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pmulcahy11b 09-10-2013 09:17 PM

Best Quote of the Week
 
Heard this gem on Military.com:

"A promise from the government has all the sincerity of a prostitute's kiss."

stormlion1 09-10-2013 11:38 PM

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

-Ronald Reagan

StainlessSteelCynic 09-11-2013 07:33 AM

"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area."
UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer, July 2007

Targan 09-11-2013 07:17 PM

"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well." - Mark Twain

pmulcahy11b 09-11-2013 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic (Post 56216)
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area."
UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer, July 2007

I guessing that doesn't translate directly into American English...:confused:

stormlion1 09-11-2013 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic (Post 56216)
"We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area."
UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer, July 2007

Translate's well enough I think. I may not have to worry about Man Eating Badgers, but what about the rabbits with the sharp pointy teeth?

StainlessSteelCynic 09-12-2013 05:01 AM

It's in relation to a claim by some residents of the Iraqi city of Basra that in 2007, the British Army was sending in attack animals to harass the locals.
Story can be read here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6295138.stm

weswood 09-12-2013 07:17 AM

There are three kinds of people. The one guy who can learn by reading and those that can learn by watching others. The rest of us just have to piss on the electric fence. - Will Rogers

pmulcahy11b 09-12-2013 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stormlion1 (Post 56224)
Translate's well enough I think. I may not have to worry about Man Eating Badgers, but what about the rabbits with the sharp pointy teeth?

That's what Holy Hand Grenades are for! You'll have to make a stop at a church in Antioch, though.

Nowhere Man 1966 09-15-2013 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b (Post 56210)
Heard this gem on Military.com:

"A promise from the government has all the sincerity of a prostitute's kiss."

What did those poor prostitutes ever do to you that makes you compare them to such a low institution? :) :D Good quote though. ;)


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