Serving in Afghanistan is very stressful. So I built a horseshoe pit to help ease the tension. When our sergeant came by to play, everything was in place except for one thing. “Aren't you going to put in the stakes?” he asked. “Nope,” I answered. “Fine, I'll do it myself.” “Okay,” I said. “But remember, this is one of the most heavily land-mined countries in the world.” “You're right!” he said, gingerly stepping out of the pit. “I'll get the new lieutenant.”
在阿富汗服役壓力很大,因此我挖了一個做馬蹄鐵游戲的坑來松弛一下。我們的軍士長過來玩的時候,萬事俱備,只差一條。他問我:“你不準備打上幾個樁子嗎?”我說:“不打了。”“行,那我自己來打。”我說:“好,不過要知道這是世界上地雷最密集的國家之一。”他一邊小心翼翼地從坑里出來,一邊說:“你說得對。我讓新來的副官來干。”