PX Jokes

Hello, Honored Readers, I’m Petty Officer Edmundson, and THIS is The Veterans’ Voice!

It’s time, yet again for “Hump Day Humor”!

Today’s offering is a quaint story I read in “Humor in Uniform” in Reader’s Digest.

The teenage son of an army officer got an after school job as a bagger in the base PX, where he worked for tips only.  He learned to increase his tips by chatting with the customers.  Well, one day, an older officer walked in, and as the young man chatted with him, the officer stated that he had had his uniform since World War II.

“NO,” the boy cried, “You don’t look a day over Vietnam!”

The young man got a good tip.

Since this joke was rather short, I’ll offer another one, also from Reader’s Digest.

A newlywed Navy Lieutenant was in a Navy Exchange and grumbled as he followed his wife.

“Here I am,” he grumbled, “a lieutenant in the United States Navy, and I’m out shopping with my wife!”

To his shock and embarrassment, a full bird captain and HIS wife walked up.

“Son,” the Captain rumbled, “with some training and a promotion or two, your wife just might let you go shopping by yourself.”

Can I get away with one more PX joke, Honored Readers?  Another gem from Reader’s Digest!

A cashier was bored as she worked the checkout counter at an army PX.  She had three customers in her line.  The first was a kid buying cigarettes.  Since he looked a little young, she checked his identification card, and refused to sell the cigarettes because he was too young.  The next customer was a soldier in uniform who was buying beer, and she had to check his ID.  The third customer was a Major in civilian clothes, and the cashier automatically asked to see his ID.

“Ma’am,” he grumbled, “I understand you have to be eighteen to buy cigarettes and twenty-one to buy beer…but how old do you have to be to buy cookies?!”

That’s all for Hump Day Humor, Honored Readers!  If you have a joke or funny story to share on this blog, go to the contact page and send me an email.  Please put “Hump Day Humor” in the subject line.

That’s all for today, Honored Readers.  I’m Petty Officer Edmundson, and THIS is The Veterans’ Voice!