My great Uncle Jerry Riga was a pilot in WW2. He was not a very good pilot as he was shot down twice by the Germans. He said flying was fun, you got a lot of girls, and it was not very hard [compared to the infantry – no walking].
Now, getting into the flying corp was the hard part. You see, him and his friend failed their eye exams. Not deterred, they drove to Lexington, Ky and tried to enlist. Again, they failed their eye exams. Next, they were going to drive to Columbus and this time they had a plan. They were going to pick up a crate of carrots to eat along the way to improve their vision. Well…they could not find any carrots.
Instead, they picked up a crate of bananas hoping it was close enough
. On the drive to Columbus, they ate all the bananas and promptly got potassium poisoning. It took them two full days to recover.