Hump Day Humor!

The General went in search of his G.I.'s but could find none of them. In his frustration he waited at the barracks and at dusk one of his men ran up, panting heavily.

"Sorry, sir! I can explain, you see I had a date and it ran a little late. I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down, found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead, ran 10 miles, and now I'm here."

The General was very skeptical about this explanation, but at least he was back on base so he let the G.I. go. Moments later, eight more G.I.s came up to the General panting and huffing. He asked them why they were late.

"Sorry, sir!", one heaved.
"I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but it broke down..." another one panted
"... found a farm, bought a horse but it dropped dead..." one soldier gasped
"...ran 10 miles, and now I'm here.", another finished.

The General eyed them. He was close to losing his temper but since he let the first guy go, he let them go, too.

A ninth G.I. jogged up to the General, panting heavily. "Sorry, sir! I had a date and it ran a little late, I ran to the bus but missed it, I hailed a cab but..."

"Let me guess," the General interrupted, "it broke down."
"No," said the G.I., "there were so many dead horses in the road, it took forever to get around them."