The Streaker

Not so many years ago "streaking" was the latest fad. Fellers made a "brief" appearance now and then with nothing clad! Preachers pounded their pulpits declaring it an abomination, But broad-minded folks thought it a cause for great "hilariation!" Base commanders are charged with maintaining good discipline and order, But one bird-colonel was outraged when a situation crossed the border! He and his spouse settled to enjoy a movie at the base theater one night. A "streaker" raced across the stage and, as they say, exited "stage right!" At the staff meeting next day the colonel was in a towering rage! Demanding, "Who was that freak who last night raced across my stage?" The staff sat with pursed lips with nothing to offer as he had his say. The commander ranted on, "If I ever catch the guy there'll be hell to pay!" The chaplain broke the silence and offered a Biblical reference to the situation: "Sir, said he "In the fourteenth chapter of Mark there was a similar occasion. A young man wearing nothing but a linen garment was seized but he fled, Leaving his garment behind!" (The colonel's face assumed a livid red!) The commander was not at all amused and abruptly dismissed his staff! Of course the story "streaked" around the base about the chaplain's gaffe! The young miscreant was never identified and may yet be on the "run". It can truly be said that everyone but the colonel took it all in fun! Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved Placed No. 2 in Deborah Guzzi's "Summer Time" Contest - August 2010