Rood Eye
Sunday 24th November 2019 5:53pm [Edited]
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The strangest story of the week and indeed the strangest story I've read for some time concerns the sergeant major who was shaving in a communal shower room when a major (40) entered the shower room and, while walking past the 6ft 3in sergeant major, gave him a smack on the bum.
The sergeant major says this was done in a jovial manner, although the smack was quite hard.
The story becomes even stranger when we learn that the sergeant major claimed to be so traumatised by the incident that he became quite withdrawn, did not want to engage with other people and lost interest in marital activities with his wife. He was later diagnosed with depression and says the memory of the incident will remain with him for the rest of his life.
The major was charged with battery but denied the charge saying that, if there had been any contact, it must have been accidental contact with his wash bag.
A court-martial convicted the major.
Shortly following the incident, the sergeant major told a woman lieutenant about the incident and says he insisted she gave him a "pinky promise" not to repeat the story to anybody.
It may be that some BCG readers are unfamiliar with the expression "pinky promise": it means a promise given by one party to another and then confirmed by the brief interlocking of one party's little finger with the little finger of the other.
For a number of reasons, this is by some way the strangest story I've heard in a very long time.
I think we need more information.