'Magazines' Has Two Definitions
July 19, 2009|
Before my husband deployed, he decided that one thing he'd like to spend his own money on was PMAGs, polymer magazines for his rifle. He was excited about buying these, and it was fun to see him enjoying his new toy.
My mother called that day and I was telling her about the errands we'd run, and how happy my husband was that he bought new PMAGs. Then I realized she wouldn't know what that meant, so I tried to clarify by saying he'd gotten P-Magazines. My mom doesn't know guns, but I thought that by now, after being an enthusiastic military mother-in-law for seven years, she would recognize the word 'magazine' to mean 'ammo cartridge.'
A few days later, my mother gingerly brought up the fact that I had been so nonchalant about my husband buying porn magazines.
Oh good heavens.
Never in a million years did I imagine that PMAGs could've been interpreted as pornography.
And thank goodness my mother was brave enough to ask for clarification!
AWTM cracked up when I told her the story; she said she could just imagine what my mother had been thinking in the interim, while she thought I had dutifully gone with my husband to pick out porn for him to take with him on deployment. My mom laughed and said, "Well, I sure thought you were an awful understanding and supportive wife!"
When militarese goes bad, it goes very bad indeed...
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You know I think this is hysterical. Especially since I can hear your mom's voice as she asks you. I am still trying to work crumb bum into my vocabulary.
Posted by: wifeunit | 07/19/2009 at 23:21
This is one of the funniest stories I've ever heard. I just LOVE it!
Posted by: airforcewife | 07/20/2009 at 09:15
heh, yep, that's pretty understanding and supportive!
Posted by: Marine Wife | 07/20/2009 at 10:36
I could not stop laughing when I read this.. hehe :)
Posted by: Penny | 07/20/2009 at 14:17
ooohhhh that's good stuff!
Posted by: Sara V. | 07/20/2009 at 21:53
Make sure you pack your PMAGs in adult book boxes next time you move, OK? The thought of your mom and this conversation is just too much!
Posted by: She of the Sea | 07/20/2009 at 22:27
As I'm relating this to MacGyver, he's thinking that PMAG stood for "pee mag" and was trying to figure out...well, you know. Heh.
Posted by: HomefrontSix | 07/21/2009 at 01:52