Wanna bite?
As they drove through the training area on their annual inspection, the proud Officer in Charge of the training base waved a hand toward the field and said to the General, “We are extremely proud of our camoflauge training, Sir. Our soldiers blend into the background, completely invisible to the enemy. As a matter of fact, there are over a hundred men hidden in this field and I’m sure even a veteran soldier like yourself cannot detect one . . .”
Just then a tree trunk wiggled, jerked around, fell down, rolled over, got up and ran across the field.
Flabbergasted, the major ordered the driver to follw the “tree.” When they had chased it over the fields and meadows, tackled it to the ground and stripped the bark, out popped an apologetic Private Pickleton.
“Soldier!” thundered the Officer. “Do you realize that you have not only disgraced the unit but also jeopardized the entire operation?”
“Ye…ye…ye…yes..ss..sir” stammered Pickleton. “I’m sss…ss…sorry..ss..ssir.
“You imbecile! Why did you move?”
Pickleton sighed, “Well sss…sir, I sat there motionless while two pigeons took a dump on my head. I sat there motionless when a bear scratched his back up against me. I sat there motionless, when a dog took a piss on my toes, but when those two squirrels ran up my pant leg and one said to the other, ‘Ooowee, lookit them fresh nuts! Wanna bite?’ I had to run!”