Pass The Brass

I had a nice little suprise waiting for me when I came back in from work today. It seems the US Treasury saw me fit to recieve a bonus. Or at least that’s what I thought at first…

I’m not sure if too many of you remember a while back when I was in Korea and I got scammed off some stupid site that sold all kinds of tactical gear for military and law enforcement, but just to refresh some memories and/or bring others up to speed…I did.

Anywho, I’ve been in contact with the Texas Justice Department when they found I was a victim of this dude’s crimes. So they emailed me and I emailed back and it went on like this for a few months until I got one email that said that they had the bastard in custody and were takin’ him to trial. Sweet deal. So I gave them my blessings to continue with the prosecution(pardon my ego) and later they sent me another email saying he was found guilty and they were going to start redistributing the money that he stole from all kinds of suckers like me so we could all be happy citizens again. So I send them an email with the amount that I was robbed of and they told me that a check would be in the mail as soon as they reacquired the funds from this scum bag.

Fast-forward a few months to my present location…still in Irak, I pull in off of mission and download all my gear. Good times, all…good times. I’m wandering down the halls to grab me a plate for lunch when I get handed a little tan colored envelope addressed from…The Treasury! Everyone knows an envelope addressed from them means good things. So I shake it a little bit and listen for any suspiscious noises…sniff it a little…smack it on the floor…wing it across the room like a frizbee…and then dip it in a chemical solution that is supposed to show me if there are any chemical agents on the envelope that may be hazardous to my health…then I slowly tear the tiniest hole in one corner and throw the envelope as far as possible into the blast pit. No boom. Must be clear.

I hop down inside and grab the envelope and rip it open to find a cool lookin’ watercolor check thingy with the “typewriter stamped” numbers…”$********200*00″ Sweet deal. Now all I gotta do is hope I can cash this sucker before it voids. Maybe I should mail it home to mom.

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