The 'Merica Thread

[Red October1984]

Some of us here are American....

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mal0uzsg8c1re204ao1_1280.png

We like our guns, bacon, fat, grease, and freedom....

We also like to laugh. (Some of us) :O:

This is partly inspired by the old "In Soviet Russia" Thread that I found a while back. The 'Merica Meme is one of the best out there since it's (IMHO) pretty darn true and they can be pretty funny. Anybody have any good ones?

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/28421741.jpg

Guy in a motorized wheelchair with a gun screaming for canned bacon? I have seen this happen...but not for canned bacon.

[Wolferz]

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/3trhdz1.jpg (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/Wolferz_2007/media/3trhdz1.jpg.html)

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/3u3vrp1.jpg (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/Wolferz_2007/media/3u3vrp1.jpg.html)

[Betonov]

Bacon....

[Oberon]

When the Germans fire, the British duck;
When the British fire, the Germans duck;
When the Italians fire, nobody ducks;
And when the Americans fire, EVERYBODY ducks.

[Dowly]

And when the Americans fire, EVERYBODY ducks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKfpPrRVIo&feature=player_detailpage#t=45s

:O:

[AVGWarhawk]

Of all the images representing America, posted is a guy in an electric wheelchair with a gun demanding bacon? :hmmm:

[nikimcbee]

Bacon....

I approve of this post.:yeah::up::woot:

[Sailor Steve]

Of all the images representing America, posted is a guy in an electric wheelchair with a gun demanding bacon? :hmmm:
Not America. 'Merica, also known as 'Merka; where 'Merkins come from. It's two different places, y'ignernt so-and-so. :O:

[Dan D]

When the Germans fire, the British duck;
When the British fire, the Germans duck;
When the Italians fire, nobody ducks;
And when the Americans fire, EVERYBODY ducks.

Never heard this one before, but I do know this children rhyme:

Jeder Schuß ein Russ'
jeder Stoß ein Franzos',
jeder Tritt ein Brit',
jeder Klaps ein Japs,
Serbien muss sterbien,

(jeder .... ein Ami').

"Every shot one of the Russians,
every thrust one of the Frenchmen,
every kick one of the Britons,
every slap one of the Japanese,
Serbia must die".

But what word rhymes with "Ami" ('merican)?
Not easy.

May be "Tsunami"? Or "Chrash-test dummy"?:hmm2::88)

[AVGWarhawk]

Not America. 'Merica, also known as 'Merka; where 'Merkins come from It's two different places, y'ignernt so-and-so. :O:

I understood, Steve. Similar to Baltimore pronounced as Bawlmer. :haha:

[Sailor Steve]

@ Dan D

Oh yeah? Here's a favorite oldie for you:

Heaven:
All the police are British,
All the chefs are Italian,
All the lovers are French,
All the mechanics are German,
And everything's run by the Swiss.

Hell:
All the police are German,
All the chefs are British,
All the lovers are Swiss,
All the mechanics are French,
And everything's run by the Italians.



To which I will add:
In America we have both sides of all those things, so we have Heaven and Hell at the same time. Ain't life grand?

[nikimcbee]

I understood, Steve. Similar to Baltimore pronounced as Bawlmer. :haha:

I propose a thread hijack, and change this to the "local dialect thread."
:up: or :down:

Wicked pissah!

[HunterICX]

I propose a thread hijack, and change this to the "local dialect thread."
:up: or :down:

Wicked pissah!

Then ah crow in some of mah stereotypical South Car'lina dialeck in this.

On account o' we all knows har in Europe is thet in South Car'lina is whar th' funniess varmints live who does nothin' but six packin' beer, tellyng their wife t'git beer an' watchin' Nascar which is th' greatess spo't on this hyar planet an' sh'd be made olympic!

M'ERICA! Fry mah hide!

HunterICX

[TLAM Strike]

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/151/17azw.jpg

[Stealhead]

Sleeveless shirt,Budweiser in a bottle cozy,and Marlboro in hand that there is a true M'erican.Tremble in fear world!!
He is about to go buy $100.00 in scratch of tickets freedom baby!

P.S. I cant stand it when people say U,S and A it makes me want to knock out the 8 teeth that they still have.Of course that would likely
result in his family and friends declaring a blood feud against me which is just fine with me with all those people after me I will be facing a full set of teeth.

[Jimbuna]

I tend to think of Bruce :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oVzHm_S0-A

[Schroeder]

Never heard this one before, but I do know this children rhyme:

Jeder Schuß ein Russ'
jeder Stoß ein Franzos',
jeder Tritt ein Brit',
jeder Klaps ein Japs,
Serbien muss sterbien,

(jeder .... ein Ami').

"Every shot one of the Russians,
every thrust one of the Frenchmen,
every kick one of the Britons,
every slap one of the Japanese,
Serbia must die".


Maybe you should add that this is a slogan from WWI...:shifty:

[Red October1984]

http://img.izismile.com/img/img5/20120821/640/oh_merica_640_19.jpg

http://cdn.rsvlts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MERICA-094.jpg

:woot:

[Takeda Shingen]

Guy in a motorized wheelchair with a gun screaming for canned bacon? I have seen this happen...but not for canned bacon.

Unfortunately, I see a whole lot more motorized wheelchairs carrying the morbidly obese than I used to, and the people riding them are getting younger. It's a sad state of affairs.

[Red October1984]

Unfortunately, I see a whole lot more motorized wheelchairs carrying the morbidly obese than I used to, and the people riding them are getting younger. It's a sad state of affairs.

I saw this guy at the Bass Pro Shops a while back in one of these chairs at the gun counter. He had an AR in his hands with a burger in his lap.

The thing I hate the most is that people who obviously don't need these chairs...but use them anyway. Like people with a broken arm.... I saw that happen too. :nope:

Sadly, this is America.

[TorpX]

Unfortunately, I see a whole lot more motorized wheelchairs carrying the morbidly obese than I used to, and the people riding them are getting younger. It's a sad state of affairs.
Kind of reminds me of the Doctor Who and the Daleks stuff.

[Cybermat47]

Kind of reminds me of the Doctor Who and the Daleks stuff.


Exterminate those darn liberals! YEEE-HAAAAA!

[Red October1984]

Exterminate those darn liberals! YEEE-HAAAAA!

I think you tried too hard... :har:

[Platapus]

The thing I hate the most is that people who obviously don't need these chairs...but use them anyway. Like people with a broken arm.... I saw that happen too. :nope:


Well I have to ask, how do you know they "obviously" don't need the chair? Just because all you see is a broken arm does not mean there may be another medical condition that requires the use of the chair.

Even if they are able to walk, they may have a medical condition that makes it easier for them to travel in a chair. What harm is it doing anyone?

[em2nought]

What harm is it doing anyone?Let's just go ahead and give everyone the designation handicapped so we can start over again. Paint a handicapped symbol on every parking place, and put everyone in a fatty scooter. :D

[Takeda Shingen]

Let's just go ahead and give everyone the designation handicapped so we can start over again. Paint a handicapped symbol on every parking place, and put everyone in a fatty scooter. :D

Behold America's future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU

[Red October1984]

Behold America's future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU

That is exactly what I was thinking of.

My next post was going to be "Has anyone seen that WALL-E movie?" :yep:

[em2nought]

Behold America's future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU

too funny! ...sort of :hmmm:

[Wolferz]

Who needs teeth, precious?
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/Gollum-smeagol-gollum-5995703-779-812.jpg (http://s205.photobucket.com/user/Wolferz_2007/media/Gollum-smeagol-gollum-5995703-779-812.jpg.html)

[Oberon]

Behold America's future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1BQPV-iCkU

You know, it's funny...and permit me to derail the thread a little bit here, but a long time ago (over a century) H.G. Wells created my favourite novel, the War of the Worlds, and in it he described the Martians in a manner in which he believed that humanity would one day evolve into, a bulk which was composed mostly of brain and used machines for its mobility and construction. One could argue that our evolution has transferred from physical (although it is true that we are now much taller than we were even two hundred years ago) to mechanical as we rely more and more on machines to increase our productivity.
Personally, I would contend that the 'future' put forward in Wall-E (which I really must get around to watching) would be one that would be augmented (pardon the pun) with a virtual world in a manner similar to that of the Matrix, where our physical forms and abilities can be anything we wish them to be while our real body is maintained by machines. Some might say that I watched the Matrix trilogy too much, but there is definitely a trend towards a life within a life, MMORPGs for example, or even just being able to take a walk through a forest or experience nature which may not be available with an advanced rate of urban growth.
If anything, one could argue that our bodies are currently our greatest weakness, certainly in the case of Professor Hawking who possesses a brilliant mind but a weak body, if that mind were removed from the body its genius would be preserved for eternity free from decay.
Some would call it paradise...others, myself included, would call it hell, so it's certainly something that is not for everyone.
It's something to consider, there are some exciting times ahead, and what we consider the norm today will likely be quite antiquated in the future.


Erm...right...quick...need something relevant...errr...

http://cdn.rsvlts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MERICA-001.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=merica&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=97HEFQyf8VPPaM&tbnid=Y8RqkYUbM4C-zM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rsvlts.com%2F2013%2F01%2F11%2 Fmerica-photos%2F&ei=c7KJUey9LcXJhAfMjYHoBA&bvm=bv.46226182,d.ZGU&psig=AFQjCNFVFmgQnmfpRgMs2V3IbSU97SgmCA&ust=1368064988226865)

Yes? :hmmm:

[Red October1984]

You know, it's funny...and permit me to derail the thread a little bit here, but a long time ago (over a century) H.G. Wells created my favourite novel, the War of the Worlds, and in it he described the Martians in a manner in which he believed that humanity would one day evolve into, a bulk which was composed mostly of brain and used machines for its mobility and construction. One could argue that our evolution has transferred from physical (although it is true that we are now much taller than we were even two hundred years ago) to mechanical as we rely more and more on machines to increase our productivity.
Personally, I would contend that the 'future' put forward in Wall-E (which I really must get around to watching) would be one that would be augmented (pardon the pun) with a virtual world in a manner similar to that of the Matrix, where our physical forms and abilities can be anything we wish them to be while our real body is maintained by machines. Some might say that I watched the Matrix trilogy too much, but there is definitely a trend towards a life within a life, MMORPGs for example, or even just being able to take a walk through a forest or experience nature which may not be available with an advanced rate of urban growth.
If anything, one could argue that our bodies are currently our greatest weakness, certainly in the case of Professor Hawking who possesses a brilliant mind but a weak body, if that mind were removed from the body its genius would be preserved for eternity free from decay.
Some would call it paradise...others, myself included, would call it hell, so it's certainly something that is not for everyone.
It's something to consider, there are some exciting times ahead, and what we consider the norm today will likely be quite antiquated in the future.

I think you're on to something there... :hmm2:

Erm...right...quick...need something relevant...errr...Yes? :hmmm:

Good one. :woot:

[Stealhead]

Unfortunately, I see a whole lot more motorized wheelchairs carrying the morbidly obese than I used to, and the people riding them are getting younger. It's a sad state of affairs.


Sad but true story:

Last summer my younger sister her husband and daughter stayed at one of the Disney resorts for a week.I decided to take a few days off and bring my daughter down and we purchased 2 day passes but shared the suite Disney did not know about that but no big loss they still got $400.00 out of me.

Anyway during the summer they allow resort guests to stay an hour longer at the parks and you can ride a bus back to your hotel.While we where all waiting for the next bus I noticed this family and the father was in a power chair this man is sitting there bragging aloud how much fun it is to pretend like you are crippled hoe people go out of their way to help you. He picked the wrong crowd to say this around as several of the families staying at this hotel where military and of course they tend to dislike a malingerer greatly.I noticed several men had to walk away from his immediate presence in order to keep their temper in check.

To add insult to injury when the bus rides up the man whose job it is to help people onto the bus clearly has mild muscular dystrophy and this perfectly capable jerk in his power chair Mr.Malinger has the nerve to ask the man for help even though he just said aloud in front of 40 people that nothing was wrong with him.He must have sensed the hostility of the crowd because he changed his mind and said that he needed no help to the truly disabled man that was supposed to help was a bit confused.I am glad that he did not realize that he himself mildly disabled was about to put his effort into helping a person that needed no help unfortunately my sister told me later that he had helped Mr.Malinger earlier that day and even had to crawl under the bus to get the ramp to work.I must admit that I had to control the urge I had to kick Mr.Malinger's rear. His teenage sons where no better mannered they sat in seats on the bus while older people and even a pregnant woman stood.

There are plenty of obese people riding around in those power chairs I find that wrong because they made themselves obese in most cases by their own slothfulness.At the current rate I think that we will evolve into formless blobs if the many power chair rangers are anything the go by.The sad thing is that some people would enjoy being a blob of meat and fat so long as their gullet gets stuffed with cheez whiz.

[Red October1984]

Sad but true story:

Last summer my younger sister her husband and daughter stayed at one of the Disney resorts for a week.I decided to take a few days off and bring my daughter down and we purchased 2 day passes but shared the suite Disney did not know about that but no big loss they still got $400.00 out of me.

Anyway during the summer they allow resort guests to stay an hour longer at the parks and you can ride a bus back to your hotel.While we where all waiting for the next bus I noticed this family and the father was in a power chair this man is sitting there bragging aloud how much fun it is to pretend like you are crippled hoe people go out of their way to help you. He picked the wrong crowd to say this around as several of the families staying at this hotel where military and of course they tend to dislike a malingerer greatly.I noticed several men had to walk away from his immediate presence in order to keep their temper in check.

To add insult to injury when the bus rides up the man whose job it is to help people onto the bus clearly has mild muscular dystrophy and this perfectly capable jerk in his power chair Mr.Malinger has the nerve to ask the man for help even though he just said aloud in front of 40 people that nothing was wrong with him.He must have sensed the hostility of the crowd because he changed his mind and said that he needed no help to the truly disabled man that was supposed to help was a bit confused.I am glad that he did not realize that he himself mildly disabled was about to put his effort into helping a person that needed no help unfortunately my sister told me later that he had helped Mr.Malinger earlier that day and even had to crawl under the bus to get the ramp to work.I must admit that I had to control the urge I had to kick Mr.Malinger's rear. His teenage sons where no better mannered they sat in seats on the bus while older people and even a pregnant woman stood.

There are plenty of obese people riding around in those power chairs I find that wrong because they made themselves obese in most cases by their own slothfulness.At the current rate I think that we will evolve into formless blobs if the many power chair rangers are anything the go by.The sad thing is that some people would enjoy being a blob of meat and fat so long as their gullet gets stuffed with cheez whiz.


This is what is wrong with America. The obese people shouldn't get to ride the power chairs. They're obese. They need the exercise.

There was a man at the V.I.P Halloween Benefit dance. The VIP organization helps out disabled people around the area. This guy boldly walks in and takes somebody's wheelchair from the entrance area. The disabled people (the ones who could) were up dancing. This guy...this horrible person...he tries to get in to the dance by pretending to be disabled. He then tries to get free food and get help from people. I saw the guy park his car, get out, walk into the entrance, take a wheelchair, and try to fake his way into a benefit dance FOR THE DISABLED PEOPLE! :hmph:

Made me mad. :stare: He was eventually thrown out.

[razark]

There are plenty of obese people riding around in those power chairs I find that wrong because they made themselves obese in most cases by their own slothfulness.
This is what is wrong with America. The obese people shouldn't get to ride the power chairs. They're obese. They need the exercise.
Has it ever occurred to y'all that some people need to ride the chairs due to a medical condition, and the reason they are obese is because they can't get up and exercise no matter how much they wish they could?

[Madox58]

Your absolutely correct.

So I propose a test.
Toss a Eastern Diamond back at them.
If they get up and run?
NO CHAIR FOR YOU!
If they don't?
Well, it should be de-fanged first.
I forgot that part.
:oops:

[Red October1984]

Has it ever occurred to y'all that some people need to ride the chairs due to a medical condition, and the reason they are obese is because they can't get up and exercise no matter how much they wish they could?

Yes. I have no problem with that...It's the people who don't need the chairs that mekes me mad.

If, just by looking, it could go either way...I'll give them the benefit of the doubt....

If it's clear that they do not belong, well... You already know our opinion.

The guy in Stealhead's case sound like an especially bad person. :shifty:

[Oberon]

I must admit there is one thing that does concern me a little, and perhaps I am a little biased because I'm not exactly slim (although I would definitely not consider using an electric scooter...unless perhaps it had wheel spikes and a TOW launcher on it...) but I do see a social tidal change of opinion towards people who are overweight. Now, on one hand I can understand that in a world where resources are finite people are annoyed when other people clog up these resources through their weight problem (in this I'm thinking hospital beds and medical costs) however to a class of people who are in many cases extremely introverted and already disheartened about their appearance such stigma is perhaps the straw that breaks the camels back. It does make me a little worried for a potential future where fat people are treated like criminals, however well intentioned such a path may be.
Of course, there are jerks in every social facet, jerks like the gentleman in Stealheads post who act like the world owes them something, but equally there are people such as those mentioned by razark who struggle with the position they are in and are undeserving of scorn.
The problem lies in tarring everyone of a particular demographic with the same brush, just because of the actions of a minority, and ultimately that is one of the biggest problems we face as a society in this century.


Oh..errr...quick...google, don't fail me dammit!

http://cdn.indulgy.com/7F/2A/S8/11716402777570835138GAgObSc.jpg (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=merica&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=yL9pfOJWcRUzgM&tbnid=KM5PtkjwX-JxaM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Findulgy.com%2Fpost%2FjwOm4GLYX1%2 Fmerica&ei=pseJUd-TAsarhAfErIHoBw&bvm=bv.46226182,d.ZGU&psig=AFQjCNEi_BZbEK7iPko5tcunKVrTipwkwA&ust=1368070348537436)

Phew...

[Red October1984]

One of my favs

http://distilleryimage3.s3.amazonaws.com/0482012ee27a11e1a8d122000a1e9e4c_7.jpg

A Country Boy Can Survive...

http://25.media.tumblr.com/ba691245dd1abd5a6c9cb779636251aa/tumblr_mky26fIn4N1rxe1ylo1_500.jpg

:cool:

[Madox58]

I did my time inside of that can!
:haha:
Still prefer the C-130 for a jump though.

[Red October1984]

I did my time inside of that can!
:haha:
Still prefer the C-130 for a jump though.

My dad did too. :salute: :up:

Airborne Troops are awesome.... I wouldn't mind it one bit. I wouldn't mind being a tanker either...even though I might be a bit tall... :hmmm:

Of course I'd be one of these if I ever was Airborne

http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/rv5_images/ranger/main/75th_scroll.jpg

Rangers are badass. So are the USAF Pararescuemen.

[Madox58]

Pass your father my highest regards!
:salute:

[nikimcbee]

Old School:
http://i700.photobucket.com/albums/ww1/heinesbilleder/04-101st-airborne.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=BjguMV2YBwpzmM&tbnid=g8HgCCl_dq49GM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.militaryphotos.net%2Fforums%2 Fshowthread.php%3F158574-101st-Airborne-Division-Destination-Normandy&ei=kNeJUdqJB8TNrQHmv4GICg&bvm=bv.46226182,d.aWM&psig=AFQjCNFO2o3d1GK-vHU0hfus1prDfj6fJQ&ust=1368074485193539)

[nikimcbee]

Our future:
http://cdn.washingtonexaminer.biz/cache/w200-0f334b2835e4b43e583e38079c749fb8.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=BVFG3p3K9JAr1M&tbnid=ClBoxQj0L25EDM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwashingtonexaminer.com%2Fwhere-do-obama-phones-come-from%2Farticle%2F2509203&ei=hdiJUZOlO4eirgHfh4GgCw&bvm=bv.46226182,d.aWM&psig=AFQjCNHEmM5wpe5M_umcejwPKtJLBekF4w&ust=1368074712182821)
:shifty:

[Red October1984]

Our future:
http://cdn.washingtonexaminer.biz/cache/w200-0f334b2835e4b43e583e38079c749fb8.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=BVFG3p3K9JAr1M&tbnid=ClBoxQj0L25EDM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwashingtonexaminer.com%2Fwhere-do-obama-phones-come-from%2Farticle%2F2509203&ei=hdiJUZOlO4eirgHfh4GgCw&bvm=bv.46226182,d.aWM&psig=AFQjCNHEmM5wpe5M_umcejwPKtJLBekF4w&ust=1368074712182821)
:shifty:

The only thing wrong with that is that there's no iPhone, Car, drugs, beer, etc. :03:

That's where our money is right now. :dead:

[Onkel Neal]

I must admit there is one thing that does concern me a little, and perhaps I am a little biased because I'm not exactly slim (although I would definitely not consider using an electric scooter...unless perhaps it had wheel spikes and a TOW launcher on it...) but I do see a social tidal change of opinion towards people who are overweight. Now, on one hand I can understand that in a world where resources are finite people are annoyed when other people clog up these resources through their weight problem (in this I'm thinking hospital beds and medical costs) however to a class of people who are in many cases extremely introverted and already disheartened about their appearance such stigma is perhaps the straw that breaks the camels back. It does make me a little worried for a potential future where fat people are treated like criminals, however well intentioned such a path may be.
Of course, there are jerks in every social facet, jerks like the gentleman in Stealheads post who act like the world owes them something, but equally there are people such as those mentioned by razark who struggle with the position they are in and are undeserving of scorn.



Phew...

Hey bud, I'm overweight too. I can deal with it. But it's the mindset that an overweight person need some accommodations for their bad choices that disturbs me. Scooter chairs and handicap parking tags should be reserved for those who truly need it. The rest, me included, should soldier on and try to stay active.

[Wolferz]

The striped ones are the worst.


Many obese people are not that way by choice. Usually due to some malady of the thyroid gland.
One of my aunts for example.
She was a big woman all her life but, she wasn't lazy by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn't until later in her life, the doctors removed her thyroid and the weight practically fell off her frame. By then it was too late. She had already contracted many of the illnesses that go hand in hand with obesity. Diabetes being the major one. Then the big C. That's when it was finally decided to remove her thyroid gland.
Many a medical woe can be attributed to the thyroid gland since this organ is primarily responsible for regulating your immune system. The immune system takes care of Apoptosis(cell death) Cells that don't die and get purged turn into Cancer. Most illness can be prevented by keeping the thyroid in top condition. To do that, it needs iodine. Much of the processed food we eat today has been stripped of this important nutrient. Iodized salt aids in replenishment but, it's not enough.
If you leave it up to the FDA, you gonna die.
Can you say population control?
Only in 'Merica

[Takeda Shingen]

The striped ones are the worst.


Many obese people are not that way by choice. Usually due to some malady of the thyroid gland.
One of my aunts for example.
She was a big woman all her life but, she wasn't lazy by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn't until later in her life, the doctors removed her thyroid and the weight practically fell off her frame. By then it was too late. She had already contracted many of the illnesses that go hand in hand with obesity. Diabetes being the major one. Then the big C. That's when it was finally decided to remove her thyroid gland.
Many a medical woe can be attributed to the thyroid gland since this organ is primarily responsible for regulating your immune system. Most illness can be prevented by keeping the thyroid in top condition. To do that, it needs iodine. Much of the processed foods we eat today have been stripped of this important nutrient. Iodized salt aids in replenishment but, it's not enough.
If you leave it up to the FDA, you gonna die.
Can you say population control?

38% of Americans have a thyroid problem. Right......

[Betonov]

38% of Americans have a thyroid problem. Right......

This whole thread should have a disclamer: only fat lazy eating machines are made fun of. Obese by illnes are excluded.

[Sailor Steve]

Our future::shifty:
I've been offered that a couple of times. My el-cheapo service is better than what they offer, and costs me very little.

Scooter chairs and handicap parking tags should be reserved for those who truly need it.
My friend Rocky lost the lower part of his right leg to an infection in 1995. For the next sixteen years his friends encouraged him to get a handicap parking sticker. He always said the same thing: "Why? I have this prosthetic leg that works almost as good as the original. I can walk through the mall for hours. I can walk across a parking lot too. I'm not handicapped!"

[Takeda Shingen]

This whole thread should have a disclamer: only fat lazy eating machines are made fun of. Obese by illnes are excluded.

I wasn't making fun of anyone. I said that it was a sad state of affairs for our society that nearly 40% of Americans are obese. The problem isn't glandular. Rather, it is based on two factors: diet and exercise. Your lifestyle is your choice.

[mookiemookie]

Scooter chairs and handicap parking tags should be reserved for those who truly need it. The rest, me included, should soldier on and try to stay active.

Scooter chairs make me see red. I understand that not every handicap is outwardly visible. I understand that someone who is obese may have another medical issue that would require them to use a scooter chair even if they were slim, but I believe that for the most part these things are used by hambeasts just because they're too damn lazy to walk.

I walked into HEB the other day (grocery store) and was stuck waiting behind a man and wife couple, both seriously overweight and both attempting to navigate their scooters out of the charging station. They literally blocked the entire walkway and there was no way around them until they had wheeled their fat butts out of the way.

:hulk:

[Takeda Shingen]

Acapella for 'Murica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qwKCQ4M2Nw

[mookiemookie]

Go home and be a family man!

[Betonov]

I wasn't making fun of anyone. I said that it was a sad state of affairs for our society that nearly 40% of Americans are obese. The problem isn't glandular. Rather, it is based on two factors: diet and exercise. Your lifestyle is your choice.

I know. That's why I said disclaimer. So we can all make fun out of fat lazy bums without apologising to people with actual health problems

[Wolferz]

Acapella for 'Murica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qwKCQ4M2Nw


Jesus s a talented fellow, eh?:03:

[gimpy117]

Murrica'

http://jcrue.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/foodstamplobster.jpg?w=510

http://www.wzzm13.com/news/article/168090/2/Charges-filed-in-lobster-steak-Bridge-Card-case

[Stealhead]

Has it ever occurred to y'all that some people need to ride the chairs due to a medical condition, and the reason they are obese is because they can't get up and exercise no matter how much they wish they could?


It has and I am not concerning myself with these people.I am talking about people who really have no disability and the ones ones that got themselves that way by their own deeds.

One of my great aunts for example she has an actual reason to be using a power chair and she did not end up that way on the part of her own actions.

[Red October1984]

In other news...I ran a 6:18 mile today. :D

TAKE THAT LAZY AMERICA!

[mookiemookie]

In other news...I ran a 6:18 mile today. :D

TAKE THAT LAZY AMERICA!

When I was 16, I ran a 5:39.

I'd be surprised if I could run a 15:39 nowadays.

[Red October1984]

When I was 16, I ran a 5:39.

I'd be surprised if I could run a 15:39 nowadays.

I've got to run the mile again tomorrow. See if I'll get better or worse

[Stealhead]

In other news...I ran a 6:18 mile today. :D

TAKE THAT LAZY AMERICA!


Better try harder if you want to be a Ranger you will need to run 5 miles in at maximum 40 minutes that's after you did 49 or more real and not mamby pamby push ups in 2 minutes 59 or more situps in 2 minutes and 6 or more real chin ups in 2 minutes.All this during hellish training where you get next to no sleep enough food to keep you alive and unrelenting physiological punishment.Only the ones that truly have it in them will make it.

On top of all of this the Ranger instructors can consider any violation as a failure but you will not know that you passed or failed until the very end of the training imagine having that extra pressure on top of you and everyone makes a mistake or two during Ranger training.You also get evaluated by your peers if you do not make the grade with your peers you will also fail.

If you really want to be a Ranger you had better start training your body now.In all honesty if you have ever given up on anything in your life you most likely will not pass Ranger training.Ranger training is very challenging and they unlike other Special Forces will be deployed to combat as soon as they complete Ranger school.SEALs and Pararescue other SF those guys usually have two even three years of additional training before they are combat ready.Rangers face the thick of it right away SEALs get all the Hollywood glory but Ranger School and Marine Recon School they are every bit as challenging as BUDs.And then you have DELTA those guys have to first be Rangers and then be Green Berets before they can become DELTA and that school is by invitation only.


Pararescue those guys must also go through Ranger training in addition to their specialization their motto is "That Others May live" if you do not truly have it in you to sacrifice your life to save others you'll never make into Pararescue.A friend from the USAF he wanted to be a PJ so he trained for 4 years before he applied he only slept two hours a night the remainder of his time off duty was spent training.


The kind of push up I do has four counts and two reps and that is one push up and I was never a Ranger nor a PJ.Very few people that try getting into an elite force at the start of thier military career make it but some do make it.

I am not trying to burst your bubble I'm just saying each minute that you spend messing around thinking about 'Merica is time that you could spend preparing yourself for your life after high school.Food for thought.

You seem to admire people of action you should have posted how disgusted you where in running an 6:18 mile and how you should do better.Maybe you need to have that man in the power chair that you posted on the first page chasing you down thinking that you are giant slice of hickory smoked bacon.

[Takeda Shingen]

Better try harder if you want to be a Ranger you will need to run 5 miles in at maximum 40 minutes that's after you did 49 or more real and not mamby pamby push ups in 2 minutes 59 or more situps in 2 minutes and 6 or more real chin ups in 2 minutes.All this during hellish training where you get next to no sleep enough food to keep you alive and unrelenting physiological punishment.Only the ones that truly have it in them will make it.

On top of all of this the Ranger instructors can consider any violation as a failure but you will not know that you passed or failed until the very end of the training imagine having that extra pressure on top of you and everyone makes a mistake or two during Ranger training.You also get evaluated by your peers if you do not make the grade with your peers you will also fail.

If you really want to be a Ranger you had better start training your body now.In all honesty if you have ever given up on anything in your life you most likely will not pass Ranger training.Ranger training is very challenging and they unlike other Special Forces will be deployed to combat as soon as they complete Ranger school.SEALs and Pararescue other SF those guys usually have two even three years of additional training before they are combat ready.Rangers face the thick of it right away SEALs get all the Hollywood glory but Ranger School and Marine Recon School they are every bit as challenging as BUDs.And then you have DELTA those guys have to first be Rangers and then be Green Berets before they can become DELTA and that school is by invitation only.


Pararescue those guys must also go through Ranger training in addition to their specialization their motto is "That Others May live" if you do not truly have it in you to sacrifice your life to save others you'll never make into Pararescue.A friend from the USAF he wanted to be a PJ so he trained for 4 years before he applied he only slept two hours a night the remainder of his time off duty was spent training.


The kind of push up I do has four counts and two reps and that is one push up and I was never a Ranger nor a PJ.

I am not trying to burst your bubble I'm just saying each minute that you spend messing around thinking about 'Merica is time that you could spend preparing yourself for your life after high school.Food for thought.

What was your mile time today?

[Stealhead]

I did not run one today.Usually I run 2 miles three times a week if I push myself I do it in 13:00 and if I am lazy it might take me around 20:00.

What is your deal? He says that he wants to be a Ranger I am just giving him some motivation.If he really wants to do any of those things he will have to put a massive amount of effort into it.

[Takeda Shingen]

I did not run one today.Usually I run 2 miles three times a week if I push myself I do it in 13:00 and if I am lazy it might take me around 20:00.

What is your deal? He says that he wants to be a Ranger I am just giving him some motivation.If he really wants to do any of those things he will have to put a massive amount of effort into it.

And he's what, 15, something like that? He's totally going to Ranger training tomorrow. He did something good today. He's proud of himself, no need to go and piss in his cereal. Looks from here like you were just trying to score some easy points off a kid. That's my deal.

You're not his personal trainer. Let the kid have his victory. Sheesh.

[Stealhead]

And he's what, 15, something like that? He's totally going to Ranger training tomorrow. He did something good today. He's proud of himself, no need to go and piss in his cereal. Looks from here like you were just trying to score some easy points off a kid. That's my deal.

You're not his personal trainer. Let the kid have his victory. Sheesh.


Well you read me the wrong way not a big deal though being understood by someone like you is not even on my radar screen just to clear up any possible future misunderstandings.

[Dowly]

I dislike this thread.

Why not just.. you know.. be?

I dont give a flying fly where you are from.

Be nice, be civil, when needed, insult the other guy. Rules of the internet.

Good to see you again Takeda, may I have your Steam account, **** you USA! (for winning us in hockey)

Easy isnt it?

[Takeda Shingen]

Well you read me the wrong way not a big deal though being understood by someone like you is not even on my radar screen just to clear up any possible future misunderstandings.

I will again save my opinion about you. However, it does demonstrate a certain lack of maturity on your part that you are unable to see why what you did wasn't cool.

[Takeda Shingen]

I dislike this thread.

Why not just.. you know.. be?

I dont give a flying fly where you are from.

Be nice, be civil, when needed, insult the other guy. Rules of the internet.

Good to see you again Takeda, may I have your Steam account, **** you USA! (for winning us in hockey)

Easy isnt it?

I'm Two Bears on Steam. Friend me, yo. :up:

EDIT: And to topic, Congratulations RedOctober. That was a good time you ran. The sky is not falling and you do not have to be able to run a 4 minute mile by Friday.

[Dowly]

[QUOTE=Takeda Shingen;2053605]I'm Two Bears on Steam. Friend me, yo. :up:{/quote]

I may or may have not done so.. not quite sure. :hmmm:

Ah well, I'll just keep spamming the button. :yep:

[Takeda Shingen]

Lemme fire up Steam and see.

[Red October1984]

EDIT: And to topic, Congratulations RedOctober. That was a good time you ran. The sky is not falling and you do not have to be able to run a 4 minute mile by Friday.

Tak. It's okay. You can take a chill pill.

I know that Ranger training is extremely difficult. I've watched it on the military channel tons of times. Stealhead is just putting a bit of the real world into my thinking.

If you've read my other GT posts, you may know that I want to fly in the Air Force. Well, I know that there's a slim chance that I'll be able to do exactly what I want at this point. I had thought about being a Ranger last year. It's something I'd be interested in if the flying doesn't work out for me. I've got my best friend trying to convince me to be a Missouri State Trooper with him. He says that when the country needs us we can go. He's not too excited about a military career. I'd happily consider any other military job... At this point, I think that ROTC is going to be my best path since I can go to college and get a degree that way. My only concern is budget cuts. My dad did Army ROTC in something like '89-'90. He got through Jump School and Artillery School and stuff...but...at the end, they didn't have a slot for him. This was when the Berlin Wall came down and the Soviet Union was dissolving. All these budget cuts are going to hamper me getting a job where I want in the military. I appreciate Stealhead trying to give me motivation and guidance. I really have not completely decided what I want to do yet. I want to try for a flying job...but I just don't know... :doh:

I don't have to join the military immediately after high school. I have some time to decide. I want to go to college and get a degree that I can use after the military. ROTC sounds good to me but I just don't know.

We can all calm down here...okay?! I wish my mile was a little better.... Hell, I wish I could do a lot of things better...but arguing about what I can and can't do on the internet is just a bit of a waste.

I'm out of things to say. I'll leave it there. I have more current things to worry about at this point in time.

[Takeda Shingen]

Tak. It's okay. You can take a chill pill.

I am chill. And I am glad that you have an idea of what you want to do.

[Red October1984]

I am chill. And I am glad that you have an idea of what you want to do.

I appreciate that you stood up for me...but it's okay. However, I don't want you to take my side simply because you do not like Stealhead.

I don't want to turn this into another violent GT Thread.

Let's start back with these....

http://news.militarygear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/what-soldiers-do.jpg

http://freethoughtblogs.com/rockbeyondbelief/files/2012/09/Army-recruiter-meme.jpg

http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/p480x480/307681_10151356940020465_2117421321_n.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

I appreciate that you stood up for me...but it's okay. However, I don't want you to take my side simply because you do not like Stealhead.

I don't want to turn this into another violent GT Thread.


I don't dislike Stealhead. I just didn't think what he did was very nice. But, I am glad that you weren't offended. In the end that is all that matters.

[Hottentot]

Why not just.. you know.. be?

Because knowing where you are from makes it easier for me to categorize you and not treat you as a person or take anything you say seriously, you tree-dwelling, wife beating, maniacally stabbing, moonshine making, funnily speaking, violently hockey playing drunkard. :know:

(And don't get me even started on stereotypes if I happened to remember from which part of Finland you are from.)

[Oberon]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjoyxIPza1qgbur7o1_500.jpg

[HunterICX]

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7397/4353z.jpg

HunterICX

[Betonov]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-phvFS75lICQ/Thrj7OZKBmI/AAAAAAAAA_0/_tLqjrx3MnU/s1600/meanwhile+in+slovenia.jpg

[Oberon]

http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/meanwhile-in-England-bike-race.jpg

[Red October1984]

Haha! I like the Slovenia one.

@Betonov, is that the Water Patrol? :O:

[Betonov]

Coast guard.

With 40km of coast even our largest boat, the Triglav, is too big :03:

http://www.lokalno.si/media/objave/slike/v/lokalno.si/2011/07/16/triglav_ladja3.jpg

[TarJak]

Meanwhile in Straya
http://i.imgur.com/0IfiJ3v.jpg

[Oberon]

http://i.qkme.me/3r8o99.jpg

[Betonov]

The hell with it, I'm doing the entire Yugoslavia :D

http://assets.diylol.com/hfs/2ac/aa9/8fc/resized/meanwhile-in-slovenia-meme-generator-meanwhile-in-slovenia-1b5efd.jpg?1327604089.jpg

http://funny-pictures-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Meanwhile-in-Croatia.jpg


http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/327/2/a/meanwhile_in_bosnia_by_hermanelig-d5lxyj7.jpg

http://assets.meanwhilein.org/hashed_silo_content/fc3/fb4/e8a/resized/serbia.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/327/5/b/meanwhile_in_montenegro_by_hermanelig-d5lxvyd.jpg

http://godsowncrunk.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/kosovo.jpg

http://assets.meanwhilein.org/hashed_silo_content/d70/24d/471/resized/meanwhile-in-macedonia-710ab2.jpg

[Hottentot]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjoyxIPza1qgbur7o1_500.jpg

Don't be silly. Everyone with a half brain knows that only the Northern Finns go hoovering the snow in the middle of the winter. We more sensible people down South know you should only hoover snow in the middle of the spring when it's much more fluid and therefore easy to hoover. And that guy on the right is obviously from the Eastern part of the country, since he can't tell proper blue watering can from a cheap red one and hasn't tied his shirt like the proper traditions dictate.

Goes to show what you ignorant foreigners know about my country. Why don't you stop discussing my country and go away from this forum so I can have a monologue? :stare:

[AVGWarhawk]

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/meanwhile-in-12.jpg?w=500

[Oberon]

http://assets.meanwhilein.org/hashed_silo_content/faf/b14/96f/resized/meanwhile-in-romania-def344.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b191/fugitivemind1990/1286688727389.jpg

[Oberon]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6pn7hD8121r4bze1o1_500.png

[Takeda Shingen]

http://cdn.pophangover.com/wp-content/uploads/buttimplant.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

I wish all you furriners would quit braggin' about yer own countries and go back where y'alls come from, 'specially that dude from Pennsawhatsit. Let's get this here thread back on to what it was meant to, umm, er...

What was this thread about anyway? :doh:

[Betonov]

Nah, I'm having too much fun :D

http://www.dumpaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/meanwhile-in-afghanistan.jpeg

[Jimbuna]

The cost of European free range eggs IIRC :hmmm:

[August]

Meanwhile in Massachusetts
http://i.imgur.com/CoGqK.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/10/13/4c064a44-3863-4c9f-b8d4-a4c1260aad7c.jpg

[Hottentot]

What was this thread about anyway? :doh:

The rest of you telling me how awesome I am.

(What, it was worth a shot...)

[Platapus]

It is probably too late now, but we could have started a new thread "meanwhile in"

Seems to be a lot of great material. :haha:

[u crank]

It is probably too late now, but we could have started a new thread "meanwhile in"

Seems to be a lot of great material. :haha:

It's never to late.:D

http://www.hahastop.com/pictures/Meanwhile_In_Canada126.jpg

[Sailor Steve]

It is probably too late now, but we could have started a new thread "meanwhile in"

Seems to be a lot of great material. :haha:
It is what it is. The Cat thread didn't start as a "Cat" thread, but that's what it is and has been for a long time.

[Red October1984]

@Betonov I really liked the Bosnia one. That was one of the greats there...

I ran a 7:07 Mile earlier in the park. It's slower but still beats the requirement by about a minute. I finished first in my squadron in the run. Then again, I'm also the oldest...and skinniest.... :)

Still need to keep working and improving...

Another thing, I know that some of you have heard me rant on and on about my evil History Teacher. She told the classes today that she's made the decision to leave. She's already turned in her letter of resignation. I didn't show it, but I was having a party in the back row. It made my day. :sunny:

[Nippelspanner]

Mh, 'Mericans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0TK_vk-XDM

[Wolferz]

Mh, 'Mericans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0TK_vk-XDM

Smacked many many nail heads there.:haha::up:

[Platapus]

Mh, 'Mericans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0TK_vk-XDM

I have to confess that when I was mentally answering the question "name a country that starts with a U", I did not consider the United States of America. :oops:

Weird I was able to quickly think of

Uruguay, Uzbekistan, UAE, Ukraine, Uganda, and UK.

Perhaps I was just thinking of naming OTHER countries that start with U :oops::oops:

Yeah, that's my story:oops::oops::oops:

[Betonov]

At least you dind't say Ugoslavia :haha:

[Platapus]

At least you dind't say Ugoslavia :haha:


That starts with a G. :know:

[Jimbuna]

I have to confess that when I was mentally answering the question "name a country that starts with a U", I did not consider the United States of America. :oops:

Weird I was able to quickly think of

Uruguay, Uzbekistan, UAE, Ukraine, Uganda, and UK.

Perhaps I was just thinking of naming OTHER countries that start with U :oops::oops:

Yeah, that's my story:oops::oops::oops:

USSR, Uzbekistan

[AVGWarhawk]

Oh, U guys. :O:

[Jimbuna]

Oh, U guys. :O:

Oh, U2 :)

[Platapus]

USSR, Uzbekistan

USSR ain't no country no more. :know:

[Jimbuna]

USSR ain't no country no more. :know:

I doubt Putin would agree with you...ask Georgia :)

[AVGWarhawk]

Oh, U2 :)

Oh UB40. :O:

[Sailor Steve]

Oh Uno. :oops:

[Jimbuna]

Oh UB40. :O:

Oh U bugga :)

[Penguin]

I wish all you furriners would quit braggin' about yer own countries and go back where y'alls come from, 'specially that dude from Pennsawhatsit. Let's get this here thread back on to what it was meant to, umm, er...


Doing the dishes again? :O:

http://abload.de/img/geriatrix1ll4v.png

[Oberon]

Oh U bugga :)

Oh Uma...

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/kapricus/uma_thurman_03.jpg

Wait, what was the question again?

[u crank]

Oh Uma...

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/kapricus/uma_thurman_03.jpg



U crank approves of this post.:D

[Red October1984]

Never did like her that much.... :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Uma has that certain beauty to her. She looks quite a bit different from the usual 'mold'. I like it. :yep:

[Sailor Steve]

Never did like her that much.... :hmmm:
O U party pooper. :O:

[Platapus]

U can have Uma

I will take Una any day :D

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VNJxx1tWJl8/Tz92d_Bmk6I/AAAAAAAAEqM/uulR9Oq8txo/s640/um34.jpg

[Red October1984]

Ah...you guys are too old fashioned...

Even your girlie pictures are black and white.... :O:

[Jimbuna]

Nina Dobrev
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/3875/ninadobrevx.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/ninadobrevx.jpg/)

[Schroeder]

Jim, this is the 'Merica thread, not the bootyfull women one...:know:

[Jimbuna]

Just adding a little colour to the previous comment :)

[Wolferz]

Just adding a little colour to the previous comment :)

O U 812?

[Onkel Neal]

I've been offered that a couple of times. My el-cheapo service is better than what they offer, and costs me very little.


My friend Rocky lost the lower part of his right leg to an infection in 1995. For the next sixteen years his friends encouraged him to get a handicap parking sticker. He always said the same thing: "Why? I have this prosthetic leg that works almost as good as the original. I can walk through the mall for hours. I can walk across a parking lot too. I'm not handicapped!"

I love people like that. :yep:

Edit: wow, I'm seriously behind in this thread

[Red October1984]

Edit: wow, I'm seriously behind in this thread

I think this thread has mutated so much that it doesn't even matter anymore. We're just having our own little stereotypical-humor related discussion. :hmmm: