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I hope the people around him never let him live a minute without being reminded about what a weak little boy he is for whining about taking a soft, succulent sub to the shoulder.
Navy should give him a medal for surviving the first sub attack on US soil.
The Cunt for Red October.
There were 3 submarine attacks on the US in 1942.
Damned historical accuracy getting in the way of a decent joke
...first this century?
Succulent...
Let go of my eggplant!
This is delicatessen manifest!
The injury was to the ego and authority - of the entire apparatus, not one man. They're all anxious to bring retribution and remind everyone that the enforcer class is above them and demands your cowering deference.
That's a really good point. I hope he gets a medal for injury in the line of duty with a big, televised ceremony and lots of sandwich puns.
Kinda gives new meaning to the term “war hero”.