A N D R E W O F A M E R I C A ' S (C) 1998 All Rights Reserved MILITARY UPDATE: Don't Pass, Don't Smell! Gov't Policy Bans Flatulence for Men and Women in Uniform ANNASSPOLIS, MARYLAND (AOA) Two New Jersey men are under investigation for violating the government's controversial "Don't Ask Don't Smell" policy. Ensigns Paul "Poof" Krapowski and Robert Foosh of Hoboken, N.J. The two recruits knew each other at Orson Bean High School and are suspected of engaging in flatulence prior to their enlistment. he passed, the test that is. This replaces the old "He Who Smelt It Dealt It" policy based upon old Napoleanic Code Maritime Law. Two networks plan movies-of-the-week. NBC's "Waiting to Expel" starring Glenn Close and Rush Limbaugh will air March 5. Fox billboards Keenan Ivory Wayans and Bob Seger sing "Against the Wind" with special Smellavision cards available free through area convenience stores with the purchase of a sixpack of Old Milwaulkee. The investigation began when shipmen on the Nuclear Submarine USS Notusatall reported seeing jets of blue flame emanating from the bunks of the two men in question. When lights were switched on the two men held their thumbs to their forehead. Both defendants they were testing whoopee cushions. Black actress/comedienne Whoppi Cushions could not be reached for comment. "Despite the Bristish Navy's Official Anthem being "Jumpin' jack Flash it's a Gas Gas Gas, our military is so tightassed that if anyone pooted we'd know," insists Brigadier General Letta Raspberry, "loose lips stink ships!" How do experts evaluate Don't Pass Don't Smell's track record? "It stinks," says Dr. Sphincter Von Pullmeifinger of Harvard Unversity think tank Suggests that military service may actually encourage flatulance by stuffing sailors with high octane food and then suffing them into those tight little uniforms with all those buttons. (C) Copyright 1998 ANDREW OF AMERICA andrew96@netdoor.com