Goomba wrote:

>> Just sharing a bit of fun with a wee story on my solution for having
>> no milk on hand today....
>> One of my younger Marines came into the office area here that was long
>> ago designated as Miss Jeanine's Kitchen, to ask if there was
>> possibility of my having milk to spare for his little bag of Fruit
>> Loops breakfast cereal.
>> No, no milk about, but just try this, as I handed him a single-serve
>> container of Greek yogurt and told him to stir his ceral into it. He
>> looked at me like I was crazy, but did politely leave my area with
>> yogurt in hand. I few minutes later he came back in to ask if I had a
>> spoon to eat with, which we are out of at the moment, but no problem,
>> I handed him a fork. When his wrinkled brow indicated to me that he
>> now thought I was perfectly nuts, I just said, "Son, it's yogurt with
>> sweet crunchies, it ought to fork just fine. And what's left at the
>> bottom of the cup will taste good straight off your finger!"
>> Some time later as I walked through his area to pick up prints, the
>> youngster commented that his "Loopy yogurt" really was good. God
>> Bless them, how I do love and respect all my Marines!
>> ...ProudPreparedPicky
>
> I hate to say it but that story alarms me. Have the standard for Marines
> gone down?

Just substitute "five-year-old boy" for "Marine" in that story, and your
feelings of alarm will go right away.

Bob