckon my brothers expect I'll be an eternal bachelor at this rate!
( eugene percival 'my sexuality is a complicated mess' hicks tbh. )
And yeah, as am I. He deserves a little peace and quiet. Agathine's real good for that, though. I think every now and then about moving back to New York, but I don't know if I have the taste for city life any more.
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Date: 2020-07-23 01:03 am (UTC)( and then, some hours later, she gets a joke. okay, so it's not dirty, but as a welsh american gene actually found it hilarious so that's what he's sharin'. )
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Date: 2020-07-23 01:06 am (UTC)i was expecting a dick joke
or something about how marines eat crayons
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Date: 2020-07-23 01:09 am (UTC)And who says marines eat crayons? My brother's one of them, I know for a fact he prefers glue paste.
( he don't rag often on al, but when he does, oh lordy... )
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Date: 2020-07-23 01:12 am (UTC)how much shit do you talk about each other?
maybe glue is the beginner snack and crayons are the big boy food
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Date: 2020-07-23 03:38 am (UTC)We don't talk as much shit as you'd expect. Maybe we would'a if'n we were younger.
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Date: 2020-07-23 03:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-24 12:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-24 12:36 am (UTC)might as well be in a retirement home
if you can't fuck with your brother what's the point?
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Date: 2020-07-24 12:39 am (UTC)I don't know, our relationship ain't ever really been like that I guess? Like, don't get me wrong, we give each other a hard time, but there's some things we both just sorta know not to touch on, out of respect.
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Date: 2020-07-24 12:41 am (UTC)and the branches you're in is one of those things?
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Date: 2020-07-24 12:46 am (UTC)( not somethin' he really likes or wants to talk about, but he sorta backed his way on into this one, didn't he? he thinks on the matter a moment, tryin' to decide if al would be offended if he out an' told her an' decided that he probably wouldn't care. he can almost hear him sayin', well that's what happened, isn't it? he wears the evidence of his trauma plain in the arm he's lost. he can't so much as hide it from the world the way gene can. )
He had a rough time of it in the Pacific. Can't speak to how much you may know of the history there, but he lost an arm and spent some time in an internment camp. Reckon it weren't the most hospitable place a fella could while away near a year.
So we joke a spell, but... you know, some things cut too close.
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Date: 2020-07-24 12:50 am (UTC)i'm sorry
how's he doing now?
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Date: 2020-07-24 12:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-24 01:05 am (UTC)and i'm older than him
let alone the kids
i'm glad he's doing good, though
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Date: 2020-07-24 11:49 pm (UTC)( eugene percival 'my sexuality is a complicated mess' hicks tbh. )
And yeah, as am I. He deserves a little peace and quiet. Agathine's real good for that, though. I think every now and then about moving back to New York, but I don't know if I have the taste for city life any more.
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Date: 2020-07-25 03:26 am (UTC)you like the smell of manure better than pee?
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Date: 2020-07-27 03:00 am (UTC)And Lordy, did they ever clean up the East at all? Bad enough to gag a maggot and then some in my day.
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Date: 2020-07-27 10:04 am (UTC)people swim in it now
i mean i fucking wouldn't but it's a whole thing
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Date: 2020-07-28 04:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-07-28 04:48 pm (UTC)or a degree or
whatever?
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Date: 2020-07-31 05:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-08-01 01:53 am (UTC)but a lot of people just want to get out of their shitty towns and go to college
i think
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Date: 2020-08-02 05:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-08-09 03:09 am (UTC)it was never really my thing
sitting still in a classroom drives me nuts
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Date: 2020-08-09 05:52 pm (UTC)Some folk learn better by doing, is all.
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