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In honor of the U.S. Marine Corps' 233rd birthday, coming up on November 10:

A circus owner runs an ad for a lion tamer and two people show up. One is a good looking, older retired Marine Drill Sergeant in his sixties and the other is a gorgeous blonde in her mid-twenties.

The circus owner tells them: "I'm not going to sugarcoat it. This is one ferocious lion. He ate my last tamer, so you people better be good or you're history. Here's your equipment - a chair, a whip and a gun. Who wants to try out first?"

The blonde says, "I'll go first."

She walks past the chair, the whip and the gun and steps right into the lion's cage. The lion starts to snarl and pant and begins to charge her. The lion is about halfway to her when the blonde throws open her coat, revealing her beautiful naked body. The lion stops dead in his tracks, sheepishly crawls up to her and starts licking her feet and ankles. He continues to lick and kiss her entire body for several minutes and then rests his head at her feet.

The circus owner's jaw is on the floor.

He says, "I've never seen a display like that in my life." He turns to the retired Marine Drill Sergeant and asks, "Can you top that?"

The tough old Jarhead replies, "No problem. Just get that damn lion out of the way."

SEMPER FI!!