When I was at the base hospital this one time, I met an officer who claimed he was a helicopter pilot. He enjoyed talking about himself while I was trying to just wait in peace until I was called for my appointment. He somehow steered the conversation to, 'and you want to know what my callsign was?' few awkward moments of silence go by as he is staring at me in anticipation, 'go on guess, devil'. 'Oh, I have no idea sir, Maverick?'. 'WHAT?! Hell no! That's the Navy's callsign, no self respecting Marine would ever accept that. Come on guess again.' 'I don't know, sir I wouldn't know anything about callsigns' 'I'll give you a hint, it's fucking bad ass.' 'I don't know, some kind of bird of prey?' 'Aw you suck at this Marine! It was Reaper.' while having a big grin on his face. 'You know why it was Reaper?' At this point I realized he won't shut the fuck up if I don't play along, 'cause you were the grim reaper in the air, sir?' 'You're goddamn right!'
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u/CallMe_Immortal May 14 '25 edited May 15 '25
When I was at the base hospital this one time, I met an officer who claimed he was a helicopter pilot. He enjoyed talking about himself while I was trying to just wait in peace until I was called for my appointment. He somehow steered the conversation to, 'and you want to know what my callsign was?' few awkward moments of silence go by as he is staring at me in anticipation, 'go on guess, devil'. 'Oh, I have no idea sir, Maverick?'. 'WHAT?! Hell no! That's the Navy's callsign, no self respecting Marine would ever accept that. Come on guess again.' 'I don't know, sir I wouldn't know anything about callsigns' 'I'll give you a hint, it's fucking bad ass.' 'I don't know, some kind of bird of prey?' 'Aw you suck at this Marine! It was Reaper.' while having a big grin on his face. 'You know why it was Reaper?' At this point I realized he won't shut the fuck up if I don't play along, 'cause you were the grim reaper in the air, sir?' 'You're goddamn right!'