When ‘Elite’ Means You Forgot Gravity Exists
During the WWII British general wanted to drop an elite squad behind the Japanese lines…
He asked a major to find him a meanest, toughest infantry squad he could. Naturally, major instantly thought about Gurkha…
Major explained the plan to the Gurkha sergeant major, saying: “We’ll drop you from 600 feet, and your objective will be to k*ll every enemy you can.”
The sergeant major talked to his troops, then went back to the major: “Sah, the men say k*ll*ng everyone is good, but 600 feet too high. They want to be dr*pped lower.” The British major said: “All right, sergeant major, we’ll make it 500 feet.”
The sergeant major spoke to his troops again, and again went back to the major: “Sah, the men say 500 feet is still too high and want to be dropped lower.” The major said: “Sergeant major, pilot probably could go down to 400 feet to drop you but that wouldn’t leave enough time for the parachutes to open.”
Sergeant major: “Oh, we’ll be given parachutes???”
