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Started by Syt, December 06, 2015, 01:55:02 PM

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Guess my sister didn't notice these are British troops ...
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"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Barrister

I should have recognized it.  Americans don't do Christmas crackers, do you?
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Quote from: Barrister on December 06, 2018, 07:27:41 PM
I should have recognized it.  Americans don't do Christmas crackers, do you?

Nope.  Pretty sure no bull shoulder patch either.

But don't Brits say Happy Christmas?

derspiess

Quote from: Barrister on December 06, 2018, 07:27:41 PM
I should have recognized it.  Americans don't do Christmas crackers, do you?

We do in my house.
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Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2018, 08:05:29 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 06, 2018, 07:27:41 PM
I should have recognized it.  Americans don't do Christmas crackers, do you?

We do in my house.

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Quote from: Syt on December 06, 2018, 05:46:50 PM


Guess my sister didn't notice these are British troops ...

Make America Great Britain Again

Anyway Happy Christmas and God Save the Queen to our boys in khaki.
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Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 06, 2018, 07:57:05 PM
Quote from: Barrister on December 06, 2018, 07:27:41 PM
I should have recognized it.  Americans don't do Christmas crackers, do you?

Nope.  Pretty sure no bull shoulder patch either.

But don't Brits say Happy Christmas?

I'm pretty sure whoever created this just did a Google image search for troops and Christmas.  :P

And yeah, the Christmas crackers were the giveaway. That and the Union Jack patches on the uniforms.
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Admiral Yi

Quote from: Syt on December 07, 2018, 12:43:16 AM
I'm pretty sure whoever created this just did a Google image search for troops and Christmas.  :P

And yeah, the Christmas crackers were the giveaway. That and the Union Jack patches on the uniforms.

Yeah, but my point is why are Brits wearing hats that say *Merry* Christmas?

grumbler

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 07, 2018, 03:08:39 AM

Yeah, but my point is why are Brits wearing hats that say *Merry* Christmas?

Because it is close to Christmas? 

You don't really expect People's Liberation Army Political Reeducation Hat Factory Number Three to crank out a separate "Happy Christmas" line just for the Brits, do you?
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Quote from: Syt on December 06, 2018, 11:42:25 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 06, 2018, 11:29:33 AMI thought the punchline was going to be that some adults believe in a God that gives them things

Nope.



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