I had a coworker here in Taiwan (she’s from Montana) and when she heard I was in the army she thought I might have served in Vietnam!
Then it got even worse as she thought the Vietnam War was in the 50s! FFFFFuuuuucccckkkk!!!
Not only that but I was in the Canadian army. Yes, some Canadians did fight in Vietnam (they actually sneaked down to the US and enlisted…one of the Master Corporals that trained me did that!) but she obviously didn’t know that so it was even worse.
[quote]Nards wrote:
I had a coworker here in Taiwan (she’s from Montana) and when she heard I was in the army she thought I might have served in Vietnam!
Then it got even worse as she thought the Vietnam War was in the 50s! FFFFFuuuuucccckkkk!!!
Not only that but I was in the Canadian army. Yes, some Canadians did fight in Vietnam (they actually sneaked down to the US and enlisted…one of the Master Corporals that trained me did that!) but she obviously didn’t know that so it was even worse.[/quote]
LOL! Man, and I thought it was the US who knew shit about history! You don’t even look old enough to have fought in Nam, nevermind she thought it was in the 50s.
Also, what great irony your Master Corporal sneaking down to the US to enlist, while some of our draft dodgers headed into Canada!
This Master Corporal had some bracelets, I seem to remember about 3 or 4,he said were made from the dog tags of fallen comrades. From the part that you break off and keep, not the part you send home with the body. This guy actually looked like Russell Crowe like he did in Gladiator. He was about 44 or 45 when I was in and he’d do PT with us most mornings and he’d run from the front of the squad to the back giving us all kinds of shit.
The army is just one of the funniest places. All the guys are really funny. This Master Corporal would sometimes ask if anyone had seen “Free Willy”…if they said no he’d tell me to give them the 2 minute version.
[quote]Nards wrote:
Yeah, there were about 300 or so Canadians that went down to join. Whether it was a good idea or not is another topic. http://www.vwam.com/vets/allies/canada.html
This Master Corporal had some bracelets, I seem to remember about 3 or 4,he said were made from the dog tags of fallen comrades. From the part that you break off and keep, not the part you send home with the body. This guy actually looked like Russell Crowe like he did in Gladiator. He was about 44 or 45 when I was in and he’d do PT with us most mornings and he’d run from the front of the squad to the back giving us all kinds of shit.
The army is just one of the funniest places. All the guys are really funny. This Master Corporal would sometimes ask if anyone had seen “Free Willy”…if they said no he’d tell me to give them the 2 minute version.[/quote]
[quote]Nards wrote:
This one needs a good caption[/quote]
OK, here’s my caption Nards:
Final Solution?!?! I’ll give you a final solution! You need to shut the fuck up, move back to Austria, and start fucking painting landscapes again, you racist psycho!
[quote]Nards wrote:
This one needs a good caption[/quote]
OK, here’s my caption Nards:
Final Solution?!?! I’ll give you a final solution! You need to shut the fuck up, move back to Austria, and start fucking painting landscapes again, you racist psycho![/quote]
Good one! But I’m from Canada not Austria…OH WAIT! That would be me talking to Hitler right? Oh, OK, that makes a bit more sense as I’ve never painted landscapes.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Stevie: Calm down, big fella! I just called to say I love you![/quote]
“Wait Stevie I can’t really hear you. I think you’ve got the phone upside down you crazy blind son of a bitch you!”