[fernando]

In those days some guys got hold of all imaginary schemes to join the army ... and the war.
After i lost my forearm in South Africa (Railways) they sent me to a new job in the docks, where i met this old foreman. He had a blind eye since he was a kid (or even born so). When the war came (don't remember which) he wanted to join at any cost and, imagine his ability to pass the visual exams. They told him to cover one eye and read the little letters on the board ... which he easily did. Then they told him to cover the other and he raised the other arm but covered the same eye as before ... and 'managed' to read the letters again ... and passed through.