A crusty old Marine Corps Colonel found himself at a gala
event downtown, hosted by a local liberal arts club. There was no shortage of
extremely young, idealistic ladies in attendance. When one of them approached
the colonel for conversation, she said, "Excuse me, sir, but you seem to
be a very serious man. Are you this way all the time, or is something bothering
you?" The colonel responded, "No, just serious by nature."
The young lady looked at his awards and decorations and
said, "It looks like you have seen a lot of action." The colonel's
short reply was, "Yes, a lot of action." The young lady, tiring of
trying to start up a conversation, said, "You know, you should lighten up
a little. Relax, and enjoy yourself." The colonel just stared at her in
his serious manner.
Finally the young lady said, "You know, I hope you
don't take this the wrong way, but when was the last time you had sex?" And
the colonel looked at her and replied, "1955." Then she said,
"Well, there you go; you really need to chill out and quit taking
everything so seriously. I mean no sex
since 1955. Isn't that a little extreme?" The colonel, glancing at his
watch, said in his matter-of-fact voice, "Oh, I don't know. It's only 2130
now!"