One day in artillery instruction, a colonel came to inspect our class. First up was Private O'Malley. The colonel asked him what reading he had on his 105 mm howitzer. “Two-nine-oh-seven, sir,” was the reply. “Soldier,” said the colonel, “don't you know you never say ‘oh’ in the artillery? You say ‘zero.’ What's your name, soldier?” “Zero Malley, sir,” answered the private.
有一天,正在上炮兵訓(xùn)練課的時(shí)候,一位上校來檢查我們的功課。首先檢查二等兵奧矛利。上校問他的一零五毫米榴彈炮上的讀數(shù)是多少。他回答說:“報(bào)告長(zhǎng)官,二九奧七。”上校說:“當(dāng)兵的,你不知道在炮兵里決不要說‘奧’嗎?要說‘零’。你叫什么名字,當(dāng)兵的?”二等兵奧矛利回答:“報(bào)告長(zhǎng)官,零矛利?!?