Every morning I have coffee at McDonalds with two army guys and two sailors from WWII and Korea. Mostly sea stories, but suddenly one army guy asks me, "What make you Marines so special?"
Without much forethought, I say,"Boot camp." and added: In boot camp we are beaten down to the point where we are lower than whale shit. Then the DIs take that gunk and mold Marines out of it. It's that gunk that holds us together like glue and it's called espirit de corps.
A long silent period ensued.
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