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Submitted by Indoninja (View user info) at 2008-05-08 15:25:37 EDT
I already posted a link to my entry for last year, http://www.ubersite.com/m/108712 but it was an older picture from the long before time.
It was from the time of Mustaches, and third world countries.
The time of falafels and trying to take as many "Lyndie" pictures as possible without them catching on.
The time of being single but out in the middle of nowhere (except for the rare trip to Cairo where I finally got to cross black women off my list).
This picture encapsulates my new life back in the US much better.
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Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-05-09 18:42:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Actually, they were probably trying to give the arm-and-hand signal for "number one!" which means, "You're the best. Give me something." Just a minor misunderstanding.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-05-09 15:11:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-05-09 10:53:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yeah Indo, now that you mention it it does sound a bit bizarre doesn't it? I mean first you've got Vietnamese kids giving the finger, which seems culturally unlikely but I dunno, then he went on to talk about not taking prisoners and bombarding villages with artillery fire 'to get them back'.
I mean it's a war so it kind of seems like you might need to shell a village now and then.
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I am sure villages were shelled in revenge, but it take a lot more up close personal hate to shoot little kids, and unless they had been to a big city the kids probably aren't familiar with the finger, hollywood hadn't reached villages and back then films didn't jave the finger too often.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-05-09 10:53:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Yeah Indo, now that you mention it it does sound a bit bizarre doesn't it? I mean first you've got Vietnamese kids giving the finger, which seems culturally unlikely but I dunno, then he went on to talk about not taking prisoners and bombarding villages with artillery fire 'to get them back'.
I mean it's a war so it kind of seems like you might need to shell a village now and then.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-05-09 10:46:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-05-09 10:17:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-05-09 05:20:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
War is rubbish.
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I agree. A country sends its best genetic material off to fight and die while the cowards and slackers stay home and breed. It's anti-Darwinian.
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Your grasp of Darwinism and, dare I say it, the real world is... questionable.
Submitted by Banjo (user info) at 2008-05-09 10:31:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-05-09 10:17:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-05-09 05:20:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
War is rubbish.
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I agree. A country sends its best genetic material off to fight and die while the cowards and slackers stay home and breed. It's anti-Darwinian.
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-05-09 10:13:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Tunnels of Cu Chi! That was a great book.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0891418695
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-05-09 09:30:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-05-09 07:56:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-05-09 05:20:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I turned on the radio to hear a story about some old veteran from the Vietnam war talking about his first day in the field. Apparently his squad and the lieutenant were being given the finger by a group of kids as they trundeled past in their truck and the lieutenant and about 5 marines just stood up, ordered the truck to slow down and blew them away.
War is rubbish.
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I think I heard that story, I am going to try and find the link. I am not saying it did or didn't happen. I am susre lots of fucked up stuff like this did happen. But anyways, I used to date a girl at the university of Rochester while I was working and saving up money for college. For some reason I saw a few speakers there (which is weird, because I am not a see a speaker type) they had Kurt Vonnegut and Charlton Heston, and some dried up old hippy whose name escapes me. My girlfriend wanted to go. She was taking a class on Vietnam had read a few good books which I also enjoyed (Tunnels of Cu-Che, sp? rocked), so she wanted to hear this guy talk about vietnam. He told that same story. Came out a few months later that this guy was never on the frontline, and in fact never served outside of the US. If you can remember the name of th eguy on the interview you heard because I have heard this story a few times, and I would like to know if there was anyone who was actually there that could back up their claim.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-05-09 05:20:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I turned on the radio to hear a story about some old veteran from the Vietnam war talking about his first day in the field. Apparently his squad and the lieutenant were being given the finger by a group of kids as they trundeled past in their truck and the lieutenant and about 5 marines just stood up, ordered the truck to slow down and blew them away.
War is rubbish.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2008-05-08 20:51:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-05-08 20:12:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Cooool
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2008-05-08 19:38:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
you kinda look like the nerdy guy from Stargate
Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2008-05-08 16:34:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
jimboruckus get over to bubba's post and break the -2 streak stat
Submitted by jimboruckus (user info) at 2008-05-08 16:22:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-05-08 16:12:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:55:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Because i'm listening to "After the War" performed by the Kronos Quartet.
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just googled them and expected death and or viking metal. might have to look inot them.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:55:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Because i'm listening to "After the War" performed by the Kronos Quartet.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:41:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I love the smell of Napalm in the morning...
It smells like.....victory.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:39:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:32:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
You remind me of the token geek in all of the sci-fi war movies; tagging along with the uniformed soldiers so that you can save the day with your big brain.
I don't know if that's a compliment or not, it is what it is.
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i will take it as a good thing.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:38:38 EDT (#)
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Submitted by GangsterSquid (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:32:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You look stoned.
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that my friend is what we call the thousand eye stare. You get it after being in the shit for a long time.
/by being in the shit i mean doing a lot of paperwork.
Submitted by GangsterSquid (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:32:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You look stoned.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:32:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
You remind me of the token geek in all of the sci-fi war movies; tagging along with the uniformed soldiers so that you can save the day with your big brain.
I don't know if that's a compliment or not, it is what it is.
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:31:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
How can you shoot women and children like that?
Easy, you just don't lead'em as far.
Submitted by Beano312003 (user info) at 2008-05-08 15:29:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Your gun fell out of the window.