* * *Subject:* Fun in Retirement....****
** ** A few days ago I was wearing my 'Viet Nam Veteran' hat**** when I went to Wal-Mart. **** There was nothing in particular that I needed at the world's largest retailer but, since I retired, trips to Wally World to look at the Wal-martians is always good for some comic relief. Besides, I always feel pretty normal after seeing some of the people that frequent the establishment. But, enough of my psychological fixes.**** While standing in line to check out, the guy in front of me, probably in his early thirties, asked, "Are you a Vet Nam Vet?" **** "No" I replied. **** "Then why are you wearing that hat?" **** "Because I couldn't find my hat from the War of 1812." I thought it was a snappy retort. **** "The War of 1812 huh." the Wal-martian queried, **** "When was that?" **** God forgive but, I couldn't pass up such an opportunity. "1936" **** He pondered my response for a moment and responded, **** "Why do they call it the War of 1812 if it was in 1936?" **** "It was a Black Op. No one is supposed to know about it." This was beginning to be way too fun. **** "Dude! Really!" he exclaimed. "How did you get to do something that COOOOL?" **** I glanced furtively around me for effect, leaned toward the guy and in a low voice said, "I'm not sure. I was the only Caucasian**** on the mission." **** "Dude!", he was really getting excited about what he was hearing. **** "That is seriously Awesome! But, didn't you kind of stand out?" **** "Not really. The other guys were wearing white camouflage." The moron nodded knowingly. **** "Listen man," I said in a very serious tone, "You can't tell anyone about this. It's still Top Secret and I shouldn't have said anything." **** "Oh yeah." he gave me the "don't threaten me look. "Like, what's gonna happen if I do?" **** With a really hard look I said, "You have a family don't you? We wouldn't want anything to happen to them would we?" **** The guy gulped, left his basket where it was and fled through the door. **** By this time the lady behind me was about to have a heart attack she was laughing so hard. I just grinned at her. **** After checking out and going to the parking lot I saw dimwit leaning in a car window talking to a young woman. Upon catching sight of me he started pointing excitedly in my direction. **** Giving him another 'deadly' serious look, I made the "I see you" gesture. He turned kind of pale, jumped in the car and sped out of the parking lot. * *** What a great time! Tomorrow I'm going back with a Homeland Security hat. *** * Who said retirement is boring. You just need the right kind of hat.**** ** ** -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
