Why did the chicken cross the road?

Ya. I can't believe that it took me to be thirty before I finally got Yoochun's favourite stupid joke. But today I did, because today…I was that chicken. Racing from one side of the parade ground to the other over and over until my tongue was hanging out… without proper purpose. Just because we were told to.

Until two real chickens fluttered in from somewhere and settled right slap bang in the middle of the space. Now imagine a few hundred guys, all gasping like stranded fish and all staring in consternation at two chickens.

The officer running the drill looked as confused at the rest of us, and why that was so funny I have no idea, but it just cracked us up.

I wish someone had filmed it. We would have won a comedy award, I swear.

Craziest thing was, the chickens showed no sign of wanting to move. They didn't seem to mind being surrounded by us either, stupid birds. Finally, one of the units was sent to catch them and - oh my god I need brain bleach!

Funnier than rehearsal for a slapstick gag… the guys who were meant to catch the chickens clearly had no idea how and the guys next to me, who'd grown up in the country, couldn't do a thing but stand there and gape. It was totally epic.

I've never missed my phone so much!