by Smitty
Sometimes the gag runs so long that you completely forget it’s even there.
This blog must double down on its unyielding commitment to reader safety. Not meaning to be mysterious, or have any killing go on, no matter how much some others may need it, here is the scoop: ‘one each’ refers to a military unit of issue. I managed to elide the trailing ‘a’ whenever I signed up for a gmail account those bazillion years ago. Whoops.
Here is an example that just came out of the closet:
If you want to over-think it, and you should not, consider it an oblique, smirking statement about the de-humanizing, anti-individual nature of modern life. My humanity is reduced to some stock ‘Smitty’ character, which comes from the supply department in a ‘one each’ unit of issue.
For practical purposes, I can start up an online account somewhere, pick the user name ‘smitty’, tack on a ‘1e’, and have both little worry about colliding with an existing account, and some hope of remembering the user name. If anybody ever guesses that my password is ‘password’, though, I am toast.
Not to worry, Admiral! Your password password is forever sealed in the file marked “Top Secret” with me.
ALRIGHT! This one’s started babbling. Throw it on the pile and issue me another Smitty!
/Top Sergeant mode
I remember when you came up with it. That’s how I knew it was you posting at the old TOMc.
And I always figured it meant, “I’ll have one of each!”
Live and learn.
Smitty’s trying to throw us off! His REAL password is 12345
That’s a:
M1M2a
Explanation, Military Usage (All SERVICES)
1 EA
JWL1N2-01-E-2011
11/11
In my day we had to inflate the air mattresses ourselves…only to find that they all leaked.
Ah, Wombat, you remember the old Rubber Maiden. Oh yes. They *all* leaked. Some leaked slower than others, but they all leaked.
In Smitty’s case the unit of issue is 1 only. Heaven help us all if there’s another one lurking out there.
I see what you did there. Obviously your password is “toast.”
Does this make the spawn “Smitty, auxiliary, 1 ea.”? Seems fitting if Mrs. Smitty is “Smitty, Completion kit, (better half)”.