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From: flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn)
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Subject: <Ethnic> Army joke
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Date: Thu, 12-Apr-84 18:14:36 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 12 18:14:36 1984
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Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA
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Somewhat visual at the end, so bear with me...

An American Army physician visited the <ethnic> Army on training
manoeuvres in eastern Europe, and was shown the morgue tent.  A number
of bodies were lying there, just the upper halves, in neat groups of
eight.  He asked the cause of these deaths, and why they were arranged
that way.  The reply was that these were the remains of squads of raw
recruits being trained in grenade throwing.  He asked how this training
was done.

Reply:

[Pull pin of grenade, hold grenade in right hand.  With index finger of
right hand, mark off fingers of left hand, counting 'one, two, three,
four, five.'  Tuck grenade beween thighs, continue by marking off
fingers of right hand with left index finger, counting 'six, seven,
eight ...']