I remember those Saturday morning clean - up parades like it was yesterday - a thing of the past nowadays. One crisp Saturday morning in particular I was detailed to hoe the edges around block 3 and the guardroom. We had been busy for about an hour when I decided it was time for a 'smoke-break', so I put down my hoe and lit a cigarette, at that moment along came RSM Len Dathan and SSM Bill Higgs. The RSM asked me "Does that hoe work on its own soldier?" I looked at both of them and on the spur of the moment the answer came to me. I replied "I don't know sir I haven't asked it " there was a moments deathly silence than came the outburst from both of them "I'll put you in jail if you answer like that again." I then responded " with all due respect Sir! You ask me a silly question, you will get a silly answer," both foaming at the mouth marched off and left me alone.

"I was that soldier"