January 27, 2011
— Dave in Texas They bring a knife to the fight, you bring a khukuri.
“They started snatching jewelry, cell phones, cash, laptops and other belongings from the passengers,” Shrestha recalled. The soldier had somehow remained a silent spectator amidst the melee, but not for long. He had had enough when the robbers stripped an 18-year-old girl sitting next to him and tried to rape her right in front of her parents. He then took out his khukuri and took on the robbers.“The girl cried for help, saying ´You are a soldier, please save a sister´,” Shrestha recalled. “I prevented her from being raped, thinking of her as my own sister,” he added. He took one of the robbers under control and then started to attack the others. He said the rest of the robbers fled after he killed three of them with his khukuri and injured eight others.
Memo to potential suitors of this guy's sister: mind your manners.
Like the commenter said, "I love a story with a happy ending".
via the Man of Substance, the Only Important Lighting Guy Up In That Booth
UPDATE: Some of are you are wondering, what the hell is a khukiri?
Wonder no more (via commenter Kratos, Ghost of Sparta, cheerleader afficianado extraordinaire).
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Posted by: USS Diversity at January 27, 2011 03:47 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: Hussein Soetoro at January 27, 2011 03:47 PM (w41GQ)
Posted by: kj at January 27, 2011 03:47 PM (SRLyD)
Posted by: Iron Balls McGinty at January 27, 2011 03:47 PM (/7n/7)
Posted by: The MFM at January 27, 2011 03:49 PM (QKKT0)
But...but...but...what about their rights?
Here, that bastard Ghurka would be doin' time for CCW, Assault With Intent, violations of civil rights and general badass-ness before the thugs were lowered into the ground.
Posted by: MrScribbler© at January 27, 2011 03:50 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: fluffy, shameless bandit at January 27, 2011 03:50 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Max Entropy at January 27, 2011 03:51 PM (lH6z9)
I hear Pat Fuckin' Caddell hires out as a bodyguard for Ghurkas....
Posted by: MrScribbler© at January 27, 2011 03:54 PM (Ulu3i)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2011 03:57 PM (XBM1t)
I started reading The Lunatic Express by some fuck-all loser who thought that a journey into the dangerously insane would somehow complete him.
Nevermind that he left a worried family behind.
Anywho, to make a long story short, that dickbag could've done his family a favor by getting up close and personal with a ghurka.
Posted by: ErikW at January 27, 2011 03:59 PM (aDTMJ)
Posted by: MFM at January 27, 2011 03:59 PM (P18+/)
I'm gonna take this knife out of the sheath and I'm going to fuck you up ugly.
Posted by: Shrestha at January 27, 2011 03:59 PM (+knRs)
Posted by: Dick Cheney at January 27, 2011 04:00 PM (oREHE)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2011 04:00 PM (XBM1t)
Yeah. There, Shrestha would have probably been arrested and sued by the surviving robbers and the families of the dead thieves.
/Its true - Merry Ol' England is that boned.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 27, 2011 04:01 PM (+knRs)
I'll bring a machete. If Big sis will allow....
Posted by: Derak at January 27, 2011 04:01 PM (CjpKH)
Feel-good story of the week, maybe the month.
Reminds me of an Iraq story I'd read on one of the milblogs where an Iraqi mayor had been kidnapped by by about 6-7 terrorists. One of the terrorists was a little careless with his AK and left it unsecured while he was trying to handcuff the mayor.
The mayor wriggled free, picked up the loose AK and mowed down 5 terrorists before the rest of 'em took off running.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2011 04:02 PM (TAjuH)
Posted by: Bill H at January 27, 2011 04:02 PM (q8CmE)
" He is in line to receive three gallantry awards from the Indian government."
In Canada, he'd be on trial.
Posted by: Black Mamba at January 27, 2011 04:03 PM (tSxym)
You ever seen an Indian train? Think Tokyo at rush hour.Add add tons of baggage and livestock.
Posted by: West at January 27, 2011 04:04 PM (rkHPV)
Posted by: fluffy at January 27, 2011 04:05 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: UN Human Rights Council at January 27, 2011 04:06 PM (k4bdL)
The Cambridge City Council has already tried him in absentia.
They tried me in absentia, they can hang me in absentia.
/apologies to Brendan Behan
Posted by: Bishnu Shrestha at January 27, 2011 04:07 PM (TAjuH)
-Field Marshal Frank Manekshaw
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at January 27, 2011 04:07 PM (QxGmu)
Posted by: Bill H at January 27, 2011 04:08 PM (q8CmE)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2011 04:08 PM (XBM1t)
Posted by: Highlander at January 27, 2011 04:08 PM (4zU2i)
Posted by: stuiec at January 27, 2011 04:08 PM (Di3Im)
He killed 3 and wounded 8. With a knife.
Right about now the 29 robbers that got away are pretty damned glad he didn't have 3 friends with him.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at January 27, 2011 04:10 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Bill H at January 27, 2011 04:11 PM (q8CmE)
Posted by: Bill at January 27, 2011 04:12 PM (7/dwe)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at January 27, 2011 04:12 PM (QxGmu)
If I had 300 Ghurkas, we might have whipped the entire Persian Army at the Hot Gates!
Posted by: King Leonidas I at January 27, 2011 04:12 PM (+knRs)
Posted by: Soona at January 27, 2011 04:13 PM (8wEvh)
There's a reason the Persians never went to Nepal.
Posted by: Meiczyslaw at January 27, 2011 04:14 PM (bjRNS)
Posted by: Crocodile Dundee at January 27, 2011 04:14 PM (5EOTC)
Posted by: Tony Musante at January 27, 2011 04:15 PM (SwkdU)
As a Gurkha is disciplined for beheading a Taliban: Thank God they are on our side!
Just picture the scene as a soldier returns from hunting an arch-enemy. Commanding officer: 'Did you get him?' Soldier: 'Yes, sir.' Commanding officer: 'Are you sure?' Soldier: 'Yes, sir.' Soldier reaches into rucksack and places severed head on table....
Posted by: King Leonidas I at January 27, 2011 04:15 PM (+knRs)
Posted by: NICKIE GOOMBA at January 27, 2011 04:16 PM (H4Kxb)
Posted by: Bill at January 27, 2011 08:12 PM (7/dwe)
No, that's said about my penis.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at January 27, 2011 04:17 PM (Di3Im)
Posted by: ontherocks at January 27, 2011 04:18 PM (HBqDo)
Posted by: NICKIE GOOMBA at January 27, 2011 04:19 PM (H4Kxb)
(Marine mom here. I just want my kid to be free to kill people who want to kill him. Without our gubmint telling him he has to check on whether the enemy is "confused" or something.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 04:19 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Tony Musante at January 27, 2011 08:15 PM (SwkdU)
No I don't think we're better than you, son. However, uh, I do think we're a little quieter
Posted by: PFC Teflinger at January 27, 2011 04:19 PM (Di3Im)
The U. S. Army and the Marine Corps.
Give 'em fucking swords and stand back.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 04:21 PM (UOM48)
Remember, once a khukri is taken out of its sheath, it has to taste blood before you can put it back again.
(In case any one is curious, Gurkhas usually knick their thumbs with their khukri after showing the weapon to the curious. There are far more satisfying ways of fulfilling the tradition...)
Posted by: Allo12 at January 27, 2011 04:21 PM (RGyP0)
Posted by: CMU VET at January 27, 2011 04:22 PM (fotjt)
One time I accidentally left a couple of them mixed in the Afrika Korps box. The next day all the Krauts were headless. True story.
Posted by: schizuki at January 27, 2011 04:22 PM (M+lbD)
Posted by: Larry Peerce at January 27, 2011 04:22 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Obama at January 27, 2011 04:23 PM (2p0e3)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 27, 2011 08:20 PM (+knRs)
It doesn't glow blue... it just drips red.
Posted by: stuiec at January 27, 2011 04:25 PM (Di3Im)
Posted by: Larry Peerce at January 27, 2011 08:22 PM (SwkdU)
It's the cast on my arm. It itches.
Posted by: Beau Bridges at January 27, 2011 04:27 PM (Di3Im)
One time I accidentally left a couple of them mixed in the Afrika Korps box. The next day all the Krauts were headless. True story.
Kraut soldiers are best against unarmed women and children.
Posted by: Cicero at January 27, 2011 04:28 PM (QKKT0)
A detachment of Ghurkas was to be used on an airborne commando mission. The British officer in charge briefed the Ghurka officer, telling him that they would be jumping in low, about 1000 feet.
Several hours later, the Ghurka officer returned from briefing his men, and rather sheepishly asked if the jump could be made lower, as the men were nervous. The British officer replied that any lower, and the parachutes might not fully open.
The Ghurka's face brightened, and he said, "Oh, we will have parachutes?"
Posted by: schizuki at January 27, 2011 04:29 PM (M+lbD)
Clint Eastwood's a pussy too.
Posted by: Charles Bronson, huddled in a corner weeping with Chuck Norris at January 27, 2011 04:29 PM (tSxym)
Posted by: schizuki at January 27, 2011 08:29 PM (M+lbD)
Sounds like the attitude of the Nisei Brigade.
Posted by: stuiec at January 27, 2011 04:31 PM (Di3Im)
Posted by: Martin Sheen at January 27, 2011 04:33 PM (SwkdU)
Aren't the lefties always telling us we have to respect others' cultures? So they won't have a problem with this, right?
Posted by: Retread at January 27, 2011 04:36 PM (okCHU)
They might, but if they know what's good for them they'll keep their fucking yap shut about it.
I don't know about you, but I'd sooner sucker-punch a bear than piss off a gurkha.
Posted by: apotheosis at January 27, 2011 04:38 PM (xWk3U)
Posted by: Anachronda at January 27, 2011 04:42 PM (6fER6)
Posted by: Black Mamba at January 27, 2011 04:42 PM (tSxym)
Knives. Big, shiny, fuck-off ones. Shit 'em right up.
Knives are good because they're quiet. The less noise they make, the more likely we are to use 'em.
Guns for show; knives for a pro.
Posted by: Soap at January 27, 2011 04:44 PM (xy9wk)
I wonder if they are from Ghruka-Ghurkastan?
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 27, 2011 04:45 PM (zgZzy)
@5: "A sheepdog among the sheep, attacking the wolves."
To protect the sheep, you gotta act like a wolf!
Ahwoooooo!
Posted by: Detective Alonzo Harris at January 27, 2011 04:45 PM (xy9wk)
heh, the khukuri in action?
the blade of olympus hit hardest
You wish. What do you think was the inspiration for the khukuri? 
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 27, 2011 04:46 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Hollywood Voice-Over Guy at January 27, 2011 04:47 PM (zgZzy)
Posted by: Hollywood Voice-Over Guy at January 27, 2011 04:48 PM (zgZzy)
Posted by: Rory Breaker at January 27, 2011 04:49 PM (SwkdU)
Posted by: Hollywood Voice-Over Guy at January 27, 2011 04:49 PM (zgZzy)
Posted by: COL Kurtz at January 27, 2011 04:50 PM (b+yWd)
Posted by: Bishnu Shrestha at January 27, 2011 04:51 PM (5werF)
Posted by: Jones at January 27, 2011 04:53 PM (b+yWd)
@64: "My 1/32 scale Airfix Ghurkas were my favorites. They were more badass than my Fallschirmjaegers.
One time I accidentally left a couple of them mixed in the Afrika Korps box. The next day all the Krauts were headless. True story."
Heh, reminds me of an incident in WWII. A Ghurka unit was in the line near a Brazilian unit during the Italian campaign. Ghurka patrols kept reporting back that the Germans had black soldiers (who they were busy killing). The Brits were in a bit of a panic, wondering where the Nazis were getting black troops. Then the Brazilians started reporting that their patrols were getting wiped out by unknown German commandos. Finally, someone realized that the Brazilian army was using surplus German WWI uniforms...... mystery solved.
That, and the almost assuredly apocryphal story about Ghurkas undergoing airborne training. When told that they would be jumping from 1,500 feet, they asked if they could jump from 500 feet instead. The officer explained that they could not, because the parachutes would not have time to fully deploy if they jumped at 500 feet. The Ghurkas basically responded: "Oh, we get parachutes!" and said that 1,500 feet was ok.
Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at January 27, 2011 04:55 PM (xy9wk)
At Black Five's lead on this:
The Fight: One Lone Retired Gurkha against a Train with 40 BanditsWho wins?
Yeah, you know who freakin' wins.
Posted by: Druid at January 27, 2011 04:56 PM (RnujI)
Posted by: Sir Folderol at January 27, 2011 05:00 PM (zlj+l)
Posted by: Holger at January 27, 2011 05:05 PM (YxGud)
Posted by: Marmo at January 27, 2011 05:06 PM (1KSBb)
Seriously, we should send him a fruit basket or something.
Sorry, forgot I was at AoS. Case of heavy-duty condoms.
Posted by: Merovign, Bond Villain at January 27, 2011 05:09 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: DrewM. at January 27, 2011 05:10 PM (HicGG)
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:10 PM (x3YFz)
This is serious shit.
I have the worst hiccups in my life right now.
Help, please. (And the rest of you fuckers go fuck yourselves.)
No kidding.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 05:11 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Dang at January 27, 2011 05:11 PM (TXKVh)
Help, please. (And the rest of you fuckers go fuck yourselves.)
No kidding.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 09:11 PM (UOM4
Spoonful of sugar. Seriously.
Posted by: Tami at January 27, 2011 05:13 PM (VuLos)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 27, 2011 05:14 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: Dang at January 27, 2011 05:14 PM (TXKVh)
This is serious shit.
I have the worst hiccups in my life right now.
Help, please. (And the rest of you fuckers go fuck yourselves.)
No kidding.
Find some pictures of Michelle Obama. Fear quenches hiccups...so I've heard.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 27, 2011 05:15 PM (c0A3e)
This is serious shit.
I have the worst hiccups in my life right now.
Help, please. (And the rest of you fuckers go fuck yourselves.)
No kidding.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 09:11 PM (UOM4
I had hiccups for 48 hours once. The only way I solved it was (seriously) by maintaining complete calm, and counting the breaths between hiccups, wanting only to increase the number by 1.
When they get that bad it's mind/diaphragm. Sit quietly, close your eyes, think of snuggly bunnies, and relax. When you get to 15 breaths between, you're out of the woods.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:15 PM (x3YFz)
Jane, raise your arms over your head. No, stop typing.
Then sing "Model of Modern Major General" from Pirates of Penizance.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 27, 2011 05:17 PM (DPM1U)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 27, 2011 05:18 PM (DLxD/)
The sugar worked.
All hail Tami!
( I've suffered from occasional violent hiccups for a few years. This is the first time ever that a spoonful of sugar actually worked..)
Tami: smooch!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 05:19 PM (UOM48)
Years ago I was watched a group of Tongans fight a group of black guys - one of the black guys ran up from behind and hit a Tongan on the back of the head with a baseball bat (full on swing) - the Tongan turned 'round, snatched the bat away from the black guy and proceeded to beat him to within an inch of his life.
Never eff with the Tongans.
Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2011 05:19 PM (h6XiD)
He could be uglier than hell and I think I'd still want him.
Posted by: bigpinkfluffybunny at January 27, 2011 05:20 PM (1Ialr)
That, and the almost assuredly apocryphal story about Ghurkas undergoing airborne training....
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Ahem. Someone didn't read all the previous comments...
You owe me a beer for my #71.
Posted by: schizuki at January 27, 2011 05:20 PM (M+lbD)
Jane, I usually take a deep breath, and then sip water very fast, just a sip at a time, while holding my breath, until I can't sip anymore. That usually settles the vagas (sp?) nerve down.
Glad you're ok though, I've heard sugar can help too.
Also a khukuri.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 27, 2011 05:21 PM (Wh0W+)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 27, 2011 05:22 PM (DPM1U)
Posted by: Berserker at January 27, 2011 05:22 PM (gWHrG)
Years ago I was watched a group of Tongans fight a group of black guys - one of the black guys ran up from behind and hit a Tongan on the back of the head with a baseball bat (full on swing) - the Tongan turned 'round, snatched the bat away from the black guy and proceeded to beat him to within an inch of his life.
Never eff with the Tongans.
Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2011 09:19 PM (h6XiD)
From the Baltimore Ravens defense, I give you:
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:22 PM (x3YFz)
Good...I'm glad! My mother always did that when we were wee kids. Always worked.
Posted by: Tami at January 27, 2011 05:23 PM (VuLos)
""Just picture the scene as a soldier returns from hunting an arch-enemy. Commanding officer: 'Did you get him?' Soldier: 'Yes, sir.' Commanding officer: 'Are you sure?' Soldier: 'Yes, sir.' Soldier reaches into rucksack and places severed head on table....""
I can't believe the fucking brits, I wonder if they lock their dicks up along with their rifles.
Posted by: Berserker at January 27, 2011 05:25 PM (gWHrG)
Posted by: Beantown at January 27, 2011 05:25 PM (7XKZP)
Holy Crap. Holding off that many maniacs single-handed for twenty freaking minutes??? this guy has balls to the floor! If I were the girl he saved, I'd be after him to marry him! Everyone else she ever meets will be a pansy in comparison!
Posted by: Beverly at January 27, 2011 05:27 PM (3khdV)
Just sayin'.
(Marine mom, don't fuck with me.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 09:24 PM (UOM4
meh. Marines are easy. Just throw a trashy trailer park-bred 19-year old tramp in front of them and their eyes glaze over.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:30 PM (x3YFz)
""Just picture the scene as a soldier returns from hunting an arch-enemy. Commanding officer: 'Did you get him?' Soldier: 'Yes, sir.' Commanding officer: 'Are you sure?' Soldier: 'Yes, sir.' Soldier reaches into rucksack and places severed head on table....""
I can't believe the fucking brits, I wonder if they lock their dicks up along with their rifles.
Posted by: Berserker at January 27, 2011 09:25 PM (gWHrG)
You're thesis is flawed in that it assumes brits have dicks.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:31 PM (x3YFz)
Years ago I was watched a group of Tongans fight a group of black guys - one of the black guys ran up from behind and hit a Tongan on the back of the head with a baseball bat (full on swing) - the Tongan turned 'round, snatched the bat away from the black guy and proceeded to beat him to within an inch of his life.
Years ago, as a kid, I was playing full contact football - sans gear (I know, stupid) - with a bunch of guys in Hawaii, including some Samoans. One of our guys caught a pass, turned to run, saw a Samoan DB approaching, and of course lowered his head to cover up before impact. Unfortunately, the Samoan did the same thing, and they hit head to head. The Samoan rubbed his head, and said, "Oh, shit," and carried on playing.
Our guy spent three days in the hospital with a disturbed EEG.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at January 27, 2011 05:33 PM (w2mVZ)
You're thesis is flawed in that it assumes brits have dicks.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:31 PM (x3YFz)
LOL. Want to know why Churchill was so awesome?
Simple, he was half American.
Posted by: Holger at January 27, 2011 05:33 PM (YxGud)
Yeah, you're probably right. After reading the story in that link where they took that dude off the line for bringing in the head of some terrorist.... Yes, the Brits have no dicks.
Posted by: Berserker at January 27, 2011 05:34 PM (gWHrG)
Posted by: Fatslob at January 27, 2011 05:35 PM (jkG6N)
Posted by: Mad Saint Jack at January 27, 2011 05:36 PM (zVgnK)
(Marine mom, don't fuck with me.)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 09:24 PM (UOM4
I saw a bumper sticker on the back of a marine mom's minivan: After mom, boot camp was a sinch.
Posted by: tcn at January 27, 2011 05:36 PM (DjPot)
Posted by: CrustyB at January 27, 2011 05:36 PM (qzgbP)
Posted by: Fatslob at January 27, 2011 09:35 PM (jkG6N)
I just saw that, and Obama wants an internet kill switch. I don't think we should give it to him.
Posted by: robtr at January 27, 2011 05:36 PM (hVDig)
"Their conduct is, perhaps, best summed up by Rifleman Lachhiman Gurung, who found himself under repeated Japanese attack in Burma in 1945. With his comrades badly injured, he fought off 200 enemy troops single-handed - literally - having lost an arm and eye.
"When a
relief force found him the next morning, his position was littered with
31 Japanese corpses. The 169 survivors had run away. Rifleman Gurung
- who now lives in Middlesex - became one of the 26 members of the
Brigade of Gurkhas to win the Victoria Cross (there would, undoubtedly,
have been more but the VC was not extended to Gurkhas until 1911)."
Oh, excellent. Also incredible: how can you fight so many men with one hand???
Posted by: Beverly at January 27, 2011 05:39 PM (3khdV)
Posted by: Berserker at January 27, 2011 05:39 PM (gWHrG)
meh. Marines are easy. Just throw a trashy trailer park-bred 19-year old tramp in front of them and their eyes glaze over.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:30 PM (x3YFz)
We'll enjoy her company after we rip your head off and fuck you in the neck.
Posted by: robtr at January 27, 2011 05:40 PM (hVDig)
Posted by: Fatslob at January 27, 2011 09:35 PM (jkG6N)
I just saw that, and Obama wants an internet kill switch. I don't think we should give it to him.
Posted by: robtr at January 27, 2011 09:36 PM (hVDig)
Given that the "protesters" are all islamists:
"Millions gather at mosques across the city for Friday prayers, providing organizers with a huge number of people already out on the streets to tap into."
so much for our "moderate" ally, Egypt.
Don't get all teary-eyed for the protesters. They're not your friends.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:40 PM (x3YFz)
meh. Marines are easy. Just throw a trashy trailer park-bred 19-year old tramp in front of them and their eyes glaze over.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:30 PM (x3YFz)
We'll enjoy her company after we rip your head off and fuck you in the neck.
Posted by: robtr at January 27, 2011 09:40 PM (hVDig)
If I sent a trailer-trash (she could even be fat) ho into a squad of marines I could kill them all with Barney.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:41 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Berserker at January 27, 2011 09:34 PM (gWHrG)
Oh yeah? What's this then?
Posted by: Amy Winehouse at January 27, 2011 05:43 PM (tSxym)
Things will get really bad if the Muslim Brotherhood decides to up the ante tomorrow.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 27, 2011 05:44 PM (c0A3e)
meh. Marines are easy. Just throw a trashy trailer park-bred 19-year old tramp in front of them and their eyes glaze over.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:30 PM (x3YFz)
We'll enjoy her company after we rip your head off and fuck you in the neck.
Posted by: robtr at January 27, 2011 09:40 PM (hVDig)
If I sent a trailer-trash (she could even be fat) ho into a squad of marines I could kill them all with Barney.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:41 PM (x3YFz)
Granted, they'd have her knocked up and demanding child support and calling the platoon sergeant daily to ask where her husband(s) was/were... but that's beside the point.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:44 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 05:45 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Berserker at January 27, 2011 09:34 PM (gWHrG)
Oh yeah? What's this then?
Posted by: Amy Winehouse at January 27, 2011 09:43 PM (tSxym)
FUCK! You win! My EYES!
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:45 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 27, 2011 05:45 PM (c0A3e)
If I sent a trailer-trash (she could even be fat) ho into a squad of marines I could kill them all with Barney.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:41 PM (x3YFz)
You didn't say you were bringing your wife, hell I don't care bring your boyfriend too.
Posted by: robtr at January 27, 2011 05:45 PM (hVDig)
From the Telegraph.co.uk (I'm too lazy to do a tiny url)
A "Black Widow" suicide bomber planned a terrorist attack in central Moscow on New Year's Eve but was killed when an unexpected text message set off her bomb too early, according to Russian security sources.
The unnamed woman, who is thought to be part of the same group that struck Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Monday, intended to detonate a suicide belt on a busy square near Red Square on New Year's Eve in an attack that could have killed hundreds.
Security sources believe a spam message from her mobile phone operator wishing her a happy new year received just hours before the planned attack triggered her suicide belt, killing her but nobody else.
She was at her Moscow safe house at the time getting ready with two accomplices, both of whom survived and were seen fleeing the scene.Posted by: Tami at January 27, 2011 05:46 PM (VuLos)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 09:45 PM (UOM4
Jane, if you're referring to me, I'm just providing some intra-service ribbing on my Marine brethren. Don't take it personal.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:46 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 05:47 PM (UOM48)
If I sent a trailer-trash (she could even be fat) ho into a squad of marines I could kill them all with Barney.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:41 PM (x3YFz)
You didn't say you were bringing your wife, hell I don't care bring your boyfriend too.
Posted by: robtr at January 27, 2011 09:45 PM (hVDig)
Hey, DADT is coming down. You Marines don't have to hide anymore! And Barney's not my wife, he's your sister.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:47 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: pandora jewellry at January 27, 2011 09:46 PM (1F3nv)
I was about to say that after all the bullshit on this thread.
Posted by: TexasJew at January 27, 2011 05:48 PM (u33Mv)
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:46 PM (x3YFz)
Dude, her son is a Marine. How the fuck else should she take it? Maybe you could just stop being an asshole now that you know it's causing someone we all love to suffer.
Posted by: Peaches at January 27, 2011 05:49 PM (zxpIo)
Jane, if you're referring to me, I'm just providing some intra-service ribbing on my Marine brethren. Don't take it personal.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:46 PM (x3YFz)
Clearly you're upsetting her. STOP!!...idiot.
Posted by: Tami at January 27, 2011 05:51 PM (VuLos)
Hey, DADT is coming down. You Marines don't have to hide anymore! And Barney's not my wife, he's your sister.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 09:47 PM (x3YFz)
You've got to be Navy, Yeah I know the Marines are a Department of the Navy, The Mens Department.
Posted by: robtr at January 27, 2011 05:52 PM (hVDig)
Not completely true Mr. Tango! I've known some Marines who are not easily swayed by something so old and washed up as a 19 yo. trailer park hosebag...they demand the fresher ones.
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 05:52 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 09:47 PM (UOM4
Seriously, Jane? My not-so-well-intentioned, good-natured trash talking affects you like that? If you cut and pasted my comments, and robtr's replies and sent them to your son he'd laugh his ass off.
We've all served. It's not personal. I respect what you go through when your son is deployed. Hell, my wife got to do convoy escort for a year, you think THAT was fun? For some of us, the way we get through it is like this. It is what it is. As I said it's not disrespectful, in fact, it's the exact opposite. If you take it that way, I'm sorry.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:52 PM (x3YFz)
170 Nope, Navy guy whose girlfriend got knocked up by one
...right after he got the news about his momma and his kid sister
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 05:53 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 05:54 PM (BebB7)
True story. I read a history of the Gurkhas and they mentioned this as being true. The actual story was a bit different, but you are close enough.
I was on a cruise a few years ago and the security was handled by Ghurkas. I felt very, very safe!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at January 27, 2011 05:54 PM (LH6ir)
Ah, Navy man, whose daughter got knocked up by a Marine (s)
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 09:51 PM (BebB7)
Actually, I'd rather my daughter got knocked up by a Marine vice the hippie shitbags she hangs out with. /sigh
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:54 PM (x3YFz)
170 Nope, Navy guy whose girlfriend got knocked up by one
...right after he got the news about his momma and his kid sister
Oh, HELL yeah!
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 05:55 PM (BebB7)
I don't get your sense of humor.
I'm also tougher than any woman you've ever met. I may be small, but I'll very politely kick your butt (southern belle style).
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 05:55 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: mpfs at January 27, 2011 05:56 PM (3TjSM)
Definitely Navy. Marines don't raise kids that hang out with hippies
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 05:56 PM (BebB7)
When my dad got out of the Police Academy in 1971, worked for a supervisor who was a Ranger in Korea. His company shared the line with a unit of Ghurkas who would crawl out of their holes at night to kill Chinese troops. On more than one occasion, Rangers in his company would report feeling a hand reach down into their hole and touch their helmet, then move on.
The Ghurkas would crawl up to the hole and touch the helmet (or headgear) of the occupant. If they found a Chinese soldier, their throat was cut, if they found an American or other ally, they moved on.
I don't know if it is true (I would think that an experience like that on the line in Korea might result in a violent response) , but it is what the guy told my dad.
Posted by: elliot at January 27, 2011 05:56 PM (l4lvv)
Posted by: mpfs at January 27, 2011 09:56 PM (3TjSM)
That will help me study for ther math section of my GRE. Thanks!
Posted by: TexasJew at January 27, 2011 05:57 PM (q8/1j)
I don't get your sense of humor.
I'm also tougher than any woman you've ever met. I may be small, but I'll very politely kick your butt (southern belle style).
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 09:55 PM (UOM4
Ok. I tried to be nice. Let me re-send: quit fucking whining and ranger up.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 05:58 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Barry S. at January 27, 2011 05:59 PM (zxpIo)
Douchebaggers, unite!!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 05:59 PM (UOM48)
178 If you need a favor, just ask for it -- don't be too proud.
Right now I'd take "hippie shitbag"...they're at least easy to scare (actually, they're scared by my daughters, could be the uniforms, so I don't have to worry about it). These artie and paratroopers are more difficult to put the fear into.
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 06:00 PM (5/yRG)
Wow. What a man you are. Too bad our son isn't state-side.
I feel sorry for you. And your mother.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 06:02 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 27, 2011 06:02 PM (tJjm/)
178 If you need a favor, just ask for it -- don't be too proud.
Right now I'd take "hippie shitbag"...they're at least easy to scare (actually, they're scared by my daughters, could be the uniforms, so I don't have to worry about it). These artie and paratroopers are more difficult to put the fear into.
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 10:00 PM (5/yRG)
Unfortunately my daughter was raised by my ex who is one of those "live in the woods, smell stinky, eat grubs, hug trees" kinda hippies, so she's too far gone.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:02 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 06:02 PM (5/yRG)
Wow. What a man you are. Too bad our son isn't state-side.
I feel sorry for you. And your mother.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at January 27, 2011 10:02 PM (UOM4
We're done here.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:03 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Obla-dah Juan Kenobi at January 27, 2011 06:03 PM (zlj+l)
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 10:02 PM (5/yRG)
I apologized to her (twice). Guess she's just not having it. No sense in continuing. Nothing good can come from arguing with a woman bent on being pissed.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:04 PM (x3YFz)
194 HAHHAAHA....Your ex sounds a bit like my husband -- of course what is a Ranger but a hippie in uniform (they even hug trees when they get mis-dropped sometimes).
And my husband will probably be reading this eventually, so...I love you honey!
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 06:06 PM (5/yRG)
translation: I'll pretty much fuck anything that moves
Posted by: Peaches at January 27, 2011 06:06 PM (zxpIo)
Getting Navier by the minute. Some Marines may be guilty of knockin' up some trailer trash, but never, and I mean NEVER, would they lower themselves to these depths.
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 06:06 PM (BebB7)
I can't believe any still exist, but fucking eh they do. I always had this low boil hatred of hippies. I think when my cousin got pelted with rocks when he came back from Vietnam was where that hatred was forged. I was very young, but I remember.
I won't even listen to 60s music if i can help it. I hear that shit and all I envision is long haired freaks on their war protesting acid trips. I say this as a life long, long haired frigging metal guitarist. You would think there would be even the tiniest shred of common ground with them, but no way.
I just as soon steal their weed and their chicks and leave them drowning in their own vomit. lol
Posted by: Berserker at January 27, 2011 06:06 PM (gWHrG)
translation: I'll pretty much fuck anything that moves
Posted by: Peaches at January 27, 2011 10:06 PM (zxpIo)
You know her?!
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:07 PM (x3YFz)
200 Well shit, how do you think Tango got himself conceived? Can't blame a dog for returning to the source now can ya?
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 06:09 PM (5/yRG)
Years ago someone told Polynesian DNA that everyone was surrounded by sea monsters and it believed them. It made humans that were immune to head injuries, fast enough to run on the highway, and big enough to use the carpool lane. Putting two of them in the same ring is like telling your local tectonic plates to fuck themselves.
[...]
This is the fight Thor closes his eyes and thinks about when a Valkyrie is giving him a blowjob. This fight is what the Alamo uses as its Facebook picture.
Posted by: apotheosis at January 27, 2011 06:09 PM (xWk3U)
Wait a minute, what woods?
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 27, 2011 06:10 PM (DLxD/)
Posted by: Peaches at January 27, 2011 06:10 PM (zxpIo)
Getting Navier by the minute. Some Marines may be guilty of knockin' up some trailer trash, but never, and I mean NEVER, would they lower themselves to these depths.
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 10:06 PM (BebB7)
In my defense, my penis took everyone captive and made me do it at gunpoint. She *was* hot... but now she looks like Martha Stewart. /shudder.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:10 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: Peaches at January 27, 2011 10:10 PM (zxpIo)
I was 20. At 20, every man has 1 goal....
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:12 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 27, 2011 06:12 PM (tJjm/)
See "Bugles and A Tiger". Jack Masters. Takes him from Sandhurst to India serving with a Gurkha regiment in pre-war India. Lots about the Indian Army, the regimental system, pre-war soldiering, and lots about the Gurkhas. Finishes up with a multi-unit manuver in 1939.
His "Road to Mandalay" takes up from there.
His family served in India for five generations. Worth reading his stuff.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey at January 27, 2011 06:13 PM (yt878)
No, she was not. You were drunk and desperate. You know, Navy.
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 06:13 PM (BebB7)
200 Well shit, how do you think Tango got himself conceived? Can't blame a dog for returning to the source now can ya?
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 10:09 PM (5/yRG)
jane. that's just not really nice, now, is it?
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:13 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 06:14 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2011 06:14 PM (FcR7P)
No, she was not. You were drunk and desperate. You know, Navy.
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 10:13 PM (BebB7)
No. she was. ask all the other 30 guys in the unit that fucked her. They'll tell ya.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:14 PM (x3YFz)
Well this thread went horribly awry... What the hell happened?
Not sure. I was hiding under the table.
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 27, 2011 06:14 PM (DLxD/)
Well this thread went horribly awry... What the hell happened?
It threw a sensitivity bearing half way through.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2011 06:15 PM (OgmAH)
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 10:14 PM (5/yRG)
I am unoffendable.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:15 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 27, 2011 06:17 PM (DLxD/)
So, you took sloppy thirty-firsts and you weren't drunk and desperate?
Anchors Aweigh.
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 06:17 PM (BebB7)
Now Tammy...you know she probably was better looking than that moth eaten goat, at least back then.
Whether she smelled better or not was debatable.
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 06:17 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 27, 2011 10:12 PM (tJjm/)
I fucked it up.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:18 PM (x3YFz)
So, you took sloppy thirty-firsts and you weren't drunk and desperate?
Anchors Aweigh.
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 10:17 PM (BebB7)
I think I was 10th, actually.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:18 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 06:19 PM (5/yRG)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 27, 2011 06:19 PM (DLxD/)
Not debatable, she smelled worse than the goat, but much better than ol' tangonine, here.
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 06:20 PM (BebB7)
His family served in India for five generations. Worth reading his stuff.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey at January 27, 2011 10:13 PM (yt87
Let me put in a thumbs up for Jack Master's "Road to Mandalay" as well. It's a good WWII tale of what jungle fighting was really like.
Posted by: Mætenloch at January 27, 2011 06:20 PM (pAlYe)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 27, 2011 10:12 PM (tJjm/)
I fucked it up.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 10:18 PM (x3YFz)
Well, me and the easily-offended-military-wives/mom's bunch, anyway.
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:20 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: USS Diversity at January 27, 2011 10:19 PM (DLxD/)
SAWEET!
Posted by: tangonine at January 27, 2011 06:20 PM (x3YFz)
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 06:21 PM (5/yRG)
Hey, for the record, I am all about ribbing, but not the mamas. If the mamas are offended, you fucking stop, right now.
Posted by: MissTammy at January 27, 2011 06:22 PM (BebB7)
You may be right. My friends dad was there for the whole war. I remember him telling us about this group that fought on our side that used a big curved knife, and the norks and chinese were fucking scared shitless of them, because they were absolutely brutal in their killing efficiency. He told me point blank he saw a group of them completely butcher a group of the enemy, took one survivor, cut his arm off, handed it back to him ,and sent him off as a living witness to what had happened. He was dead serious about this when he told us. I do not remember who he was talking about, because it was like 20 years ago, but he did mention the big curved knife being their favored weapon, they were some kind of tribal warrior type, and totally terrified the enemy..
Posted by: Berserker at January 27, 2011 06:22 PM (gWHrG)
Posted by: tangoten at January 27, 2011 06:23 PM (qPTz0)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 27, 2011 06:23 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2011 06:24 PM (7bxRV)
Posted by: dagny at January 27, 2011 06:25 PM (0Hp4r)
Posted by: CoolCzech at January 27, 2011 06:30 PM (tJjm/)
Posted by: sifty at January 27, 2011 06:32 PM (96ttX)
243 Are you calling me trash? Hey, I was just giving Tango some shit back -- interservice rivalry being what it is. I don't know what the hell kick started this thing; looked like it was all in good fun. I'm sorry Jane got offended, although I don't know why, but it is what it is -- I'm sorry she's upset; it is tough having a kid deployed.
And as a military mom, former military wife, and just plain old former military...I do understand, but didn't see what the big deal was. Hell, I've read stuff that pretty much slams my kids on a regular basis on here -- since they aren't "real warriors" and all -- sometimes it gets a bit old, but take it for what it is.
I do however rather resent being labeled. Guess I'd better go light up a joint or something, while I polish my tats, and guzzle a 6 pack of cheap beer...and not sully the discourse of such a polished and nuanced an establishment.
Posted by: unknown jane at January 27, 2011 06:37 PM (5/yRG)
Every day there are stories of good people, who stand up to those who will do evil...
But they seldom make the news...
There are good, strong, people everywhere... and they should be celebrated, not denigrated.... as the left would wish...
Because Heros are by definition, self directed... and the left does not like that.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2011 06:41 PM (AdK6a)
Posted by: sifty says "how YOU doin?" at January 27, 2011 06:49 PM (96ttX)
I've got one of those blades. When sharpened properly, it will cut thru damn near anything.
Posted by: krakatoa at January 27, 2011 06:52 PM (a0Jhx)
hey now, easy gang.
proposed moron postulate or some big word I don't even understand..
assume good intent, unless the facts point otherwise.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at January 27, 2011 07:01 PM (Wh0W+)
The guy is going to go back to his unit and be questioned by his sergeant.
Q: You had 40 guys--and only killed three of them, and wounded eight more! .
A. Yes sarge.
Q. WTF is wrong with you? You let 29 get away!
Posted by: Comanche Voter at January 27, 2011 07:08 PM (3ESDJ)
You spoke.
(BTW, what does "offended" feel like? I'm 44 and I've never been.)
Posted by: schizuki at January 27, 2011 07:23 PM (M+lbD)
Posted by: Scott at January 27, 2011 07:40 PM (TqGYF)
Kukri: average 65 damage
Kukri wins face to face in narrow corridor
http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Knife
Posted by: Scott at January 27, 2011 08:01 PM (BeFzC)
Posted by: Roy at January 27, 2011 08:17 PM (Jo7TH)
Posted by: starboardhelm at January 27, 2011 08:52 PM (ctMcG)
58 52 O.K. I give.....What the hell is a Khukuri?
A Khukrui? Now there's a knife!
To think that some morons still don't know how to google. Pitiful.
I have one of these, which I was advised to carry on the Everest trek. Not to use, just something for a would-be robber to think about.
Posted by: effinayright at January 27, 2011 09:08 PM (ghc+/)
Gurkha soldier arrested for beheading a dead Taliban in Afghanistan.
Because it was convenient. (The beheading part)
Story Here
Posted by: Sphynx at January 27, 2011 09:22 PM (qbpmD)
Posted by: Have Blue at January 27, 2011 09:48 PM (mV+es)
And looks like I should have at least read to post 71 before I went ahead.
Kratos - Some one once described the kukri as "half knife, half machete, and half hand axe."
Posted by: Have Blue at January 27, 2011 09:53 PM (mV+es)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at January 27, 2011 11:23 PM (QxGmu)
Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at January 28, 2011 02:28 AM (eH4yl)
There it is. Perhaps the best argument for instilling an old fashioned sense of manhood and honor that I have ever read.
Posted by: kidney at January 28, 2011 04:17 AM (ENRGu)
Posted by: AoSHQ's DarkLord© (training Gurkha legions as we speak) at January 28, 2011 05:23 AM (GBXon)
Posted by: Doc Merlin at January 28, 2011 06:46 AM (ugIJ1)
One more thumbs up for Jack Masters as an author. Both "Bugles and a Tiger" and "The Road to Mandalay" were excellent. So was "Bhowani Junction." He says Vinegar Joe Stillwell was a total POS, but thinks the guy who was running US Army air over there (Gen. Olds, I believe), was the only general in the entire theater who ALWAYS got EVERYTHING right. Masters was a man to give credit where credit was due and his judgment, to me, seems pretty sound.
Sometimes the British don't have a lot of appreciation for the Americans, and vice versa, but when we work together we far more often that not do a damned fine job. The British got embarrassed in Malaya and Burma in '42. They paid that bill back in spades with the complete annihilation they visited on the Japs on the way back to Rangoon in '44. For those of you who don't know it, the fighting at Kohima and Imphal was as tough as anything any army in all WWII faced. Think Stalingrad, except in the steaming hot jungle. No officer in British military history deserved a statue on Whitehall more than Bill Slim did for what he did in taking a broken army and rebuilding it to the point where it far more than just redeemed itself. Alanbrooke and Montgomery did marvelous things but no one on the Allied side anywhere did as much with as little as Slim did.
Posted by: mac at January 28, 2011 07:11 AM (seAbh)
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