Practicing on my father's clients
在我父亲的客户那里练的

Shortly after reporting to the 101st Airborne Division, we were ordered to fall out in our dress uniforms. Only problem was, I didn't know how to tie a necktie. So I asked the guy in the next bunk for help. “Sure,” he said. “Lie down.” Confused, I lay down on the bunk and he tied my tie. “Sorry, but this is the only way I know how,” he said. “Comes from practicing on my father's clients.” “What does your father do?” “He's a mortician.”

在向101空降师报到以后不久，我们就接到命令换上我们的正式军装。唯一的问题是我不会系领带。我请我隔壁床上的伙伴帮忙。他说：“行，你躺下吧。”我摸不着头脑，躺到铺上，他替我系上领带。他说：“对不起，我只会这样系。这是在我父亲的客户那里练出来的。”“你父亲是干什么的？”“他是殡葬工人。”