Friday the 13th
Boudreaux,the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard,
got called up to active duty. Boudreaux's first assignment was in a
military induction center.
Because he was a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new
recruits about government benefits, especially the GI insurance to which
they were entitled. The officer in charge soon noticed that Boudreaux
was getting a 99% sign-up rate for the more expensive supplemental form
of GI insurance. This was remarkable, because it cost these low-income
recruits $30.00 per month for the higher coverage, compared to what the
government was already providing at no charge.
The officer decided he'd sit in the back of the room at the next
briefing and observe Boudreaux's sales pitch.
Boudreaux stood up before the latest group of inductees and said, "If
you has da normal GI insurans an' you goes to Afghanistan an' gets
youself killed, da govment' pays you benefishery $20,000.
If you takes out da suppmental insurans, which cost you only t'irty
dollars a munt, den da governmen' gots ta pay you benefishery $400,000!
"Now," Boudreaux concluded, "which bunch you tink dey gonna send ta
Afghanistan first?
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