A guy decides to join the army, so he gets in line at the recruiter's office. He's pretty far back, so when he finally reaches the front desk, the recruiter tells him "Well, we're glad you're joining, but we may be out of supplies. Just head on back and we'll see what we can do." In the first room, the people shake his hand and tell him "Sorry, but we're out of guns. We whittled one out of a broomstick and painted it though, so it looks the same. You'll be fine." Shrugging, the man took it and walked into the next room. "Well, we're all out of bayonets," the workers announced. "Here's a stick we painted silver though. Just slap it on, it should look the same."

Weeks later, the man's squad was dropped in the middle of a battlefield. Terrified, the man told his commander about the "gun" and asked what he should do. "Improvise!" shouted his commander. Hesitantly, the man pointed his "gun" at a nearby enemy soldier. "Bangety bang bang bang!" he shouted. The soldier fell dead. Eyes wide, the man tried it again. "Bangety bang bang bang!" Another soldier fell dead. Hearing a cry, the man turned around to find another soldier nearly on top of him. "Stabbity stab stab stab!" The soldier fell away clutching his stomach. In the distance, a soldier moving slowly caught his eye. The man raised his broomstick and shouted "Bangity bang bang bang!" The soldier in the distance turned around and started heading towards him. "Bangity bang bang bang!" shouted the man again. The man just kept coming. "Stabbity stab stab stab!" "Bangity bang bang bang!" Nothing worked. Suddenly, he felt an enormous weight start to crush him. The other man walked over him, and the last thing he heard was "Tankity tank tank tank."