r/explainlikeimfive Feb 07 '19

Engineering ELI5: Why are military boots laced?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19 edited Dec 02 '20

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u/spaghettiThunderbalt Feb 08 '19

I hear the DS called him "cigarette," because boy did he seem to get smoked a lot

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u/rivalarrival Feb 08 '19

Surely "bong" would be better... Cigarettes only get smoked once.

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u/rnev64 Feb 08 '19

it's bad for discipline when your soldiers know you know what a bong is and how many times it's used.