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Old 06-10-14, 12:32 PM   #1
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{I used arse instead of ass, because sometimes I'm not sure if we can say ass here, even though I see it used a lot}

Anyway, a thread for those badarses that blow your mind with their bravery, craziness or outright stupidity...

I saw a FB post on this Badarse and thought I would start a thread. I never read about him, probably because he's a Brit.
Jack Churchill



http://badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html

"In my opinion, sir, any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed".

Not only did he carry it, he often used it to kill Germans. He also carried a longbow and is credited with the only longbow kill of the war...

Feel free to post any badarse stories you know about...
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Old 06-10-14, 12:50 PM   #2
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This is a fantastic site, thanks for pointing me towards it!

BTW, your spelling of 'Bad-arse' is the correct British spelling, as opposed to your American 'Bad-ass' which is essentially a naughty donkey.
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Old 06-10-14, 01:15 PM   #3
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Anders Lassen VC. MC+2 bars
Possibly in the Bad arse category.

one of those people who are quite fearless and also, at times, quite ruthless, a potential berserker. A truly heroic figure in the Iliadic sense, the sheer force of his personality meant that uneducated Greeks could usually understand him, even though he spoke only a few words of their language. This struck me quite strongly during the hours I was with him. He was tall and blonde and intrepid-looking, but the Nazi occupation of Denmark had made him a bit unbalanced in certain respects. Thus it was that while he and his sergeant were going through the small rooms of the German and Italian barrack-building outside Phira, a couple of nights before, Lassen had orders his companions to wake up the sleeping enemy soldiers before cutting their throats, so that they should know what was happening to them. The sergeant had refused. Nothing was said at the time, but when I met up with the party at the Perissa monastery Lassen was insisting on putting his sergeant on a charge for disobeying orders.

Your Longbow bit brought him to mind as if I recall correctly he used a crossbow at times.

Hey your link has a local girl on it.
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Old 06-10-14, 02:20 PM   #4
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{I used arse instead of ass, because sometimes I'm not sure if we can say ass here, even though I see it used a lot}
Simple rule of thumb: If the language bot lets it go then it's okay to use. If not, then don't use it or try to get around it. I'm old enough to remember when "hell" and "damn" were edited in books and not used on television at all.

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...as opposed to your American 'Bad-ass' which is essentially a naughty donkey.
It makes me think of certain digestive problems. Now you know why I don't use either version.
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Is this allowed?...





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I saw the title of this thread and thought Wolferz had lost his tube of Preparation H.
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Look at my signature. That's what the memorial to the most badass people ever says.



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{I used arse instead of ass, because sometimes I'm not sure if we can say ass here, even though I see it used a lot}

You still said it
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I ain't gots no rhoids. At least none that Armistead would know about.
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I'll just leave this here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
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You want Bad arse? Why was my account not locked down like I asked?


I'm tempted to explain my reasons for requesting such an action.
Those reasons would result in a keelhull no doubt.
I will say it here.
Shut down my account or I will force you to!

First and last warning before I go all nut case!
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You want Bad arse? Why was my account not locked down like I asked?


I'm tempted to explain my reasons for requesting such an action.
Those reasons would result in a keelhull no doubt.
I will say it here.
Shut down my account or I will force you to!

First and last warning before I go all nut case!
KeelHulled once. Can do it again!
Well you never said you wanted it closed down in what was supposed to be your last post.(Unless you PMed it.) Also isn't there a policy of not shutting down non-spam accounts unless they're spam in case the owners of the accounts return?
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Look at my signature. That's what the memorial to the most badass people ever says.



Yeah that is a a movie and the idea that only 300 Spartans alone where at Thermopylae is well a myth there where around 5,200 total Greeks or 7,400 depending on which Greek historian you read.The final day was a delaying action.

Even in the last day at least 700 Thespians stayed to fight along side the Spartans.

I agree that the Spartans where the best hoplites pound for pound in Ancient Greece but there is a bit too much legend surrounding them that is taken as truth.

I think the real Spartans would think that the movie 300 as some sort of insult they did not fight like that at all.

Soldiers and Marines in Korea did the same thing Spartans "did" nearly all the time sometimes only one or two men staying behind to allow their allies to retreat sometimes facing hundreds of Chinese now that takes balls because more than likely you are not going to survive but you comrades will.How many of those guys have you heard of?

A real certifiable badarse hands down Alexander the Great.

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