We have a lot of dangerous equipment, and we do a lot of dangerous things, so it is well and good that we have a Safety Officer, someone dedicated to making sure that as we work, we do it as safely as possible.
However, our Safety Officer smokes like a chimney. I'm guessing at least a pack a day.
And I think I'm the only one who finds it ironic that our safety officer is voluntarily doing something that he knows will kill him, when he's in charge of making sure the soldiers do everything they can, mission dependent, to keep from getting hurt or killed. Don't get me wrong, he's good at what he does. Just ironic. In a war zone, the ironies just seem to pile up.
"In a war zone, the ironies just seem to pile up."
*grin*
I would imagine that it is a daily occurrence.
But pay attention, anyway. Ya never know.
Posted by: tblubrd | September 23, 2006 at 09:01 AM
As ironies go, that's a small one. The real irony is that you're there for a big, fat, whopping lie. Christ on a crutch, if having a smoke gets someone through it, so what?
Posted by: WW | September 23, 2006 at 02:20 PM
A few years ago when I quit that habit I read a usenet group for a while for help and moral support. Quite often, posters would reveal they’d first started smoking while in the service, out of boredom or to help deal with stress. Back in civilian life, they’d happily and easily lay aside both the rigmarole and high drama of life as a soldier, but be stuck with that one pesky habit. Oh well, at least the government doesn’t pass out cigarettes with rations anymore.
Posted by: Linda Morgan | September 23, 2006 at 06:24 PM
WW, how's this for irony. Lefties, who would rather spit on a soldier than look at them, claiming they "support the troops" and thinking red-staters are stupid enough to believe them. Then claiming that we are in Iraq for a lie, and thinking that red-staters are stupid enough to believe them.
I gotta tell ya, this election is going to be so sweet. I can't wait to see what kind of psychotic reaction comes about when the Rethuglicans GAIN seats in the House and Senate. Do ya think the red-staters are going to remember how you Lefties called them morons back in 2004? I'm pretty sure they don't even need to remember, I think they still know.
Sweet I tell ya.
Posted by: Diggs | September 24, 2006 at 03:15 AM
We'll see, won't we? Let's hope the wingnuts don't steal it again.
Posted by: WW | September 24, 2006 at 10:58 AM
One way or the other, at least we won't have George Allen to kick around anymore. Ha!
http://tinyurl.com/zhy5e
Posted by: WW | September 24, 2006 at 02:21 PM
WW, if it looks like the wingnuts are losing by legitimate vote, it will be stolen. You can count on it.
Posted by: Diggs | September 24, 2006 at 11:56 PM