Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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******Small Briefing Room, Kai Airfield, 07:45, April 24, 1943(b)***** Col. Cathcart: Men! Today the target is Amboina Airfield, Headquarts wants a MAXIMUM EFFORT! <an excited hand goes up in the audience..cautiously the Col. calls on its hirsute owner> Cpt. Yossarian: Sir, that is what they always say. Col. Cathcart: What is what they always say Yossinian? Cpt. Yossarian: Maximum effort, sir. They always say that. Why can't we just do a medium effort for once? Col. Cathcart: There is no such thing as a "medium effort" in the 90th Bomb Squadron, not with me in command. Cpt. Yossarian: Mediocre? Col. Cathcart: Absolutely not! Cpt. Yossarian: How about fair to midlin'? Col. Cathcart: Not on my watch, nothing but maximum effort. 110% Cpt. Yossarian: Well, you see, sir. That is my point. What if we just did 70 or 80% once? Can you imagine the level of esprit de corps when we went back to 110%? Why, we would be just bustin' out with maximum effort all over. We just hit Sorong yesterday with maximum effort too. Seems to me we need to hold something back in reserve. Col. Cathcart: Look son, do you want to make General some day? You will never make General on 70% effort. Cpt. Yossarian: But I don't WANT to be a General. I didn't WANT to be a Captain. The Japs intentionally target officers. Col. Cathcart: They do not. Cpt. Yossarian: They intentionally target me, sir, and I am an officer. Col. Cathcart: Son, they aren't aiming at you. They are firing at the plane. Cpt. Yossarian: But I'm IN the plane sir. I am here to tell you they are aiming right at my Captain's bars. Col. Cathcart: <motions to the big Sargeants at the exits> Look, all of you, there is nothing to worry about. The Jap fighters are gone. This will be a milk run. Cpt. Yossarian: MILK RUN! MILK RUN! NEVER, EVER SAY MILK RUN. IT'S BAD KARMA. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET KILLED 110%. MAXIUMUM KILLED. 110% NOT COMING BACK KILLED....<Is dragged out of the room>
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