Canal Zone (revisited)   Reply to topic

Was reminded of this the other day, thought I'd repost it here. I had posted it a couple years back in the funny shit section. Thought maybe someone new that didn't see it then might get a chuckle out of it.



Was thinking, sometimes real life can be funnier than a joke.

There was something said the other day in chat that took me back, back to a different time in my life and well, will share one of those moments in time that I was caught, red faced and sweating.

While in the military, there was a small group of us sitting around discussing places we've been stationed. Two women discovered that they had both been stationed in Panama for a short time. All of a sudden, one giggled and said, "yes, it got hot and sticky in the canal zone." The other giggled and said, "sure did." Me, being me, sort of chuckled along and the conversation continued.

After that, at different times, heard them say the same thing again. It got to be some sort of inside joke between them.

So once again, time found us sitting around one day, and the phase was used again. So I threw in my comment about hearing that the weather there was hot and humid and went on discussing the pitfalls of that climate. They both looked at each other and started convulsing. Bewildered, I didn't let up.

Later, after we picked the two of them up off the floor we all broke up and was going back to work. The one of them pulled me to the side and had to explain the joke.

Silly me, how was I suppose to know, in Panama there are quite a few dreamy guys that are full of that hot Latin blood that made the canal zone get all hot and sticky.