Уловка 22

Hungry Joe

           Ashetoldthemfrequentlyinthebriefingroom,hebelievedtheywereatleasttenmissionsbetterthananyotheroutfitandfeltthatanywhodidnotsharethisconfidencehehadplacedinthemcouldgetthehellout.Theonlywaytheycouldgetthehellout,though,asYossarianlearnedwhenheflewtovisitex-P.F.C.Wintergreen,wasbyflyingtheextratenmissions.

           "Istilldon’tgetit,"Yossarianprotested."IsDocDaneekarightorisn’the?"

           "Howmanydidhesay?"

           "Forty."

           "Daneekawastellingthetruth,"ex-P.F.C.Wintergreenadmitted."FortymissionsisallyouhavetoflyasfarasTwenty-seventhAirForceHeadquartersisconcerned."

           Yossarianwasjubilant."ThenIcangohome,right?I’vegotforty-eight."

           "No,youcan’tgohome,"ex-P.F.C.Wintergreencorrectedhim."Areyoucrazyorsomething?"

           "Whynot?"

           "Catch-22."

           "Catch-22?"Yossarianwasstunned."WhatthehellhasCatch-22gottodowithit?"

           "Catch-22,"DocDaneekaansweredpatiently,whenHungryJoehadflownYossarianbacktoPianosa,"saysyou’vealwaysgottodowhatyourcommandingofficertellsyouto."

           "ButTwenty-seventhAirForcesaysIcangohomewithfortymissions."

           "Buttheydon’tsayyouhavetogohome.Andregulationsdosayyouhavetoobeyeveryorder.That’sthecatch.EvenifthecolonelweredisobeyingaTwenty-seventhAirForceorderbymakingyouflymoremissions,you’dstillhavetoflythem,oryou’dbeguiltyofdisobeyinganorderofhis

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