TRYING HARD TO GET BY
A recruit, well known for his “strategy” when seeking a holiday, went to the doctor and asked for a note, as he said he was ill. The doctor could not find anything wrong with him, but gave him a note, and just marked a stroke where the nature of complaint should be. He went to the chief officer with the note and asked for leave. The officer took the note, looked at it, and then said (for he looked puzzled):
“What is this you are suffering from? I can’t tell.”
Then our friend took the note, looked at it, and confidently replied:
“Can’t you see, sir, that it’s a stroke I’m suffering from?”