NOT the BLISTERS?! Please God no!

[Pekka]

Today at work.. I got so irritated. It's stupid, I should have been able to let it go but somehow I was too irritated. Maybe I was tired or something.

First, I was eating.. Then.. these women who work in the cafeteria there came sit close to me, and it was almost empty the whole cafeteria (big one). OK so they want to check me out. I don't fancy them but sure... go on ladies.. check me out.. I won't mind too much. I know you have to. It's not like you can resist so I don't blame anyone. Just FACTS of life.

Then... I start listening what they talk since they were talking kind of loud anyway. I like to listen strangers talk. Maybe I get to know something I wasn't supposed to know, which is always kind of cool.

It went something like this..

Lady #1: Jacob (translated to english) came back for the weekend by the way..

Lady #2: Oh yeah? But he had to go back already, right?

1: Yeah. Only for the weekend. They won't get longer passes than that.

*at this point I realize they are talking about Lady #1s son who is on a leave from the army.

1: I think a weekend is too little, they should get longer leaves. They don't even get paid..

2: Yes they should.

1: They were in the forrest for the whole week. His feet were so bad looking. All blistered up!

2: Oh?

1: I was so mad! I almost said he can't go back there.

2: lol, right.

1: It's stupid, they have to go to forrest and play soldiers and it's dangerous and their feet will get blisters, bad blisters, adn no one takes care of them. Jacob said they hurt all that time and he didn't know what to do.

At this point I got in rage. OH POOR JACOB! NO WAY? HE HAD BLISTERS?!! Worse than nukes!

Hey, listen, if your son can't take care of his own two feet, that are attached to him, TOO BAD! Maybe you shouldn't have breast fed him until the age of 17? So you can get blisters there easily, how about taking care of it as soon as possible, there are medics, and if you can't find one or are too stupid to ask for one, how about taking care of it yourself?? IF they were so bad that they were truly .. well bad, then there's no reason not to take care of it. If they aren't that bad, then why cry to your mom about it. Or why does your mom cry about it to others. NO NO NOT THE BLISTERS!?? Damn.. what a stupid family. They deserve nothing in this life.

[Bereta_Eder]

first thing you learn in the army is take care of your feet!

[Pekka]

sure you learn it, if not from the get go, then afterwards.

However, what do you want Jacob? A COOKIE? Here you go Jacob. Have a cookie. I'm sure it was horrible. Like a real war it was. I bet the water was a bit too warm at points too, and one day it rained! Damn! War is hell.

Lady #1, SHUT UP! DIE!

[Spiffor]

Walking is good exercize

And what is wrong with blisters? Unless I never got really bad ones, I don't understand what's so bad? They barely hurt, they don't hamper your walk.

[Bereta_Eder]

is army service still compulsory in France spiff?

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Bereta_Eder
is army service still compulsory in France spiff?

Not anymore

Military service sucks.

Walking does rock, but not under the orders of an ******* corporal who feels he can abuse you as much as he wants thanks to his stripes on the arm.

[Pekka]

Spiff, exactly, so why the hell were they crying about it in place of business?

I hate those stupid people and I feel they should have bad fortune. But I don't wish it upon them. I just know..

Blisters tend to get pretty bad quickly when you play toy soldier for a week in a row, where you won't get to wash your feet, or have time healing them, like taking your shoes off. So... unless you take care of the problem, it'll get bad enough to really really hurt.

But that's Darwin award, unless you are in some super long march, or in real war. But when you go to a combat camp, you have 5 or 10 minutes time several times in day that lasts 24 hours, so when you have that time, maybe you should tape your feet, pop the blisters, clean it, change socks if you got, steal water and use that, what ever it is that you have to do. Or suffer. What ever you do is you don't go crying your mom about it and eat a cookie, or if you do, you are a silly man and you will die a lonely man and poor and unhappy.

[Pekka]

Spiff, so you can't take any abuse. What a *****.

[Bereta_Eder]

ah ok. well if it was still compulsory you'd understand what pekka and i are saying

[Pekka]

yeah, it's not exactly a nice little stroll with sore feet, well it can be but it can be different also, and in that scenario, you can only blame yourself for it, for not taking care of it, and if it happened anyway and you STILL don't take care of it yourself or ask someone to look at it, then you don't deserve the cookie and if your mommy still gives you one.. you die stupid.

[BlackCat]

I have to agree with both pai and pekka at the same time !!!

45 km in mili booths do something to the feet.

[Pekka]

what happens in them? kinky sex?

[Bereta_Eder]

well the thing is, if you've not been in the army its difficult to explain.
but let's say you're going to do a lot of drills and a lot of harsh walkings in your trainining. your feet will suffer. that's a fact. you'll realize it sooner or later as pekka said. once you do it's up to you to take the precautions to stop it. it's easy. soles for your shoes you buy them before you buy cigarettes. it's that importnat. and feet poweder. you dust your boots with it they do the trick.

but most imporrtant it's the soles. i didn't mind the blisters, i did mind the harshness of impact when your feet smashed the groudn. PROSOHI! (attention!) GDAB!
Hail the military navy. HAIL! Hail the nation. HAIL!

ah those were the times...

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Pekka
Spiff, so you can't take any abuse. What a *****.

I'm sorry if I dislike the idea of taking abuse from a dumbass corporal who is how so proud of his great accomplishment in life.

[Pekka]

The problem comes more evident when you can't take them off at all. I learned pretty good how much your feet can suffer if you can't take them off for few days in a row, with lots of physical activity. Not even in your sleep. So. Either pre-empt it or go to momma crying like a wuss.

But that's not the point. The point is, this family is irritating and should be portrayed shamefully.