Comments on: The Blue Man Group prepares for their USO tour.

By: sarah.x

sarah.x — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:48:53 +0000

the first guy has the shape of britain painted on his face. srly look!

By: Herbi

Herbi — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:25:21 +0000

you’re deffinately right, it’s called Drill and Ceremony, and yeah they still teach it. Mainly it’s used to render military honors though, like a change of command.

By: Dameon

Dameon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:53:52 +0000

this made me lol harder than the actual caption

By: jules

jules — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:10:50 +0000

That’s just awesome.

By: Turicus

Turicus — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:52:23 +0000

Seeing that they are wearing parachute rigs, I presume the helmets and goggles are just for that. Once they are on the ground they lose the shiny helmet and goggles and are ready to go, all camod up.

By: dylanmp2

dylanmp2 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:54:01 +0000

ozzy oz bourne better than them

By: dylanmp2

dylanmp2 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:53:14 +0000

those aernt the blue man group the blue man group is blue the maker of this is retarded

By: 3ntropy

3ntropy — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 02:57:35 +0000

good call, the stock is thicker on the fx-05.

By: Danbala

Danbala — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:28:42 +0000

They do?

By: QBQ

QBQ — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:59:41 +0000

Even assuming the three-man posit is true, that is the most jealous nitpick I have ever seen.

By: slanagat

slanagat — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:05:14 +0000

Awwww! I haz a happee agin!

:huggles the rho^2:

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:47:59 +0000

Actually, I never had a secure server on the site. For whatever reason, DWN likes to pay for it, anyway. I don’t understand it, but who am I to stand between a man and his kink? ;o)

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:37:46 +0000

Oh wow–I haven’t thought of that movie in years!
*places hand on copy of Tao Te Ching*
I hereby vow to watch *Harold and Maude* again, so as to keep up better with the comedic stylings of one awesome dude, slanagat.

By: slanagat

slanagat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:49:24 +0000

Of course not rho^2, I would never say you were easy.

(BTW, I think there’s something wrong with the secure server on your pr0n site.)
;^)

By: slanagat

slanagat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:43:29 +0000

OK, so I'm the only one who remembers Harold and Maude. I has a sad.

By: fillerbunny

fillerbunny — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:47:00 +0000

Blue Man Group’s new performance- Barrels.

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:25:46 +0000

There seems to be an urge to return to native names. I assume the movement is a reaction against the Anglicization (or replacement altogether) of the old names, especially those ones the Spaniards, and now the U.S. English speakers, find difficult to pronounce.

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:14:11 +0000

Thank you! I’ve seen that pronunciation, and also “Shou-co-ot,” but was confused. Quetzalcoatl’s name is pronounced “keht-sahl-coh-atl,” but, evidently, the “L” is silent in “Xiuhcoatl.” I’m happy to see that you used the term “Nahuatl” instead of “Aztec.” I got schooled in that, back in Houston.

By: rob

rob — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:27:56 +0000

It’s an Aztec (turquoise) fire serpent.

Apparently it’s also a popular baby name : ) In 2007, XIUHCOATL was the 5431st most popular name on mybaby-name.com, and was in their top 8% for the year.

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:26:02 +0000

The closest thing I can find it “She-uh-coat”. I hope that’s right.

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:15:05 +0000

Wikipedia doesn’t have a pronounciation guide for the word.

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:10:47 +0000

How do you pronounce it? (I can’t consistently pronounce “Chipotle.”)

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:59:19 +0000

Your post reminded me to look up a term that has been boggling my mind: pantywaist. Click for word origin.

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:53:34 +0000

Maybe from the centuries of women being treated as inferior?

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:52:01 +0000

Nahuatl for “turquoise serpent”)

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:51:50 +0000

OMG, I just found out. Xiuhcoatl is the name of the weapon wielded by this guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huitzilopochtli

God of war, and patron God of what is now Mexico City. WIN.

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:49:42 +0000

It’s neat that they use an Aztec name for their rifle, though. I wonder what it means.

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:48:02 +0000

FWIW, unless things have seriously changed since 1992, they still teach basic training/boot camp recruits how to participate in a military parade. “Eyes right” and how to maneuver and all that crap.

And I think units do occasionally participate in things like Independence Day parades. Just that other groups participate in them too, because the military is not the most important thing in the Land of the Free. Speaking as a former Army wife, an Army vet, a Navy brat, and the daughter and grand-niece of two WWII vets, one of whom died in combat, I like it that way.

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:18:14 +0000

Gawd–#4 is so HAWT!! ; )

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:16:59 +0000

Is that the mild, medium or fire one?

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:14:31 +0000

For the WIN! : D

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:10:42 +0000

Do youyou think it’s easyeasy to be this wayway?

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:09:42 +0000

*Walks around confused.*
*Bumps into froo.*
*Falls down, laughing.*

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:06:56 +0000

Maybe not “deprived of their right to vote,” but otherwise, I agree.
I think you know where this is going…
*Motions guards to remove CobraJoe to Re-edukation Kamp*

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:57:52 +0000

Oh, wow–I thought that was you… Nice campfires!

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:55:36 +0000

I Googled, then laughed. : D

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:54:57 +0000

*stops turning coat inside out and looks up*
What?

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:53:40 +0000

I laughed.

By: rhorho

rhorho — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:52:04 +0000

I don’t talk to turn-coats. *hmph*

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:36:06 +0000

Yeah, I don’t think the military’s power has anything to do with my personal manliness, and I think those who do have small penises. I also think people who treat international politics like being the biggest guy in a barfight are fools who should be deprived of their right to vote.

By: Schmoe

Schmoe — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:49:45 +0000

These comments are scaring me back into my cave.

By: Kirakat Saj Kesvirit

Kirakat Saj Kesvirit — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:35:08 +0000

I enjoyed tying to come up with a caption for this picture, but ultimately failed: though there are back up performers on stage during their shows, there are only THREE Blue Men at a time, never four. As clever as the caption is, this cheezburger is a FAIL.

As far as the BGM staging a military parade, the mind boggles.

By: Dmitri Molotov

Dmitri Molotov — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:32:10 +0000

In answer to “who is in that picture”, that would be the Mexican Armed Forces. You can tell from the assault rifle they’re holding, the Xiuhcoatl.

By: slanagat

slanagat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:27:50 +0000

We also don’t have them because until very recently there have been *no* combat units on active duty with a dedicated assignment to NorthCom (i.e., the homeland). 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry, fresh from the fight in Iraq, was put on active homeland duty October 1 for a 12-month stint as an on-call “federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters” (Name for reference link.)

By: SPCOsborne

SPCOsborne — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:30:57 +0000

Thanks, I’ve now got to go watch an episode of arrested development.

But imagine if they used firearms in their performance instead of their usual percussion instruments? I imagine a lot of it would be M249′s (light machine guns making more “popping” sounds) and M203′s (Scarface style grenade launchers that make more of a low pitch “bunk” sound)

By: SPCOsborne

SPCOsborne — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:27:30 +0000

I believe the new term is “Suck start” your rifle

By: froofrou

froofrou — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:27:18 +0000

In no way is that an insult! I’m proud to be confused with you!
-
*walks around confused*

By: SPCOsborne

SPCOsborne — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:26:18 +0000

That and the soldiers here get tired of it pretty darned quick. I had a division change of command, a brigade change of command, a battalion change of command, and a company change of command all of different days when I got back, and tomorrow I’ve gotta go to ANOTHER company change of command. Lemme tell you, they can be kinda rough on you (call me a wussie, but I nearly passed out at the division one, but there were about 12k soldiers there, so I don’t think anyone would have noticed)

By: PiMan

PiMan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:15:46 +0000

I’m not sure I’d be able to say that once slowly.

By: AC

AC — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:14:01 +0000

Nexus?
*confuss-ed*