The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

October 24, 2003


I am getting old, tho I don't want to.


I am an American fighter in the Irak War, Sergeant Sang-sa.
I am not a Sang-sa, I am a Chung-sa.
Were you once a Pyong-chang?
Yes, but then I was a Ha-sa.
A Warrant officer or Chun-wi is not a warrant.
Corporal Sang-tung-byong?
That is not my name, but my rank.
Are there other Sang-tung-byong?
Yes, there are other Sang-tung-byong.
That is all, Corporal Sang-tung-byong.
Thank you, but Sang-tung-byong is not my name.
Are you called Sang-tung-byong?
Perhaps I am called Sang-tung-byong Corporal.
Is Corporal your name?
No, I do apologize, but Corporal is not my name.
Were you an I-tung-byong, Private?
I am not a Private, I am a Corporal.
Is a Corporal a Private 1st class?
No, a Corporal is not a Private 1st class, because a Corporal is
Sang-tung-byong, and a Private 1st class is Il-tung-byong.
Were you ever a Petty Officer?
Il, I, Sam, Il, I, Sam.
I am the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
I am called Yon-hap Ch'am-mo Ch'ong-chang and I am in charge of everyone
in America.
Are you in charge of a Company Commander?
I am in charge of a Company Commander, that is to say, a Chung-dae-chang,
and a Chung-dae-chang and I have made a flank attack, that is to say, a
ch'uk-myon kong-kyok in an offensive, that is to say, a kong-se.
Did this occur during the hu-myon kong-kyok, that is to say a rear attack?
As the Yon-hap Ch'am-mo Ch'ong-chang or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, I made sure this occurred with the proper sa-gi or martial spirit
when I made a rear attack during the hu-t'oe or withdrawal.
Did you wear a helmet?
As an American Join Chief of Staff Chairman, I wore a helmet or ch'ol-mo.
Did you use a torpedo or o-roe?
Of course I did not use the o-roe in a demilitarized zone or bi-mu-chang
chi-dae.
Did you not use the torpedo or o-roe during a chak-chon or operation?
I did not and I did not have a torpedo or o-roe?
You did not have a torpedo or o-roe?
Not even the Ch'ong-sa-ryong-gwan or Commander-in-Chief has an o'roe?
Not even the Yon-hap Ch'am-mo Ch'ong-Chang or Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff?
Not even the Yon-hap Ch'am-mo Ch'ong-Chang.
Look, a rainbow or mu-ji-gae!


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