Truth in advertising?

[featherynscale]

Yesterday afternoon, as triadruid and I were driving home from work, we noticed a profusion of American flags up at the funeral home next to the Masonic cemetary. They were accompanied by a large number of motorcycles, and we thought, "Ah. That must be a biker's funeral. And they all came up on the bikes, how nice." Then, as we drove a bit further, we noticed a camper with a yellow banner on the side. It appeared to be soliciting volunteers to join the Army. But surely, I thought, there's no way the Army would recruit at a funeral home. It's just, I don't know, in poor taste.

This morning, when we drove by, the bikes were gone, but the flags were still there. The camper had been relocated to a spot right in front of the building. It did, in fact, bear a recruitment banner. They are, in fact, recruiting for the Army, at the funeral home. For the life of me I cannot figure out why anyone would think this was a good idea, but I am open to suggestions.

Comments

44th Zombie Company

[gamera-spinning.livejournal.com]

Obviously the US Armed Forces is not satisfied with soldiers dying for the cause and have begun reanimating the dead.

Re: 44th Zombie Company

[senset.livejournal.com]

I just thought of the whole Uncle Sam is looking for a few good Zombies thing. You beat me to it. *smirk*

Re: 44th Zombie Company

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I think that's a fine idea, particularly for desert warfare, where the dry environment slows rot and reduces the smell. Why has no one thought of this before? Iraq isn't Vietnam at all, you silly peaceniks; there's no way we could have deployed the zombies in Vietnam!