Reminds me of my basic training in the RAF, which was a few years ago now.
We were on an early morning drill parade and some of us had yet to learn the importance of being "the grey man". We were officer cadets, which placed us in the food chain somewhere below a snake's testicles.
The flight sergeant, ( a very senior sergeant, second only to God [ God = Station Warrant Officer ]) was moving up and down the front rank ranting and raving, armed with a pace stick. For those who don't know, a pace stick is like a set of wooden dividers about three feet long, beautifully varnished, with gleaming brass fittings. It seemed to me its main function was to act as a badge of office, with a secondary role as a surrogate assegai.
Suddenly the flight sergeant rammed the point of his pace stick into the solar plexus of a "horrible little man", causing the unfortunate to curl up slightly having driven the wind from him. This assault was accompanied by the warcry:
"YOU!!!!!! THERE'S A BIT OF SH*T ON THE END OF MY STICK".
The unfortunate was a bit of a wag, and replied hoarsely:
"It's not on my end flight sergeant".
He spent the next half hour paying for this comment carrying out various extreme physical activities while still wearing his number one's ( best blue uniform ) which he subsequently had to spend time on returning to its former pristine state.
Those of us nearby had a struggle maintaining immobility and silence, fearing we would be next to feel the tender caress of the pace stick. Did you know you can redirect a laugh through your ears, which have the same effect as a silencer on an automatic pistol? I didn't either until that moment.