It seems the thread got shifted.

I remember when I was stationed in Korea back in '92-'93. The Stars and Stripes carried his column, and one of them was on the dreaded MRE (Meals, Ready to Eat). I cut it out. Not only was it absolutely hilarious, it was TRUE - every word. They gave us the brown bags of death during every military excercise, and there were a lot of excercises.

I once had a commander who, in a reaction to people whining, complaining and making smart-ass comments about the dehydrated pork pattys. (In 'military', it was 'Pork Patty, Dehydrated') It deserved every bit of ridicule it got. It was a freeze-dried brickette of former meat. You were supposed to add hot water to turn it back into pork. Right. Anyway, as a result of this commander defending the lowly pork puck, he got everyone else's. "Oh sir, you got the chicken a-la king? (King, Chicken A-La) That's terrible, I got a pork patty, and I know how much you like them, so I'll trade." When the poor man left, they gave him a plaque with a bronzed dehydrated pork patty on it.

I cut the article out and put it up on the bulletin board in our office. I'll miss his irreverent humor. Maybe he'll recharge his batteries and make a comeback or go into politics or something.