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Started by CountDeMoney, March 15, 2011, 07:14:15 PM

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jimmy olsen

#45
March 17, 2011, 02:17:36 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 16, 2011, 09:44:26 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 15, 2011, 07:14:15 PM
QuoteFrank Buckles, last U.S. vet­eran of World War I, laid to rest at Arlington
By Paul Duggan, Tuesday, March 15, 5:42 PM

A lowly corporal of long ago was buried Tuesday in Arlington National Cemetery, ushered to his grave with all the Army's Old Guard solemn pomp.

Frank Woodruff Buckles lived to be 110, the last of nearly 5 million American veterans of a dimly remembered war — a generation now laid to rest.

Wtf. 5 million ?
That's what the Germans said.
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jimmy olsen

#46
March 17, 2011, 06:16:41 AM Last Edit: March 18, 2011, 01:08:24 AM by jimmy olsen
Quote from: Zoupa on March 17, 2011, 01:55:32 AM
You guys were at war for a year and had a 5-million strong army/navy/air force?


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CountDeMoney

#47
March 17, 2011, 06:20:09 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 17, 2011, 01:55:32 AM
You guys were at war for a year and had a 5-million strong army/navy/air force?

Something like 32 million Americans registered for the draft.  The US troops deployed to Europe in 1917?  That was the advance team.  The Hun quit before we really got going.

grumbler

#48
March 17, 2011, 06:35:52 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 16, 2011, 09:44:26 PM
Wtf. 5 million ?
WTF?  Why does that figure surprise you?  Too low, or too high?  Don't Euros learn history any more?

I can see why Capt Wolfe thinks these people were forgotten, though.  The francophone world seems to have a short memory for some things.
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Grey Fox

#49
March 17, 2011, 06:38:45 AM
Capt. Wolfe, That's a new one. I like it.
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CountDeMoney

#50
March 17, 2011, 06:40:57 AM
Quote from: grumbler on March 17, 2011, 06:35:52 AM
The francophone world seems to have a short memory for some things.

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Razgovory

#51
March 17, 2011, 06:43:05 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 17, 2011, 01:55:32 AM
You guys were at war for a year and had a 5-million strong army/navy/air force?

It takes a while to get started.  In WWII we had 15 million.  We kept the numbers deliberately low so more men would be working in industry.  If really pressed we could probably have several million more.
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#52
March 17, 2011, 07:27:07 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 17, 2011, 02:17:36 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 16, 2011, 09:44:26 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 15, 2011, 07:14:15 PM
QuoteFrank Buckles, last U.S. vet­eran of World War I, laid to rest at Arlington
By Paul Duggan, Tuesday, March 15, 5:42 PM

A lowly corporal of long ago was buried Tuesday in Arlington National Cemetery, ushered to his grave with all the Army's Old Guard solemn pomp.

Frank Woodruff Buckles lived to be 110, the last of nearly 5 million American veterans of a dimly remembered war — a generation now laid to rest.

Wtf. 5 million ?
That's what the Germans said.

:D

Zoupa

#53
March 18, 2011, 01:02:59 AM
Quote from: grumbler on March 17, 2011, 06:35:52 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 16, 2011, 09:44:26 PM
Wtf. 5 million ?
WTF?  Why does that figure surprise you?  Too low, or too high?  Don't Euros learn history any more?

I can see why Capt Wolfe thinks these people were forgotten, though.  The francophone world seems to have a short memory for some things.

Hey grumbler: go fuck yourself, you sorry piece of shit. Pathetic motherfucker.

jimmy olsen

#54
March 18, 2011, 01:08:39 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 17, 2011, 06:16:41 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 17, 2011, 01:55:32 AM
You guys were at war for a year and had a 5-million strong army/navy/air force?


:hmm: Should I make this the background of my work computer?  If I do this kids will see it when I hook up my computer on the projector.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Grey Fox

#55
March 18, 2011, 06:26:36 AM
Do it! It's a good reason to talk about WWI. Teach the Asian something about the greatness of america!
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CountDeMoney

#56
March 18, 2011, 06:40:18 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 18, 2011, 01:02:59 AM
Quote from: grumbler on March 17, 2011, 06:35:52 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 16, 2011, 09:44:26 PM
Wtf. 5 million ?
WTF?  Why does that figure surprise you?  Too low, or too high?  Don't Euros learn history any more?

I can see why Capt Wolfe thinks these people were forgotten, though.  The francophone world seems to have a short memory for some things.

Hey grumbler: go fuck yourself, you sorry piece of shit. Pathetic motherfucker.

Don't forget to flick your cigarette at him. :frog:

Zoupa

#57
March 18, 2011, 10:08:48 PM
I'm just sayin'. Our favourite golden girl is always so condescending and know-it-all over the interweb. It's pretty easy to do that. Why is it assumed a random person (me), educated in France, would know the number of americans that signed up for World War I?  :huh:

Of course, that's not the why grumbler answers. He answers the way he does to take a cheapshot. It's lame, it's tiring, it's not even witty. That's why he's a pathetic motherfucker, a sorry piece of shit, and he should go fuck himself.  :smarty:

QED.

jimmy olsen

#58
March 18, 2011, 10:10:15 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 18, 2011, 06:26:36 AM
Do it! It's a good reason to talk about WWI. Teach the Asian something about the greatness of america!
You have convinced me good sir.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Eddie Teach

#59
March 18, 2011, 10:20:18 PM
Quote from: Zoupa on March 18, 2011, 10:08:48 PM
Why is it assumed a random person (me), educated in France, would know the number of americans that signed up for World War I?  :huh:

It's not assumed that you would know it, but when you respond to the number with a "WTF" it's clear that you had some preconceived notion of what ballpark the number would be in.
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