I'm Michael Peterson, a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada, currently serving a parish in the Diocese of Toronto. I'm also a retired Canadian Forces chaplain , hence the Padre in the title. Mad just means eccentric, and on that note, I also blog on toy soldiers, madpadrewargames.blogspot.com.
I'm on X (what used to be Twitter) at @MarshalLuigi and I'm on Bluesky at @madpadre.bsky.social
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Military Picture of the Week
From a friend's brother's pictures of his trip to Paris, taken in 2009 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Some fitness standards needed in the French military, perhaps?
There is an old saying... if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all. As an ex-CF member, I saw NCMs and officers in our military who had gotten bigger with age. Some larger than the person who is the but of the joke in this picture. Making jokes about it doesn't help the self-esteem of those who are overweight.
Perhaps they are reenactors.
ReplyDeleteThere is an old saying... if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all. As an ex-CF member, I saw NCMs and officers in our military who had gotten bigger with age. Some larger than the person who is the but of the joke in this picture. Making jokes about it doesn't help the self-esteem of those who are overweight.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this comment and for your honesty. I should be kinder, especially as I used to be a lot heavier. My bad.
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