Reply #8: Reminds me of a janitor I knew ...

[RoyGBiv]

He was a WWII vet also and spent his waning years as a janitor at the university I attended, second and third floors, humanities building.

Name was Ralph, for which he took a good deal of ribbing combined with his job. Cool guy. He had great stories.

Anyway, there was this idiot around town everyone called Crazy Harry. Harry fancied himself a badass, especially with young girls and old people. He was arrested on a consistent basis, but he always managed to get out. His mother and father were "well connected" people.

One day Ralph was attempting to pick on a young lady walking the halls at the university late in the evening and passed by Ralph as he was doing so. Ralph interrupted his pursuit, so Harry turned on him and decided he was going to shove Ralph down the stairs.

What Harry didn't realize is that when you've spent years in the Marines and then spend a number of other years pushing a mop, the combination gives you several ideas and a lot of practice in ways to use a mop handle.

I only wish I could say Harry left the building with it firmly implanted in his ass. He did leave with a broken jaw, and Ralph got a new mop.

Harry was the guest of the county for awhile. His fellow prisoners, from all accounts, didn't like him much either.

Anyway ... awesome story.