How to Cowboy up when you go down....hard. - Page 2

Platapus · 11-17-09, 08:26 PM

There was blood upon the risers
There were brains on his chute
His intestines were hanging from his Paratrooper Suit
He was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots
And he ain't gonna jump no more

(there is a lot more but I can't remember all the verses)

August · 11-17-09, 08:39 PM

Here's an oldie-moldy that our Team Sergeant used to sing when he had a few. I had to google the lyrics because I could only remember bits and pieces:

Friendly FAC, friendly FAC, this is Green Beret
We see you flying high above, out of danger's way.
If you can spare a moment to help your fellow man,
I wish you'd try to find me, and tell me where I am.

Green Beret, oh, Green Beret, this is your friendly FAC
You see me flying overhead while you're still in the sack.
But still I'll try to find you, and set you people straight
But hurry, 'cause it's steak night, and I don't want to be late.

Friendly FAC, friendly FAC, this is Green Beret
We appreciate your helping send us on our way;
But I really wish you'd think of danger on the ground
Tromping through the jungle, while you just FAC around.

Green Beret, oh, Green Beret, this is your friendly FAC
If you no longer need me, I'm gonna head on back;
I'll settle for a souvenir, whatever you can bag
An AK-47 or a bloodstained VC flag.

Friendly FAC, oh friendly FAC, we've just come under fire!
And if you cannot help us, we'll join the angel's choir.
Automatic weapons, we're really getting hit
So hurry with the fighters, 'cause we are in deep ****!

Green Beret, you were cut out, I read you "numbah ten,"
The C Team's telling dirty jokes, so please transmit again;
You've got Charlie cornered? Please don't let him get away
I've sent a call for fighters, but it may take all day.

Friendly FAC, oh friendly FAC, please get your finger out,
We've tangled with a regiment, of that there is no no doubt;
If you can get us out of Charlie's fearful deadly grip
We'll give you FACs a grateful square in our comic strip.

Green Beret, oh, Green Beret, this is your friendly FAC
Let me take some photographs, in case you don't get back.
Turn this way a little. Hold it. That's the style
You're on Candid Camera, so let me see you smile.

Green Beret! Hey, Green Beret! They're shooting at this FAC!
I hear the bullets whistling by, I hear the rifles' crack.
I'm missing my siesta; I need a taste of rum,
If you no longer need me, I think I'll head for home.

Oh, thank God! Our fighters now are circling overhead
Charlie's going to wish that he had stayed at home in bed.
He's going to meet his maker in the Land that is to be
We're going to blow his body up and set his spirit free.

Friendly Fac and fighters, I hope you see our smoke;
That first strike came too close to us, it really was no joke!
Green Beret, we're holding high. The FAC, he got it wrong
He thought that you were marking the position of the Cong.

Fighters, this is friendly FAC, please hold it high and dry,
We can get this straightened out, if we all really try.
It really doesn't matter if I mark the friend or foe
'Cause you can't hit a cows rear end, no matter where you go.

Fighters, you're cleared in again, just do the best you can
The situation's all fouled up, beyond the help of man.
Just bomb the general area, and when the smoke clears out,
Well, we'll just count the bodies, and let God sort 'em out.

Now most of us are safe at home, we beat the dreaded Cong,
We simply let it all hang out, to help the war along.
Friendly FAC and fighters will always save the day,
Killing off the Charlies, to the last damned Green Beret.

Platapus · 11-17-09, 09:04 PM

You win!

The only one I can still remember is one we used to sing while running

I don't go out with girls any more
I live a life of danger
I stay in the woods and play with myself
Wee, I'm a Ranger

We were, of course, careful not to sing that when passing the Ranger areas, for obvious reasons. LoL.

Gosh this brought back memories. All the good ole days, boy they sucked!

August · 11-17-09, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Gosh this brought back memories. All the good ole days, boy they sucked!

Yeah but we were young and the world was our oyster.

11-18-09, 10:29 AM

Those pit bikes are a good way to get some permanent injury.

Freiwillige · 11-18-09, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Another dirt bike crash survivor. I hit a tree on mine and was lucky to escape with a broken collarbone and sprained ankle.

But hey, barely avoiding death or crippling injury while pushing the envelope is pretty much a rite of passage for young folks. It's all a part of growing up.

You'll be telling this story for the next 50 years.

That's great and all but im about to hit 38 years old so im not too sure how much growing up I have left!

August · 11-18-09, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freiwillige

That's great and all but im about to hit 38 years old so im not too sure how much growing up I have left!

Actually us guys never actually do grow up.

Platapus · 11-18-09, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

Actually us guys never actually do grow up.

Most of us grow up, but few of us mature.

I like to consider myself still slightly feral (but in my heart I know that I am fully domesticated)

antikristuseke · 11-18-09, 06:00 PM

Mmmmm, crashing, this brings back some memories. Once hit a tree runing a downhill course on a mountain bike because there was a stone in the sand at one tight turn and it kicked my front wheel off te ground effectively meaning that going straight was my only means of steering. At that point I figured, that I'll straighten the front wheel and ride it out instead of what i should have done because what came next was that my left side handlebar hit a tree just as the front wheel touched ground again. broke two fingers then and there, slamed my shoulder into the tree next and dislocated my arm, then hit my head on the tree and passed out, after that, for obvious reasons, dont remember anything. So total damage done there was two fingers broken, dislocated arm, 3 fractured ribs, 2 bruised ribs, a concussion and a bike that was basically a write off, since when my knees hit the handlebar it broke instead of them and it cracked a weld at the front sprocket.

Good times. Actualy, come to think of it, that sucked far less than the time i managed to get my left knee allmost 90 degrees bent in the wrong way due to a pole vaulting accident which effectively ended any chanse of me continuing as a sprinter and hurdles runner, not to mention the decathlon.

Freiwillige · 11-19-09, 04:54 PM

Ouch! On the plus side that story makes me feel a whole lot better!

11-17-09, 08:26 PM	#16
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,445 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	There was blood upon the risers There were brains on his chute His intestines were hanging from his Paratrooper Suit He was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots And he ain't gonna jump no more (there is a lot more but I can't remember all the verses) __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-17-09, 08:39 PM	#17
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,258 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Here's an oldie-moldy that our Team Sergeant used to sing when he had a few. I had to google the lyrics because I could only remember bits and pieces: Friendly FAC, friendly FAC, this is Green Beret We see you flying high above, out of danger's way. If you can spare a moment to help your fellow man, I wish you'd try to find me, and tell me where I am. Green Beret, oh, Green Beret, this is your friendly FAC You see me flying overhead while you're still in the sack. But still I'll try to find you, and set you people straight But hurry, 'cause it's steak night, and I don't want to be late. Friendly FAC, friendly FAC, this is Green Beret We appreciate your helping send us on our way; But I really wish you'd think of danger on the ground Tromping through the jungle, while you just FAC around. Green Beret, oh, Green Beret, this is your friendly FAC If you no longer need me, I'm gonna head on back; I'll settle for a souvenir, whatever you can bag An AK-47 or a bloodstained VC flag. Friendly FAC, oh friendly FAC, we've just come under fire! And if you cannot help us, we'll join the angel's choir. Automatic weapons, we're really getting hit So hurry with the fighters, 'cause we are in deep ****! Green Beret, you were cut out, I read you "numbah ten," The C Team's telling dirty jokes, so please transmit again; You've got Charlie cornered? Please don't let him get away I've sent a call for fighters, but it may take all day. Friendly FAC, oh friendly FAC, please get your finger out, We've tangled with a regiment, of that there is no no doubt; If you can get us out of Charlie's fearful deadly grip We'll give you FACs a grateful square in our comic strip. Green Beret, oh, Green Beret, this is your friendly FAC Let me take some photographs, in case you don't get back. Turn this way a little. Hold it. That's the style You're on Candid Camera, so let me see you smile. Green Beret! Hey, Green Beret! They're shooting at this FAC! I hear the bullets whistling by, I hear the rifles' crack. I'm missing my siesta; I need a taste of rum, If you no longer need me, I think I'll head for home. Oh, thank God! Our fighters now are circling overhead Charlie's going to wish that he had stayed at home in bed. He's going to meet his maker in the Land that is to be We're going to blow his body up and set his spirit free. Friendly Fac and fighters, I hope you see our smoke; That first strike came too close to us, it really was no joke! Green Beret, we're holding high. The FAC, he got it wrong He thought that you were marking the position of the Cong. Fighters, this is friendly FAC, please hold it high and dry, We can get this straightened out, if we all really try. It really doesn't matter if I mark the friend or foe 'Cause you can't hit a cows rear end, no matter where you go. Fighters, you're cleared in again, just do the best you can The situation's all fouled up, beyond the help of man. Just bomb the general area, and when the smoke clears out, Well, we'll just count the bodies, and let God sort 'em out. Now most of us are safe at home, we beat the dreaded Cong, We simply let it all hang out, to help the war along. Friendly FAC and fighters will always save the day, Killing off the Charlies, to the last damned Green Beret. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

11-17-09, 09:04 PM	#18
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,445 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	You win! The only one I can still remember is one we used to sing while running I don't go out with girls any more I live a life of danger I stay in the woods and play with myself Wee, I'm a Ranger We were, of course, careful not to sing that when passing the Ranger areas, for obvious reasons. LoL. Gosh this brought back memories. All the good ole days, boy they sucked! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-18-09, 10:29 AM	#20
OneToughHerring Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Those pit bikes are a good way to get some permanent injury.

11-18-09, 06:00 PM	#24
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Mmmmm, crashing, this brings back some memories. Once hit a tree runing a downhill course on a mountain bike because there was a stone in the sand at one tight turn and it kicked my front wheel off te ground effectively meaning that going straight was my only means of steering. At that point I figured, that I'll straighten the front wheel and ride it out instead of what i should have done because what came next was that my left side handlebar hit a tree just as the front wheel touched ground again. broke two fingers then and there, slamed my shoulder into the tree next and dislocated my arm, then hit my head on the tree and passed out, after that, for obvious reasons, dont remember anything. So total damage done there was two fingers broken, dislocated arm, 3 fractured ribs, 2 bruised ribs, a concussion and a bike that was basically a write off, since when my knees hit the handlebar it broke instead of them and it cracked a weld at the front sprocket. Good times. Actualy, come to think of it, that sucked far less than the time i managed to get my left knee allmost 90 degrees bent in the wrong way due to a pole vaulting accident which effectively ended any chanse of me continuing as a sprinter and hurdles runner, not to mention the decathlon.

11-19-09, 04:54 PM	#25
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Ouch! On the plus side that story makes me feel a whole lot better!