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Old 23rd June 2016, 12:14 PM   #18
Roland_M
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Originally Posted by thinreadline
This is a commonly held belief especially amongst those who have been in the armed forces. It is usually a fantasy promulgated by macho training sergeants to young recruits to scare or impress them ... even I was told this in the 1970s by several NCOs when I was in the Joint Services .
Thank you for your explanation. Maybe this is a kind of training sergeant running gag and they always have tears in their eyes from laughing, if the recruits believe that.

My father told this to me when I was six or so and I couldnt believe that. I have been thinking about this for a long time as a child, to find out whats wrong with this theory.
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