[3045] in Humor
If the Army was rational.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gerald Britton)
Tue Dec 28 00:20:29 1999
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 00:20:15 -0500
From: Gerald Britton <gbritton@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Forwarded-by: glen mccready <gkm@substance.abuse.blackdown.org>
Forwarded-by: Nev Dull <nev@bostic.com>
Forwarded-by: CSH Little <cshl@compuserve.com>
Forwarded-by: gschwend@koyote.com
Private Jones was assigned to the Army induction center, where he was to
advise new recruits about their government benefits, especially their
Serviceman's Group Life Insurance (SGLI). It wasn't long before the
center's Lieutenant noticed that Private Jones had almost a 100% record
for insurance sales, which had never happened before. Rather than ask
about this, the Lt. stood in the back of the room and listened to Jones's
sales pitch.
Jones explained the basics of the SGLI to the new recruits, and then
said. "If you have SGLI and go into battle and are killed, the government
has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have SGLI, and
you go into battle and get killed, the government has to pay only a
maximum of $6000."
"Now," he concluded, "which bunch do you think they are going to send
into battle first?
