Thank you for your service

[Undertoad]

Doesn't have to be military. It could be service to the Peace Corps, it could be picking up trash from the side of a road, it could be building parks and playgrounds... anything in service to the country, to us all.

But I didn't do any of that, so my thanks is my only recompense. I suppose this means thanks is not enough and I should go out and do some of that. But I'm tired.

The culture is in a self-flagellating mood. You may want to hang onto the thanks for when this is over and people believe in something worth defending again.

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

... But I didn't do any of that, so my thanks is my only recompense. I suppose this means thanks is not enough and I should go out and do some of that. But I'm tired. ...

Now, now, it was your hard earned money that helped pay for other people's service through your tax dollars.

Thank you for your contribution.

That is, of course: unless, you don't want to be thanked; because, you know, it sounds like something a political party might say and people aren't keen on our political parties right now.

If that's the case, never mind.

Maybe even, thanks for nuthin'.