Published on July 14, 2004 By pseudosoldier In Work
pseudosoldier: (pointing at board showing organization of Platoon) What the fuck is that?

greywar: (not looking) I know what you're pointing at. I said the same thing.

ps: That is so...

gw: Yeah. Well, that and the fact that they got it from [that unit that's like ours, but not nearly as nice, except for the fact that they're in a much nicer place than Hell]! I mean...

SSG Eclectic Music: What? Wolf den? What's that?

(ps sulks)

gw: Warrant Officer Liberation Front. What they need liberation from...

ps: Den should stand for something.

gw: Yeah. (goes back to the computer)

ps: (brightening) Deez... ever-lovin' nuts.

gw: heh

ps: (smug, folds arms across chest)

gw: Warrant Officers Love Fondling... yeah.

ps: (somehow simultaneously smug and annoyed) Well, now we'll have to keep it.

gw: Yeah.

(dim lights)

edit: Apologies to Negrodamus for some blatant ripping off of one of his gimmicks. Plagiarism:Flattery::This Article:[Random Gay Sex Comment]

Comments
on Jul 15, 2004
I think I said some of those lines. Not 100% sure, but pretty sure. No matter though. Anyway, funny article.
on Jul 15, 2004
It's interesting that the pagan practice of animism can be found alive and well in the military. To help us identify with a group, and bond as a team, the group is given a name, usually of some animal with predatory or dangerous proclivities. The primitive savage within wants to be associated with the strengths of the chosen animal totem, and so works hard to live up to whatever standards it takes to be a good... choose your animal. In Basic I was a Viper and a Cougar. In AIT at DLI I was a Dragon. I've been a Nighthawk twice at two different units, and at PLDC I was a Stallion. My wife thought that was cool.
Among the more intellectual, this practice doesn't work as well. There is not as much desire to bond, and identification with an animal totem is seen at best as a shallow effort by those in charge to create an artificial link for group bonding, and at worst as trite or even insulting.
If you find yourself having a problem identifying with the animistic totem chosen for your group, you can look deep inside, try to channel the killer ape within, ask yourself: "If I were a primitive savage, how would I feel about this?". Of course, the primitive savages that animism would most appeal top aren't generally much given to introspective reflection, so probably, if you gotta ask, it isn't your thing.
on Jul 15, 2004
actually this only referrred to the warrant officer's office area.
on Jul 15, 2004
I am kinda lost on this one..... Are they calling the WO office "the wolf den"? Here at my unit we are called the "Wolf Pack" (Kill as a Team is our motto). I dont understand why every unit has to associate themselves with an animal. Gay, I tell you.
on Jul 15, 2004
Yes, this only referred to the Warrant Officer's office area. The "Warrant Officer Liberation Front." Interesting that Houseofstone says:

Among the more intellectual, this practice doesn't work as well.


And then it is revealed that the enlisted soldiers here haven't identified with a totem, only the higher echelon of the Wakeel Dibaat.
on Jul 15, 2004
The pirate thing kinda fell flat too.
on Jul 15, 2004
Once "Ripper the Skipper" and his *ahem* "first mate" left the immediate area (and consequently, our monkeysphere)? Yeah, pretty much bye-bye to the pirates.

Except for Monobrow. He still says, "Arr" on a fairly regular basis. You know, some pirates are missing an eye, or a leg... he's just missing an eyebrow. And he likes wearing those poofy shirts, so...
on Jul 15, 2004

Except for Monobrow


he is just in it for the rapine.

on Jul 16, 2004
OK....the pirate thing was just stupid. I cannot believe that he had that much time on his fucking hands to come up with names for everybody in the platoon. And you wonder why nothing was ever organized......
on Jul 19, 2004
Well, generating the names didn't take as much time as it could. He found at least one online-pirate-name-generator. The only ones he had to work up by himself were ones that were duplicates (apparently easy, as the generator did a simple mathematical function on the name input, and there weren't too many different outputs), and ones that were *highly* inappropriate (Two Fisted Dick?). Besides, he had plenty of help doing the write-ups for them; some of the stories were done entirely by other people, and he only "fixed" some elements (you know, grammar and spelling : P ).
on Jul 24, 2004
No he had the grammar fixed by his wife (then Fiance). So EL was right on with her comments. As ND said it always comes around to homosexual piracy lol.