At an appointment the other day, a physician told me that I’d have to be on “K.P.” for the next few weeks. I looked at them with a confused face, and said “what’s that?” They explained that it meant Kitchen Patrol, as used in the military.
Of course, the next day, I was reading a book and came across this line:
we are getting hard pushed to find things for all the volunteers to do that aren’t just glorified K. P.
Heinlein, Robert A. . Starship Troopers (p. 34). (Function). Kindle Edition.
