While I drove in the base one evening, a young soldier in his camouflage uniform stepped out onto the street. I slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting him, and the screeching tires attracted the attention of a nearby MP. I was in tears as the officer approached my car. “I didn't see him!” I blurted out. “Well, ma'am,” the MP remarked, grinning at me, “that's the point.”
一天傍晚,我在軍事基地里開車,一個穿著迷彩服的年輕士兵走到路上。我猛踩剎車免得撞上他。輪胎的尖叫聲吸引了附近一個憲兵的注意。當這個憲兵走近我的汽車時我哭了起來,不假思索地說:“我沒有看見他?!边@個憲兵咧嘴笑著對我說:“嗯,夫人,這才是目的?!?