Propaganda and Psyops in T2K

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

We should have used early 80's rap instead of late 80's rap! Rap was actually good back then!

You should have used Portuguese Fado or Corsican Polyphonic Songs and you would have had to deal with mass suicide more than having to feed prisoners.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Mohoender

You should have used Portuguese Fado or Corsican Polyphonic Songs and you would have had to deal with mass suicide more than having to feed prisoners.

Or we could have played bagpipe music at them, and there would have been mass suicides! On both sides!

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Or we could have played bagpipe music at them, and there would have been mass suicides! On both sides!

Paul, you're a heathen....there's nothing sweeter on the ear than the skirl of the pipes!!

Seriously, and semi on topic, Scottish soldiers have a long history of playing the pipes going into battle to intimidate their enemies. There was actually an article in one of the newspapers a couple of weeks ago about a Scottish volunteer at the battle of the Alamo who allegedly played the pipes to drown out Mexican musicians (I think they were buglers).

[Targan]

I like the sound of the pipes too. Must be all my Scottish blood.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

Paul, you're a heathen....there's nothing sweeter on the ear than the skirl of the pipes!!

I'm not a heathen -- I'm an atheist, and I have good taste in music...

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

I'm not a heathen -- I'm an atheist, and I have good taste in music...

The Wermacht too. When the scots crossed a certain bridge in Normandy the Germans fled away or surrendered, I don't remember.

[Webstral]

Originally Posted by Rainbow Six

Paul, you're a heathen....there's nothing sweeter on the ear than the skirl of the pipes!!

Unless it's the sound of cats in boiling water or my wife calling my name when I've let the boy live in his own filth all day. (Admittedly, I trample old ladies and little children to get to the front when the pipes are marching on Saint Patrick's Day.)

[Legbreaker]

There's nothing like throwing on the kilt and marching behind the battalion colours to the sound of the pipes!

Damn I miss it...

Or was it the ladies afterwards in the bar trying to find out what's worn under the kilt - by feel?

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

There's nothing like throwing on the kilt and marching behind the battalion colours to the sound of the pipes!

Your battalion had the kilt as part of its dress uniform? I didn't know that. Very cool. I plan to get married in a kilt in my clan tartan.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Targan

Your battalion had the kilt as part of its dress uniform? I didn't know that. Very cool. I plan to get married in a kilt in my clan tartan.

Yep, I was one of the very few Australia soliders who wore it - probably less than a hundred all told. And it was really only my company too - the rest of the battalion had the standard poly's.

It was amazing how well it worked with women - offers coming in from every direction, although Cenotaph guard on Anzac Day (25th April - mid autumn) with the five layers of wool could be difficult to say the least. It was damn hot and sunny (usually) where I was at the time and black bitumen underneath didn't help much!

The bonnet was much more practical than the slouch hat too when on courses, etc. Could roll it up and stuff it in your pocket - everyone else had to take great care not to damage their grade one (parade) hats.

The brogues (shoes) on the other hand were a bit of a handful. They were 100% leather right down to and including the soles. With absolutely NO GRIP on the bottom, just flat, smooth, hard leather, polished floors were something to avoid if at all possible. Of course this didn't stop us having a few dozen drinks at functions and the like though.

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

There's nothing like throwing on the kilt and marching behind the battalion colours to the sound of the pipes!

Damn I miss it...

Or was it the ladies afterwards in the bar trying to find out what's worn under the kilt - by feel?

Of course, if you pull the musical part of the bagpipes out and stuff them with silicone rubber or Vaseline, your squad could have a sort of gangbang...