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Friday, March 25, 2011

I know you're a terrorist but geez, do you have to be inconsiderate too...

I was up until 3am wating for a patient to come down from a FOB by helicopter. After driving him around, arguing with a doctor at the Role 3 hospital and NOT getting him admitted, I took him to get a billet for the night and then I went to bed. My plan was to sleep in and be avalable by phone. All of a sudden I realized that my alarm clock was saying,"Rocket attack, rocket att..." Oh wait, that's not my alarm clock, that's THE alarm! Hmmm,  I'm in bed, do I get out of bed and lay on the floor? I'm on the second floor so will a distance of 2 feet make that much difference? I'm way comfy here and.........ok I'm up, or down as the case may be. Ok, no floor but off to the bunker. But man do I have to pee. Ok I'm not dieing with a full bladder. Or, most importantly staying hours in the bunker with a full bladder. So, like the John Belushi scene from "Animal House" I dodge and weave my way to the bathroom. Then I repeat my performance to the bunker, just in time for the "all clear" signal. World's shortest attack. Maybe the Tailban had to pee too.
The rocket attack alarm  is an English woman's voice. The all clear is an American male voice. And they say that Americans are alarmists...

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