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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 10:56 PM
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DU WWI vets... what was it like?
to have lived at the peak of the American Empire?
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:00 PM
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1. We wore onions on our belts…
which was the fashion of the time.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:07 PM
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2. Mustard gas didn't actually smell like mustard. Funny thing. nt
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Seeking Serenity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:09 PM
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3. Someone would yell out, "Mustard Gas,"
and I'd be looking for a vaporous hamburger.

I hated that.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:42 PM
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7. Good times. nt
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:11 PM
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4. The blacks and the Irish knew their place.
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:21 PM
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5. The Ottomans really knew how to party
Edited on Tue Aug-19-08 11:24 PM by charlie and algernon
but damn, they sure got upset if you asked them about furniture
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:23 PM
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6. What was the Kaiser really like? nt
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:47 PM
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8. Hard. Round. With sesame seeds on top.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:48 PM
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9. LOL. nt
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:55 PM
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10. We were up to our necks
in muck & bullets.

But they wrote nice poems about us.
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:56 PM
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11. don't forget weevils and lice
and they took some great pictures too
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-08 11:59 PM
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12. And big rats.
We also had funny looking uniforms.
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-08 06:17 AM
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14. ROUS?
obligatory Princess Bride reference
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-08 12:03 AM
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13. Tiring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71smG5d29to
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-08 06:21 AM
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15. We didn't come back until it was over, over there.
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-08 06:49 AM
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16. Well, the millions who died 20
years later might dispute the over part...

jus sayin
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-08 06:51 AM
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17. "Atheists in foxholes?" not as great as you'd think.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-08 06:52 AM
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18. The 1918 flu pandemic was a hoot.
Especially being truck out to the end of Long Island and left to die.
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-08 06:56 AM
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19. John McCain ran the VA then?
man, he is old
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-08 07:15 AM
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20. Rumsfeld
"They're fugacious. Fuck 'em."
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