[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]
I heard almost that exact story, with the punchline being the male instructor had to apologize to the all-female platoon, or he was kicked out, I forget which.
I suspect urban-combat legend.
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OTOH, calling us (men-type troops) pussies was quite acceptable, i.e.: “Y’all are a bunch of pussies on the rag!”
[QUOTE=aldiboronti]
There are many such phrases in the military. In the British Army of the 60s the cry that often roused us from our beds was “Off cocks on socks!”, ie hands off cocks and on socks.
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Or there’s always, “Wakey wakey, hands off snakey!” from My Name is Earl.
…'cause guys mostly grab themselves at night. Mostly.