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Started by Kleves, January 23, 2013, 04:09:35 PM

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PDH

#45
January 23, 2013, 09:42:32 PM
That is just begging for the Gary Barnett quote about the girl kicker.
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MadImmortalMan

#46
January 23, 2013, 09:43:17 PM
I wonder if those generals that got purged recently was a preparation for this.
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PDH

#47
January 23, 2013, 09:45:40 PM
BTW, good for women!  They will bring needed communication and understanding skills to the armed forces, though they will suck at math.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

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mongers

#48
January 23, 2013, 09:47:53 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 23, 2013, 09:43:17 PM
I wonder if those generals that got purged recently was a preparation for this.
The other one was exonerated yesterday, though still in the dog house with the wife no doubt. 
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#49
January 23, 2013, 09:48:40 PM
Allen is getting the NATO command.
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Neil

#50
January 23, 2013, 11:02:56 PM
Quote from: PDH on January 23, 2013, 09:45:40 PM
BTW, good for women!  They will bring needed communication and understanding skills to the armed forces, though they will suck at math.
Women don't really have very good communication skills.
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PDH

#51
January 23, 2013, 11:25:29 PM
Quote from: Neil on January 23, 2013, 11:02:56 PM
Quote from: PDH on January 23, 2013, 09:45:40 PM
BTW, good for women!  They will bring needed communication and understanding skills to the armed forces, though they will suck at math.
Women don't really have very good communication skills.

So they're awful at everything?  :(
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

katmai

#52
January 23, 2013, 11:31:21 PM
garbon and Marti haven't found them good for anything. :yes:
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garbon

#53
January 24, 2013, 02:23:52 AM
Quote from: katmai on January 23, 2013, 11:31:21 PM
garbon and Marti haven't found them good for anything. :yes:

How does that follow?
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Legbiter

#54
January 24, 2013, 04:30:23 AM
They'll have to significantly water down the physical requirements. If they don't 99.9% of the women won't hack it.
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Phillip V

#55
January 24, 2013, 05:45:55 AM
The United States is preparing for war! :o

Eddie Teach

#56
January 24, 2013, 12:23:54 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 24, 2013, 02:23:52 AM
Quote from: katmai on January 23, 2013, 11:31:21 PM
garbon and Marti haven't found them good for anything. :yes:

How does that follow?

I think Katmai's saying they're only good for one thing.
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#57
January 24, 2013, 12:45:52 PM
Quote from: Neil on January 23, 2013, 11:02:56 PM
Quote from: PDH on January 23, 2013, 09:45:40 PM
BTW, good for women!  They will bring needed communication and understanding skills to the armed forces, though they will suck at math.
Women don't really have very good communication skills.

+1
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#58
January 24, 2013, 12:52:02 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on January 24, 2013, 05:45:55 AM
The United States is preparing for war! :o

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#59
January 24, 2013, 12:59:43 PM
Quote from: Phillip V on January 24, 2013, 05:45:55 AM
The United States is preparing for war! :o
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