Ukranian Army Eh? Where do I sign up?
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Apparently being a straight female, loses the amusing for me on this one??
Why yes, yes it wood…er would.
Come on. All girls have bi tendencies. *nudges all others males in forum*
What’s this called… “Projecting”, or something? ;oP
Wishful thinking, actually. : D
I was going for the “ejecting” of a “blissful inkling.”
Well, looks like you got half-way to “inkling” on that one…
Hmmm, I could stare at that one woman’s lips for the rest of the evening so I see your point.
Wich one?
If I had to guess, I’d say the one who’s in focus.
:^P
In focus, and facing the camera, as well?
:^P
Well, the one facing the camera would be the one who is in focus, so yeah.
best one today…
LOL
Unless you can identify with, and imagine what games to play while wearing that.
)
Ooooh, I knew I liked you. *hugs*
You have a point, not everything sexual must be masturbation. It can just as easily be inspiration. Now I have an urge to get Lynn one of those hats somehow… Then be her CO… Then give her special office duties…
I’ll be nice and stop there.
Oh, absolutely. And some times so inspirational that it seamlessly turns masturbational? … masturbatory? … Ah well. “Worth getting sticky fingers over.”!
Masturbatory is the term you need but I like how you put it better. I try to be a decent amount of both when I write for a few of my friends and the M/s thread. You know you did a good job when you hear from a female dominant that you’re the kind of guy she would actually consider submitting to.
Ah, ego boosts… How I love them…
hehe
Hey, you have your “firemen”, you could at least allow us our “Hottie Ukrainian Soldier Gals”! : )
Yeah, I’m down with that!
Well, those firemen were already laying around on the ground just asking to be dragged off!! These women are apparently tough, so proceed at your own risk!
Mmm, you just have to know how to treat them and they can be kittens in your hand. Just need to find the right one and you can make them purr. Though I do suggest caution. Not all are that adept at finding kittens in the tiger pen. ; )
Not a problem, I like em feisty
Yes, PMark, when you’re right, you’re right.
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Besides, ain’t nobody gonna get those firemen away from froo, anyhow!
There wasn’t actually a caption about Firemen tho.
There was, actually, and not very long ago. It may have been just before you arrived, though.
Sorry cannae type today. No, I saw that one. I meant to say there wasn’t a caption about their sex appeal.
*Sorry COMMA cannae type…
Jings, I’m stupid(er) today.
LOL–You caught a case of teh stoopids from one of these trolls, no doubt!
) Froo, Jane and Ema have been fighting over those firemen since that LOL, in a battle that rages through the pages. I think that was PM’s point of reference.
Well, that makes the fact that all our female posters made it into a sexual thing even worse, doesn’t it? :^)
Ya, we are upfront with our perversion.
Yep, waste of a lol for me.
I’m up for drilling with this force any day
I’m with you. Nice to see kick ass and looking good in the same picture.
“Drill Here, Drill Now”?
LOL
or mabye
Baby Drill! Baby!
Awww, you beat me to it. : D
Give me 50 push-ups! Now, soldiers!
Ukrainian romanian women?
No just Ukrainian women … ukraine after all is a separate country.
FIRST!!!
Damn, hot army chick
This one is almost too leedle to splat… hmmm…
*knocks out first-troll with a whiff of vinegar*
What are they going to do, blow kisses at the enemy? LOL!
Who said anything about kisses? hehe
What else? Hmmmmmmmm? ;^)
I think they just look good kicking ass… And I am with Eddie, blowing… Kisses? I am sure I am up for them doing both though not at the same time.
Oh and sexism fail. ; )
LOL! But in this case, acceptable.
Might as well face it, you’re addicted to love. Or am I the only one who saw a connection?
Not really, they may look hot, but I’m pretty sure they couldn’t kick a$$ on a puppy. Do you think they could take down a man? (I mean by fighting!!)
Some women can. I’ve a friend who’s a black belt in Tae Kwon Do that I’m pretty sure could.
That’s true, that’s something I would love to learn myself.
my first serious girlfriend and partner in crime (literally) was like 5’2″ and maybe 100lbs even, deceptively cute and delicate looking (imagine equal parts Audrey Hepburn and Winona Ryder), but had a nasty right hook and a disturbing knowledge of leverage moves and wrestling take-downs that i was too afraid to ask how she learned…so after seeing her in action, i learned to never underestimate the power of a really cute girl to be a totally dangerous badass
You were dating Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
Um, yeah. I have no doubt at all that a fully-trained army chick could kick my untrained male ass from here to Tuesday.
Haven’t you paid for that before?
Yeah, but not intentionally!
right, you were married to it *sqeezes*
*squeezes
ah well, that’s what I get for making sqeezy comments.
LOL!
How about a big tough trained army man? Which is probably what an enemy
military would be made up of…
Gah… Stupid grammar fail. *there ARE guns and training…
And then there’s Chuck Norris, who brings a knife to a gun fight and wins.
Yes, that too.
I think it was the soloflex
Meaning they will be underestimated which can be better than being burly. I find them inviting looking and soft, I just know better. ; )
Just hope for the sake of the Ukranians that they have that same
disarming effect on the enemy soldiers and not on their own male
counterparts!
Well, no. They will know each other. ;oP
Video or it didn’t happen. XD
Well, since I expect these babes to be fighting with what we call “rifles”, I think they’ll do just fine. : ^ )
They may not see combat at all. There are lots of administrative, medical, technical, etc., support posts that don’t require front-line readiness.
I don’t know the uniforms, but could these be pilots?
Well even pilots go through all the normal training. Pilots can fight, and are
trained to, Hell they’re trained to fight after ejecting from a moving/exploding
object. My uncle was a pilot for the Air Force. When Id stay at his house
while visiting my grandmother, he’d stand beside us while we brushed our
teeth, medicine cabinet open. While we brushed, he’d knock various objects
out of the medicine cabinet and we were to catch them, and put them back
in the same spot from where they fell. If we didnt catch them, we got a
smack on the back of the head.
To this day Im the only person I know that can catch a piece of paper falling in the wind, and Ive got a wicked backhand that’ll make your teeth rattle in
their sockets. As a pilot, you learn speed, reflex, and instinct. Those all
come in “handy” in hand to hand combat.
I agree with you on the training, but my point was that these women aren’t necessarily going to the front lines as infantry. At the time, the conversation seemed to be drifting in that direction.
Of course they’re trained to defend themselves in unexpected situations. As our famous aviator John McCain would admit, those birds can definitely get away from you.
How cool that your uncle taught you to be on your toes and exercise your eye-hand coordination. My dad (USAF meteorologist) taught me to catch dollar bills, which I can do to this day. Funny, but I never thought of that trick as the development of a life skill. Dad’s an alright guy, I suppose. ;o)
Did you mean “learn … to pay attention to instinct” instead of “learn … instinct?” I’m thinking you did.
By backhand, do you mean you regularly hit people, or are you talking about a racket sport? A backhand hit is easy to defend against, imo, but that’s probably because of my Taekwondo training.
Catching dollar bills might be a life skill if you were going to be a stripper…although obvously you’re far too intelligent for that. (Not to say I wouldn’t help fund that career choice!)
Also useful on one of those game shows that locks you in a glass box with money and a big fan blowing it around…
As far as back-hands being easy to defend against…I’ve never been slapped by a girl (I have manners), but all but one time that I’ve seen a girl hit a guy, it was open palm forehand shot. (I think they like the loud noise) As for being defended against…I think the guys were all too dumb to realize they were about to get slapped until it happened.
That said, I wouldn’t mind if this Ukranian girl got rough with me…as DWN pointed out, she has really nice lips, and her eyes say….naughty things.
Yaaa, her lips are awesome and her eyes speak volumes. I’ve seen that look a number of times. I wonder who she was looking at or if she was just being hot for the camera. Then again, some women just look with about any expression on their face.
They look tougher than the French, but then again, so does a pomerianian with a head cold
LMAO!!
Tctually, you’d be surprised, especially in an urban terrain, how frequently hand-to-hand combat actually occurs. There’s a reason that armies train for it.
I thought women weren’t allowed to participate in hand to hand combat with an enemy. Certainly, that’s what the Royal Navy recruiter tried to explain to a largely female group. (it was quite amusing: he was scared of us and started to stutter and perspire)
Wow, hun. I don’t see anything in that picture that says they can’t fight. Average guy, ya sure, I could see it. Skill counts for a lot. Super burly commando guy, I would be inclined to wager against them. But just because they are good looking, I wouldn’t put them down.
No, well I didn’t actually mean because they are good looking, but they do
look small and wimpy, at least to me… I wouldn’t feel real safe if I thought
they were between me and another tough enemy is all.
But I’d feel completely safe between them..
LOL!
Sorry ema, just couldn’t let that one pass. Otherwise, you would be correct.
Oh, don’t apologize, that’s what we’re all here for!
We also dont see anyone else to gauge their size. All of those women could be
the 6’4” “Helga” style ladies we’ve seen from the former soviet union.
DWN, did you actually say that you wouldn’t “put them down?” Tsk, tsk. You disappoint me sometimes, dear one.
Yes, that is what I said. I would, however, rape the lips of that sweet thing looking back at me in the picture. While holding her hair and telling her who is in charge. Then I would have her drop and take it. Maybe put her over a desk for administrative work.
Putting them down is for amatuers. I actually KNOW what I want to do. ; )
Not a doubt in my mind.
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Splitting hairs, but is there a material difference between “putting down” and “having her drop and take it?”
Putting down is a very vague term, I try to be specific with what I mean.
I was going for the double entendre there. I’ll pop a vitamin D and get back with ya later. *mopes*
Well, that’s nice that you know what to do.
Would you please stop telling us? I find it a bit disturbing. Plus, “rape”? Really?
I was challenged to clarify so I clarified. As for the rape, I apologize if you are taking the term in my context too seriously. I am not meaning it like you mean it nor will I change my ways on how I post.
If you are taking me too seriously, then that is your problem not mine. I do believe I was initially talking to rhorho who knew exactly what to expect of me and was discussing it.
So would you please keep your overly sensitive commentary to yourself… Which is sadly just as likely as your comment shutting me up.
To use “rape” in any sense other than the violent, criminal one is a corruption of language. Also, it is true that a joke can sometimes cross forever into the realms of bad taste.
An interesting correlarry off of this conversation, when I saw the musical ‘the Fantastiks’, I was very suprised to learn that the word rape used to have a co-meaning of ‘sweeping a woman away’ in the romantic sense. The producers of this production felt (rightly) that they had to explain this alternate definition in their program, since that it came up prominantly in one of the story-advancing songs.
That said, I have to admit that I was a bit uncomfortable with DWN’s use of the word above, even though understand the context and mostly enjoy the running jokes. However, knowing the context does matter…
In case there was confusion, none of my bile was for you. I appreciate your information.
Not so much ‘sweeping away romantically’ as ‘abducting’ – the comparison is made to “The Rape of the Sabine Women.” (linky)
Or the Rape of the Locke. And yes, I played El Gallo once.
Nothing beats singing a 4 minute song about how many different kinds
of rape there are. Or discussing with the parents what type of rape
they would prefer for their daughter…. *sighs*
We can do you rapiers…or rape…or both at once……
…or rather, woman. Or rather… Alfred. Get your skirt on, Alfred!
Considering how much the language has changed in the course of hundreds of years, I am rather surprised you have any authority to dictate what is a corruption of language and what is not.
Also, as a rape victim, I am very aware of what the crime entails. So keep your know nothing attitude out of it. In case it doesn’t sink in, I will spell it out.
1. You have no authority over the use of language.
2. You have no authority over what is corruption of language.
3. You both are having a wince over something that had nothing to do with either of you.
4. Now that you two made such a fuss, I plan to use the word more often and out of context.
Enjoy and have a rape filled weekend with a cheese covered side of rape and sodomy. Then develop a disease on the side that renders you mute as well as gangrene in the fingers so I don’t have to read more whining later.
Hopefully Firefox doesn’t kill this post too much.
Go choke on your rage.
Haven’t choked but thanks for the thought. It counts… Kinda.
If you cut your rage into tiny pieces, you will avoid choking, and also be able to share it with a wider audience!
Indeed and I will be sure to use gravy. Perhaps barbecue sauce depending on my guests.
Come on lg, it’s so obvious that he gets off on bragging to everyone about his supposed sexcapades.
Not really. It’s a running joke with all of us. We enjoy it just as much as he does. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to be here, now, do you?
No, I guess not. Although, to those of us who know “rape”, it isn’t a joke. Just asking for a little sensitivity, is all.
And yeah, qwerty, he does like to brag.
Sorry, I know plenty about being raped. Multiple times at multiple times of my life. Had the memories buried since I was under the age of seven at the time. To be honest, I wish they had stayed buried. There is a lot that happened in my life Doesn’t mean I won’t joke about it. Doesn’t mean I will have a wince over it. Also means I get really pissed when people assume all victims act like them and thus assume that anybody who makes light of a situation doesn’t have a very indepth and painful understanding of that situation.
I am sorry you had that experience but I am not sorry for my words.
Now to see Firefox screw this post up.
DWN, probably not the right time to say anything… but I am also very saddened to read about your experience as well and I do hope you are working on your healing too, because these kinds of wounds don’t disappear on their own… NO innocent little child deserves to be toyed with or hurt.
I concur and appreciate your sentiment. It is the one thing I intend to make sure my kids never have to suffer so I watch after them like a hawk.
I personally found nothing wrong with your word choice. But I
do dare say that using that word will always bring about the bad type
of stigma.
And on an even more personal note DWN, Im sorry. Ive known
multiple rape victims, and none of them handle it with as much
poise and openness that you do. Kudos.
In all fairness, I am a bit of an angry wreck. I just don’t see a point in moping about it. I try to keep my issues out of sight.
Then again, I figure most people don’t want to hear about a gang rape, assault by the loser son of an older babysitter, as well as a number of other incidents in my life. So I just don’t talk about it. There isn’t a point for me and I am not particularly interested in revisiting. So on a happier note. About this balls deep thing you mentioned…
I love the slapping sound of balls hitting a shaved puss in the morning.
Take your little hive mind and shove it. You don’t speak for everyone here.
Yeah, Kuro doesn’t speak for everyone. I wish she hadn’t said “all of us.” I think she means “everyone in our group.” I appreciate that DWN’s descriptions are not for everyone, and so does he. I also wish that Kuro had said “you don’t have to read his posts” instead of “you don’t have to be here.” Both statements are true, but Kuro’s goes a bridge further than I would.
I personally am not always in the mood for DWN’s descriptions, but I’m sure he isn’t always crazy about my carp, either.
Of course, you have every bit as much of a right to voice your opinion as DWN, Kuro, LG or I.
By way of explanation, DWN has described his use of the word “rape” as meant to be part of sex play. He doesn’t mean it the way you took it, certainly, though I don’t want to speak for anyone else, either.
Correction, last sentence: “the way LG took it.”
Sorry for overreacting but when you are ten years old and pinned down and told “who’s in charge”, and then blamed by your own mother for being in the situation in the first place, you don’t hear the word rape lightly.
I am by no means a prude but I found this particular “fantasy” to be over the top and not for public consumption. If he was replying to you specifically after a request for your clarification, why not use IM or email? We don’t all need to be in on your private conversations. It’s a bit rude of us to be nosing where you are talking, don’t you think? But if it’s right out there – what are we to do?
Aye, DWN’s OTT.
Okay, that’s alright. But while being OTT, remember this is a public place and there are people here with different life experiences. Some painful.
I would agree.. look at me, brought up in a Democratic home. Even now I’m slightly damaged.
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In all seriousness though, I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but it is hard to dictate to others if there are no policies established by the site admins. I usually gloss over the stuff that’s ‘really out there’ if I’m not in the mood.
eh? I was agreeing with you….
And I’m sorry about your experiences.
Oh, I get it.. OTT = Over The Top! I didn’t compute that at first either.
Yes, Eddie, I do too. A lot! But rape is one of those things I just can’t find funny.
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AC, is your comment for me? It’s hard to tell with this nesting thing, but if it is, Yes I understood. I was just re-reiterating my concern so as not to be misunderstood.
And thanks. I’m still waiting to hear my mom say that.
lg – I don’t know you that well, but believe me I’m so sorry to read about your experience, there is just no excuse for that ever, ever, ever and especially to a child! Someone close to me that has had a similar experience,
it takes forever and sometimes never for a person to get over that stuff… It can literally ruin someones adult life. I hope you are in a healing phase.
Thanks, ema. I am. And my life isn’t ruined.
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DWN, I have no idea what to say to you. Good gravy…
Good, now maybe I can go back to posting in peace. I didn’t require some validation for what happened to me or sympathy for having similar experiences. I just get really pissed when somebody expects me to have a fit over words over what happened to me.
If it makes you feel any better, your reaction brought on my memories so I guess we’re even.
LG–You have a lot to contribute on PK, and hopefully you won’t feel chased off by anything anyone says in defense of DWN. There’s room for all of us here. (Ironic thing to say on a narrow thread, but hey.) It’s not that difficult for me to ignore comments that are far away from my taste, either by subject matter, by OTTness, or whatever. Hopefully you can do the same.
)
As far as your mother’s reaction, you are wasting your time waiting for her to validate you and apologize for not protecting you. Your attention in her direction is wasted. There are tons of books on the subject, so I recommend checking reviews first, then reading about the dynamics of what you’re encountering. You can get to a higher level of healing than you have, and it’s painful, but it’s productive pain, and worth it.
DWN has revealed part of what makes him tick. He copes in his way. While I might argue that his way is not the best way, it’s HIS way, and that’s that.
To answer an earlier question, DWN and I don’t communicate by IM or email, and, although DWN termed it a “challenge,” I thought of it more as a simple request, relatively light in material. That said, he still didn’t “get” my question, but we’ll leave that for another day.
Best wishes to you, Dear!
*relatively light in nature (not about “rape,” per se)
I caught the double meaning, I just went elsewhere with it. And I am just getting angrier and angrier now so I am going to be done.
I didn’t make you angry, did I? What’s upsetting you?
Like I said earlier, this type of thing just ends up pissing me off. You haven’t done anything wrong.
Long week? Holiday season?
I think I understand.
A little bit of everything and this particular discussion is one of my greatest peeves. Anyway, as for IMing, I use this handle pretty much everywhere if I am there. So you can find me on AIM (albeit invisible) and Gaia. I will give out my YIM if you catch me at those other places.
And so I will degrade back to my college days with a wonderful
conversation starter… “So I was balls deep in this chick right….”
*snicker* Nice…
One I heard a lot in my Air Force days was,’up to my nuts in guts..’
A bit late for this, but I don’t usually get on here on the weekends. I’m sorry, guys; I phrased that comment badly. When I came home from work, I was tired and cranky, and I really should have thought my words through better. But, um, yeah… *is embarrassed* My apologies.
Thank you for clearing that up. You’re not the first one to do an “oops” post, and I suspect you won’t be the last…Not while I’m still here, at least… ;o)
The Oops method… not just for anal sex anymore.
Getting off, no. Bragging, sure, I will admit it can be taken that way very esily.
Easily… damn Firefox and PK.
This may be a double-post, I hope it’s not…
If you’re suggesting that hot women can’t (or don’t) throw down, Gina Carano would like to have a word with you.
Or any woman who looks anything like the name Helga suggests.
I have a niece that’s a third degree black belt. She has her own dojo.
I don’t know any guy who wants to go toe to toe with her in a fight.
M-16s are used by children all over E europe and Africa. they are light, reliable and have little recoil. And are more than capable of taking down any man. So yes I do believe they could.
Actually, I can tell you there’s quite a few hotties in the U.S. Air Force. Several in the Army too. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Navy followed the trend. Now the Marines… Well, it’s possible I guess. No first-hand experience there though.
There are in the Navy and Marines as well. However, the women in the Navy tend to be a bit more.. uhm, what’s the word?.. rubenesque!
When I was in the Navy we called it Navy Issue Ass.
LOL! We referred to it optional flotation devices.
Umm, not to be obvious or anything, but all you can see in this shot is her and her comrades’ faces. No sense of their height, build, breadth of shoulder and so on. They could be seriously buff under those brown coats, and we have no reason not to believe they know how to overbalance and throw any guy they need to clean over their shoulders into next Tuesday. Not to mention poke any seemingly harmless object within reach hard into the tender parts, or load and fire a weapon in the dark.
Well… At least you can tell from the face that she’s (they’re) not burly like olympic Romanian discus-throwing “women”.
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(To any Romanans: No offense meant, I just cba to type all the stereotypical states.)
I should just point out that these do not look like romanian military uniforms. Unless someone got the old communist ones out of a dusty forgotten closet.
Sure, but I think you did that in the wrong place. I didn’t say they are Romanian.
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To all the folks wondering about wimpy women warriors: are wars still fought hand to hand? Funny, because I thought we used guns, planes, tanks and ships these days, which kinda evens out any physical aspects of combat. Maybe you are assuming women can’t be as vicious and bloodthirsty as men? Uhhh, do you not KNOW any women?
If you doubt what Seth says, get married then come back and talk to us.
Seconded, the things Lynn talks about when she is mad just chills my blood. Then she coos and curls up on me like the most innocent kitten ever.
Besides, in judo, IIRC smaller works better since you have a lower center of gravity. Also, all the mechanical reasons that Seth stated, I agree with and reiterated above.
The Apache (Dineh) women were usually the ones to carry out the revenge
killings and torture of the captured enemies. They were ruthless from what
I have read.
Nothing says I love my man like revenge killing and torture… >_>
The Dineh (Apache and Navajo) are matrilocal, meaning only women can own property. The men would have to leave their clan and move to their wife’s clan. But from what I’ve read of Native American cultures, real warfare as we know it was rare. Low level warfare was common, but it was halfway between real war and an extreme sport. Death and even serious injury were uncommon, and the ‘war’ actually served as a form of conflict resolution, bringing the participants closer together overall.
My ex husband is Dineh, a Chiricahua Apache. It wasn’t what we would call warfare, no. The Apache would conduct raids for supplies and such and there were real deaths, more so during the wars with the US and the Mexicans, which is what I mainly was talking about. You may be thinking of the Plains tribes and counting coup?
No, but I was thinking pre-Columbus.
Ah, the Apache’s were always a raiding nomadic culture and were not well liked by the neighboring tribes for that reason. The women would often ride out into battle or raids with their husbands but it was mainly to look after them. There were a a few real Apache women warriors that we know of today though and one of them is Lozen. She was not known for combat skills but was very good at stealing horses and enemy weapons without being caught. She was also a shaman and was invaluable to the Chiricahua rear guard because she could locate the direction of the enemy by raising her hands. She was caught with the band that was with Geronimo and was sent by train to incarceration where she died, so sad… Google her sometime, we don’t know much about her unfortunately.
minor quibble: living in AZ and having worked, partied and otherwise hung out with large numbers of Apache, Tohono O’odham, Hopi and Navajo, i could have sworn that the Dine’ are Navajo…other than that, carry on.
ahh, ema…nevermind, I read your follow up, chalk that one to my own ignorance
Np! I’m not at all sure why they are called Apaches and their relatives are called Navajo! But they are all Dineh (which translates to “the people”)
I wouldn’t know, my tribe came out of Oklahoma. But I googled it and it does say Dineh-Navajo.
Cherokee? My mom’s family is from Oklahoma originally, I’m about 1/8th Cherokee. Not a member of the tribe myself, but some of my family is. Oh, and Apache and Navajo are both part of the Southern Athabaskan group, and have a very similar culture and language. ‘Dineh’ just means ‘The people’ in Athabaskan.
!/4 Chickasaw.. no tribal rights either as there was an unfortunate incident with some white men out of Texas, my grandmother and her sister, and being striken from the tribal records.
Were those white men from Amarillo, Eds?
Lord no! I’m not sure, but I think they were from around Preston. I can’t be sure, but I know my dad was born on the Texas-Oklahoma border.
Eds, remember our discussion of the sorts of people one may expect to encounter in Amarillo?
Okay, one more time:
Were those white men from Amarillo, Eds?
Oh hell, the possibility that they ORIGINATED in Amarillo didn’t occur to me. Given that, you are most likely correct. Fsking Amarillians!
LMAO!!
Any conversation that includes “Fsking Amarillans” is a good one!
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All I can say is, they made their stink, let them live in it!
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On a side note, i’m just glad you didn’t throw out my favorite cliched line about being “a quarter Cherokee on my grandma’s side” because there are nowhere near enough Cherokee grannies in the world to account for all the folks who lay claim to being part Native…by my reckoning, i’m some kind of mixed bag myself….the purest Spaniard blood on my paternal side dates way back to the Spanish colonies (Sephardic Jews who converted or pretended to convert to escape the Inquisition, because they DID expect it) and then i’ve got another quarter on my maternal grandpa’s side as his parents came over from Spain in the late 1800s, so inbetween there is a lot of mixing with any number of tribes from the interior of Mexico along with some Comanche and Kickapoo for good measure.
… My grandma was 1/4 Cherokee. I was unaware that was a cliche. Then again, I don’t try to stay on top of nonsense like that. So my level of blood probably isn’t enough to mean much to people but it is there. *shrugs*
Your grandmother was a quarter Cherokee, but the cliche is people who claim that their grandmother was full Cherokee, thus making them “1/4 Cherokee on my Grandma’s side”…when i used to hang out with my Dine’ and other Native buds from my old tech job a few years back, and we got to talking about stuff that was more to do with being Native, there would always be some goofy redneck trying to shoehorn themselves into the conversation with the Cherokee Grandma reference, which would invariably lead to an episode of almost audible eye-rolling
Ah, gotcha. I am technically… Let’s see. Mom would technically be 1/8 and I would be 1/16. What is really odd if that I am this slightly olive color. You can’t usually tell it unless you see me beside Lynn who is lily white Irish and Czech. And I have high cheekbones. Other than that, I think my French and German blood show through. Hmmm, I wonder what ethnicity my high forehead and widow’s peak come from…
I don’t know about my father’s side so I might have a tiny chance of a bit more Native blood but I doubt it. Thanks for clearing that up though. ^_^
Yes, they are, Navajo and Apache are all Athabascan and speak the same language.
That won’t be happening, me and this Ukranian though….signs point to yes….
Most formerly matriarchal societies were some seriously bloodthirsty groups…see South America
First, women are generally better than men at staying calm during a crisis, but don’t do well in tests of heat/cold tolerance and physical endurance compared to men. Social conditioning makes women far more suitable to defensive, protective situations, and men more suited to aggressive, attacking situations. (I’m not being definitive here, just talking tendencies.) The point being that knowing pluses and minuses of any fighting force can widen strategic options. The Israeli military is arguably the best in the world, pound for pound, and IIRC has a large percentage of female troops.
In fact, the IDF has exactly the same proportion of female troops as that of females in the general population – service in the IDF is mandatory for all Israeli citizens.
I thought so, but wasn’t sure. PK obliterates my post drafts if I take a side trip to Google. For that reason, these days I’m thankful for “IIRC!”
Ah, the wonders of Ctrl-T…….
Coming from you, I expect that action to get me Rickrolled…
No, love, I’d never do that to you…twice…
Ctrl-T is the Firefox hotkey to open a new tab.
It works in Explorer, too. *mwah*
*has slanattack*
Eeek! I’m being attacked by a rhavenous rho!
Don’t help! Don’t help!
*doesn’t help*
*video tapes* Spike TV will pay me a sh*t ton of money for this
footage.
*waves at Max; continues not helping Slan*
Agreed. You guys all know me to be pretty nice, right? (I hope?) Well, under the right conditions, I can become the most spiteful, vengeful, ruthless little b*tch there ever was. Just give me a reason. ; D
Are you sure not related to my ex?
I sure hope not. Don’t worry, those occasions are very, very rare. Usually it’s only if someone has acted like that to me first. Otherwise, like you’ve seen, I’m all sweetness and light. : )
Oh, definitely not related to my ex then. I think her “B*tch Switch” was stuck in the on position.
LMAO!! Have you ever noticed that the nicest people often pair off with the carpiest ones? I wish I had $5 for each time (inflation) I’ve met a nice person, made friends, then met the spouse, who couldn’t be bothered to exhibit the minimum of social grace. I guess opposites attract. Personally, I don’t know how anyone could be mean to you! :hugs:
Oh, trust me, I’m not as speshul as I sound. I give my current wife plenty to get angry about. The difference is, she understands that I’m a guy and can be a ‘tard at times. She’s very forgiving like that!
We can all be ‘tards, Eds. The fact that you put up with me proves my point. I’m sorry, but you’re going to have to try a little harder to convince me that you ever rise to the need for more than just a simple reminder.
… i hear that they’re looking for people to guard the hats…
…Huh?
There are women in many armies…I don’t get it…is it because this woman is wearing makeup? You can hardly even tell what she looks like…
Maybe if I were a straight guy or a lesbian I’d laugh..or something…?
I think I must be the only soldier on this site! Must say something for who likes funny pictures! Anyone who thinks hand to hand combat doesn’t exist doesn’t understand the nature of combat. They also have forgotten that before you fight a battle you must first get to it. Some times that might entail a nice long ride in a vehicle but sometimes it might be a 100 mile march on foot over rough terrain carrying 100 pounds of equipment. Likewise, no matter how you get to a fight it is always that last 100 yards that is the hardest. And if the news actually reported news of our troops you would know about the soldiers who have earned medals in Iraq and Afghanistan for hand to hand engagements. BTW, I use to terrain Ukrainian military. They have very tough determined soldiers. Fighting isn’t what their women soldiers do.
I take the photo for what it is worth, a funny photo and caption!
OOPS, it is late at night in Iraq! I use to “train” Ukrainians. I don’t know how one would “terrain” them!?
I wouldn’t know either, but I’d give a try with this group!
Oooh, sounds fun!
*Lines up for Eds’s “terraining” session*
Ok, we’ll start with some basic nap of the land excersizes. Followed up by some infiltration.
*feels unusual stirrings*
Can we skip to the part about shifting plates?
*Thumbs through manual*
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I think we’re going to need a volunteer from he class to to help with the ropes and mattress part. Oh, hell, we’re also going to need about a meter of velcro.
CARP! I only have about a yard of velcro!
I haz a sad. =-(
*walks away, muttering*
stupid Republicans … ethnocentric …
metric system … stupid conversion tables …
LOL!
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Class elitism?
How so? If I’m not mistaken, we left-wing nut-job elitists didn’t have a thing to do with U.S. refusal to join the rest of the free world in converting to the metric system. IIRC, that decision fell to your best buddy Ronnie. Maybe Nancy’s astrologist said it was a bad idea?
Oh, I thought it was the right-wing nut jobs that were trying to push the U.S. to metric and insisted that road signs include kilometers. Or maybe not.. Meh! I forget anyway.
It was those crazy internationalists with their weird notions of limiting American exceptionalism to better get along with the rest of the world. What fools. :^P
@Eds: No, the idea was *progressive,* thereby rendering itself utterly useless to those of your peep’s sensibilities.
@Slan: Wiki to da reskuez:
“Due to this apparent ineffectiveness, and in a Reagan effort to reduce federal spending, as well as conscious efforts by Reagan administration officials to end metrication, the Metric Board was disbanded in the fall of 1982.”
(full article linked)
When I was in grade school they tought us that everything was going to metric. We learned both systems, and how to convert them.
The problem is, when we made it to the work force, the “people in charge” are all older, and could never be bothered to learn metric. So because “they” don’t understand it, those of us who do are forced to give in to the laziness of those who don’t. So anything in metric gets converted for the convenience of those who don’t understand it.
Thus, the conversion to the metric system failed, primarily due to apathy.
Interesting, thanks for posting!
I am reminded of the old pick up line: “Let’s play army. I’ll lay down and you blow the hell outta me.”
“I think I must be the only soldier on this site!”
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Oh, no, you are not alone! Not me, but I’ve noticed there are others. Don’t lose faith!
And you shall know them by the words they speak..
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Where is Charlie Foxtrot, anyway?
Good question.. I notice Jane isn’t around either. Hope everything’s ok..
I hadn’t thought about Jane until you mentioned her. Perhaps it’s just the time of year. People drop off for shopping, parties and such. I hope that’s all, anyway!
I just saw Jane posting on another thread. I hope Charlie’s not loose in the chicken house again…!
We’re fine, we’re fine! You guys are so sweet and awesome! My brother (which would also be Charlie’s son) just got back from Iraq this week, so we’ve been having a lot of family time and stuff like that.
How kewl! Give that bro of yours a hug from me. Does he get to stay home for Christmas?
He’s out for good, so yes he does. He’s going to stay local for a little while and go to school for his med degree.
Oh that’s terrific! I’m glad he served, but, at the same time, so glad he doesn’t have to go back!! As long as he doesn’t go to Texas A&M with Matthew Fitzhenry, he should be in good shape. (jk)
Oh $DEITY, we’re not going to get into the whole Horns and Aggies thign now, are we? *retch*
Hey! That’s a great idea!!
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THANKS, Slan!!
That’s right, I forgot your brother was coming home!
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*Whew!*
You have a point but we were countering the point that ema was making it seem like hand to hand is all there is. I do know that hand to hand is part of it but I also know that being a man doesn’t guarantee beating a woman. I also know that women don’t usually get to even see combat so we can’t even really find out.
I am sure there is a decent number of women who can’t make the cut for carrying that much gear over that distance. I also know that a lot of men can’t do it. I am simply say that we shouldn’t discount them because they have a pretty face.
However, I appreciate the info about the Ukrainian army.
Might be the only soldier, but eddie is a former sailor, so at least you aren’t the only servicemember here!
Charlie Foxtrot is a former grunt as well.
and a part-time jarhead.. but that’s another discussion.
I was thinking ‘Dead Head. Am I mistaken?
Oh pffffffft! You be teh funneh and speshul!!!!!1!!!
;o) YOU be teh naiz, n teh speshul, N teh funneh!
nawt, YOU be teh spechul! I already get called speshul ed..
Well, we’ll just both be teh speshul, then! ;o)
*pulls up in the short bus* All aboard!
*hops on and proudly shows off his Green Lantern lunchbox*
Fighting isn’t what their women soldiers do.
Can’t speak for the Ukranians, but this is not so true as it used to be, as I’m sure you know if your boots are in the sand. In a war where there’s no front, no rear echelon, stuff going down potentially anywhere, the line between combat and non-combat roles gets a little dim and blurry…we’ve got women facing combat alongside the men, some coming home with PTSD to a VA system that just has no clue how to handle a female combat vet.
“…we’ve got women facing combat alongside the men,…”
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Case in point: Tammy Duckworth (link)
I lover quote, “I am sick and tired of the Republicans saying “Either you agree with us on national security or you are not patriotic.” It is total baloney – in fact I have a better army word, but I can’t use it. We must never forget that it is patriotic and it is American to question people in power”
*I love her quote*
Awesome quote, Eds–Thanks!!
I admired her service, and now I admire her!
I’m so glad I tricked you into becoming a Librul!
*yanks back chair; hides under desk*
No, I’m not an American Librul!
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And let’s not forget that the part of that quote, “We must never forget that it is patriotic and it is American to question people in power.” is part of the ModRep Manifesto! So there!
Still wiggling on the hook, I seez…
Huh! And here I was trying for a shimmy..
*grabs pointy heels*
*does the mashed potato*
Weeee! We’re having a Pundit Party[tm]!
It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right
Put your hands on you hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it’s the pelvic thrust that really drives you insane
Let’s do the time warp again
What’s Shannen Doherty doing in the Ukranian Army?
Damn it, now you’ve ruined it for me..
they are romanian not ukranian !
Yeah, one of the annoying things on the lol builder is that you don’t get the information about the picture you do when it’s posted on the front page. So…people end up guessing. At least they hit the right continent this time. Really, without the little text line under the picture saying it was the Romanian army, would YOU have known?
yes i would.
but if i didn’t know for sure i would have simply captioned it “where do i sign up for THIS army”
Well, I congratulate you on your mad Romanian-army-identification skills, in that case.
*heaving sigh* really their dissimilitude should be obvious.
*huffing* you of all people.
pittypat FTW! Awesome.
“yes i would.” I call BS, Alex Trebeck–
It’s easy when the answer is in front of you.
*Trebek
the little golden thing on their hats is the romanian coat of arms
Good Googling!
Good Googling! Now go Google how to work the Shift key…
Great Googly moogly!
Why don’t I learn not to read your posts when I have to pee? I made it, but just barely!
Yet another good reason to have your knickers off already when you read my posts. Me likey!
What did you think I meant by “just *barely*?”
Co-ed Naked PK Commenting Team FTW!
i guess you assume everyone on this board is either American or
ignorant . It’s only natural that i recognize my country’s coat of arms.
Now go google some actual funny comeback lines.
I hurt its feelings.
I haz a sad. :’o(
*googles funny comeback lines*
How do you know this is the Romanian army. These don’t look like Romanian military uniforms.
So instead of soon to be Russian Satellite #1, they are soon to be Russian Satellite #2?
Ukrainian = romanian? You american kids should go to school more often. And then think about sex.
exactly!
but bear in mind, with the recession and all, they can’t afford maps , it’s sad really
I wonder how many of them this summer heard Russia invaded Georgia and ran out the back door expecting to see these girls there?
What? You learn to identify different uniforms in school? We did other stuff.
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Shows what you know. This just happens to be a picture of Armenian actors in a Ukranian made-for-tv movie about bisexual Romanian soldiers in Belarus. The plot twists are delightful!
Dayumn. I gotta Netflix that one!
Already ordered it, Dear. It’s gonna be hot cocoa night!! *beams*
Mmmmm, nummy! I’ll be right over!
*polishes handle on the good riding crop*
Oh good, I wouldn’t want you to use the shoddy one!
Naw, the shoddy one is out in the troll weapon basket. It has goo all over it, and it smells worse than those boots!
I’m sorry that I don’t live in a country where I need to know the difference in uniform because of all the foreign soldiers marching through my home soil.
at least your caption is better than this one
Well, that is a given but my snarky point remains. ; )
ooh. la. la.
That too. Hehe.
ha! but knowledge is power! know thy enemy!
you never know when you’ll be invaded by an army of women!
what will you do then, mr. pacifist?
Never said I was a pacifist. If I am invaded by an army of women. I will go down like a conqueror as best I can manage. They can come after my WOD if they like.
Don’t you mean ‘menage’, DWN?
LMAO!! I *definitely* think he is sorry not to have said it that way!
Well if they look like the Red Alert 3 girls, then i guess it is not so bad.
Interesting… Read a book!
Yes, because this is an incredibly uninformed, illiterate group! Feh!!
I think a pasta with a sauce with tuna and pesto is my favourite at the moment.
can we have some crème brûlée for dessert?
If nothing else, you deserve a treat for getting all those diacritical marks.
shhhhhhh, I cheated..
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okay, i’m migrating to ukraine or romania (between brackets, it says romanian soldiers so…) and then i’m going to join the army! :O
It’s Ukrainian, not Ukranian.
Thus proving that Romanians are superior in every way.
That soldier looks like Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
I wouldn’t have known who Sophie Ellis-Bestor was until I Googled the name. You’re right, they do look alike!
More hot army girls with guns. click on my name.
where do i sign up, for real! why can’t chik cops in the states look like that.
Ha ha ha!
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I don’t get it.
D: POLITICAL KNOWLEDGE FAIL.
She’s ROMANIAN…