Journal Of Marine Life In Iraq
<div class="IPBDescription">by an honest front-lines reporter.</div> <a href='http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-3059611.php' target='_blank'>Marines in Iraq: Reporter’s notebook</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->After a few rounds, we finally found a room in the building that had an open space. A staff sergeant who was living there was going out on a mission that night and told me I was more than welcome to sleep on his bed if I liked.
“But sir,” he said, “just don’t take the monkey out of the bag.”
Whoa. What?
Confused and even a bit embarrassed, I assured him I would not.
Then he explained. Turns out, his wife had sent him a toy monkey that was in a bag on his bed. He didn’t want me playing with it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
a collection of journal entries that are interesting, humorous, and informative.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->After a few rounds, we finally found a room in the building that had an open space. A staff sergeant who was living there was going out on a mission that night and told me I was more than welcome to sleep on his bed if I liked.
“But sir,” he said, “just don’t take the monkey out of the bag.”
Whoa. What?
Confused and even a bit embarrassed, I assured him I would not.
Then he explained. Turns out, his wife had sent him a toy monkey that was in a bag on his bed. He didn’t want me playing with it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
a collection of journal entries that are interesting, humorous, and informative.
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“But sir,” he said, “just don’t take the monkey out of the bag.”
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Man, I wish I could've seen the look on his face when his CO said that...