Marine Corps Hillbilly Zen

The sergeant instructor was demonstrating how to climb over a wall.

What if you make noise and the enemy machine-guns you, we asked.
What if you drop your rifle, we questioned.
What if this.
What if that.

He asked "What if grasshoppers carried 45s?"

We looked puzzled. We were young.

"Crows wouldn't fuck with 'em."

Ah.