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FSogol

(45,514 posts) Thu Mar 2, 2017, 09:35 AM Mar 2017

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So, I'm at a local pub last night hanging out with some old mountaineering buddies and we get roped

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into playing pub trivia.

One of the questions was: What was the name of Hilter's Nazi Party?

To which my friend shouts out, "The GOP."

Entire bar erupts in laughter.

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So, I'm at a local pub last night hanging out with some old mountaineering buddies and we get roped (Original Post) FSogol Mar 2017 OP

So the answer mikeysnot Mar 2017 #1

Most people wrote down National Socialist Party, but the correct answer is: FSogol Mar 2017 #3

Like calling a nuclear missile "The Peacemaker." Nitram Mar 2017 #5

A lot of freepers these days think that the term Socialist means that Hilter was a Liberal Democrat. FSogol Mar 2017 #7

I know. It goes along with their stupid and ahistorical meme that Democrats were against Nitram Mar 2017 #8

Yes, that belief is extremely prevalent NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #19

In spite of the fact he put lefties in concentration camps, branded as commies. nt King_Klonopin Mar 2017 #29

Hitler considered Communists to be the country's worst enemy. nt Ilsa Mar 2017 #30

It starts with not questioning mitch96 Mar 2017 #10

I would have went with mikeysnot Mar 2017 #21

Wish I had a pub like that down here in So Fla mitch96 Mar 2017 #2

I love liberal pubs. When I retire, I've have to make sure one is in walking distance. n/t FSogol Mar 2017 #4

We used to have one, but the Trumpiteers left for a more conservative dump. DK504 Mar 2017 #6

i was called a comunist pinko pig by a rop instructor in my youth. AllaN01Bear Mar 2017 #9

I played at college as the CPAs sab390 Mar 2017 #25

You weren't in Colorado by any chance,were you? mountain grammy Mar 2017 #11

Nope, Northern Virginia. n/t FSogol Mar 2017 #13

You mean there's mountains elsewhere? mountain grammy Mar 2017 #15

southern california,glendora to be exact AllaN01Bear Mar 2017 #27

Good one. Mendocino Mar 2017 #12

I'm retired from climbing, but I did a lot of rock climbing and mountaineering from the late 70s FSogol Mar 2017 #14

I've done some, Mendocino Mar 2017 #17

Cool, I never met Bob, but I did read about him in the mags way back. He was one of the greats. FSogol Mar 2017 #20

I'll drink to that! Go Terps! NT Adrahil Mar 2017 #16

Points to whoever yelled that! Initech Mar 2017 #18

I was expecting the next word to be 'up' or 'together', followed by an anecdote muriel_volestrangler Mar 2017 #22

LOL, It's knot a kinky pub. FSogol Mar 2017 #23

Your friend rocks! raven mad Mar 2017 #24

am I the only one that read GROPED? Skittles Mar 2017 #26

what's the gps? I lived in arlington from 76 to 90. haven't Gabi Hayes Mar 2017 #28

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)

1. So the answer

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 10:42 AM

Mar 2017

Was in the question?

FSogol

(45,514 posts)

3. Most people wrote down National Socialist Party, but the correct answer is:

Reply to mikeysnot (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 10:48 AM

Mar 2017

National Socialist German Workers' Party.

Nitram

(22,845 posts)

5. Like calling a nuclear missile "The Peacemaker."

Reply to FSogol (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:02 AM

Mar 2017

FSogol

(45,514 posts)

7. A lot of freepers these days think that the term Socialist means that Hilter was a Liberal Democrat.

Reply to Nitram (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:11 AM

Mar 2017

Nitram

(22,845 posts)

8. I know. It goes along with their stupid and ahistorical meme that Democrats were against

Reply to FSogol (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:14 AM

Mar 2017

civil rights legislation. Shows profound ignorance of history (or extremely duplicitous attempts to deceive their supporters), but it plays well to their largely ignorant audience.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

19. Yes, that belief is extremely prevalent

Reply to FSogol (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 12:22 PM

Mar 2017

amongst Freepers. Google "Hitler leftist" and you'll get well over 1 million hits. Scary

King_Klonopin

(1,306 posts)

29. In spite of the fact he put lefties in concentration camps, branded as commies. nt

Reply to FSogol (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 3, 2017, 07:43 AM

Mar 2017

Ilsa

(61,696 posts)

30. Hitler considered Communists to be the country's worst enemy. nt

Reply to FSogol (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 3, 2017, 08:14 AM

Mar 2017

mitch96

(13,923 posts)

10. It starts with not questioning

Reply to Nitram (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:33 AM

Mar 2017

Why is it a pair of panties, but only a bra?
Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?

So when you say peacekeeper missile it just seems normal and we don't question it..

taken from an old Gallager skit...

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)

21. I would have went with

Reply to FSogol (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 02:02 PM

Mar 2017

Asshole party.

mitch96

(13,923 posts)

2. Wish I had a pub like that down here in So Fla

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 10:44 AM

Mar 2017

Nothing but redneck"y" conservative sports bars...... And So Fla is suppose to be the liberal bastion of the state!! uffda.
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FSogol

(45,514 posts)

4. I love liberal pubs. When I retire, I've have to make sure one is in walking distance. n/t

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 10:55 AM

Mar 2017

DK504

(3,847 posts)

6. We used to have one, but the Trumpiteers left for a more conservative dump.

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:10 AM

Mar 2017

AllaN01Bear

(18,327 posts)

9. i was called a comunist pinko pig by a rop instructor in my youth.

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:29 AM

Mar 2017

I bet you one bottom doller that the instructor didnt even know what those words meant and i wear it as a badge of honor. half the time these so and sos dont know what they are talking about . i love it when they hide behind the bible .the constitution , and othr memmies , or they yell at u to tell u to shut the heck up. that is when i come out going grrr. i love your friends rebutt.

sab390

(184 posts)

25. I played at college as the CPAs

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 04:27 PM

Mar 2017

We had pink shirts and people asked what pink had to do with accounting. We had to explain it meant commie pinko atheists.

mountain grammy

(26,642 posts)

11. You weren't in Colorado by any chance,were you?

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:41 AM

Mar 2017

We play trivia at the local bar on Wednesday nights. We skipped last night.

FSogol

(45,514 posts)

13. Nope, Northern Virginia. n/t

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:45 AM

Mar 2017

mountain grammy

(26,642 posts)

15. You mean there's mountains elsewhere?

Reply to FSogol (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:55 AM

Mar 2017

Glad you got a good reaction, Think there would have been many boos in our bar, but some laughs too, especially from the bar owner, an all around good guy.

AllaN01Bear

(18,327 posts)

27. southern california,glendora to be exact

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 10:05 PM

Mar 2017

Mendocino

(7,504 posts)

12. Good one.

Reply to FSogol (Original post)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:45 AM

Mar 2017

+1

BTW what sort of climbing do you do?

FSogol

(45,514 posts)

14. I'm retired from climbing, but I did a lot of rock climbing and mountaineering from the late 70s

Reply to Mendocino (Reply #12)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 11:49 AM

Mar 2017

until 2004. A little ice climbing too.

Mendocino

(7,504 posts)

17. I've done some,

Reply to FSogol (Reply #14)

Thu Mar 2, 2017, 12:10 PM

Mar 2017

started with scrambling and bouldering, then top roping. I never got much further than that. I've crossed a few glaciers and snowfields while backpacking with microspikes but never real ice work.

I had a distant relative who was quite an accomplished climber. Bob Kamps, perhaps you've heard of him.