A Hundred Feet of Chow Line

Dragonish - Disappointed Instead of Defenestrated
One means of hazing newbies in the Army: send them to get a hundred feet of chow line. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “A Hundred Feet of Chow Line”

We had a message from Ernest Pemberton who wanted to tell us about hazing newbies in the army. He says that when he served in the army, they would send newbies to go get a hundred foot of chow line.

A hundred feet of chow line. So the chow line is where you stand when you’re waiting to get your tray filled in the mess hall.

Right.

Can you imagine running around looking for 100 feet of that?

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