Recruitment into the armed forces

I was just watching television at the good hour of 1:30 in the morning, and I was bombarded with two advertisements for the Army, and one for the NSW Police Force, both in the same ninety-second commercial break.

Is this really where these guys think they're going to get the best recruits? Advertising on late night television? Am I the sort of person they really want to recruit?

(In case you're wondering, at the time the advertisements were being broadcast, I was attempting to get as much Ovaltine into my milkshake cup as I could without spilling the milk. What happens -- and I do this every time -- is that I fill up the cup before applying the Ovaltine, forgetting every time that I'm going to need some extra space to put the flavouring in. I guess I never learned the lesson of Archimedes.)

(Again, I repeat: does the Army really want people like me?)