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No Longer Privates

Two boys from the mountains, Leroy and Jasper are in the army and both
have been promoted from privates to sergeants.

Not long after, they're out for a walk and Leroy says, "Hey, Jasper, there's
the NCO Club. Let's you and me stop in."

"But we's privates," protests Jasper.

"We's sergeants now," says Leroy, pulling him inside.

"Now, Jasper, I'm a-gonna sit down and have me a drink."

"But we's privates," says Jasper.

"Are you blind, boy?" asks Leroy, pointing at his stripes. "We's sergeants
now."

So they have their drink, and pretty soon a lady of the evening comes up
to Leroy. "You're cute," she says, "and I'd like to go out with you, but I've
got an STD."

Leroy pulls his friend to the side and whispers, "Jasper, go and look in the
dictionary and see what STD means. If it's all right, give me the OK sign."

So Jasper goes to look it up, comes back, and gives Leroy the big OK sign.

Three weeks later Leroy is laid up in the infirmary with an STD.

"Jasper," he says, "why did you give me the okay sign?"

"Well, Leroy, in the dictionary, it says STD is a sexually transmitted disease
that affects only the privates." He points to his stripes. "But we's sergeants
now!"
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