A little taste of the whip from their new masters:
The Islamic militiamen controlling the Somali capital broke up a wedding celebration because a band was playing and women and men were socializing together, witnesses said Saturday, describing the latest crackdown by a group feared to be installing Taliban-style rule in this African nation.The Islamic fighters beat band members with electric cables and confiscated their equipment, said Asha Ilmi Hashi, a singer with the group Mogadishu Stars.
Washington has already been contacted by interested parties requesting a Kevin Bacon airdrop.
Posted by floridacracker at July 9, 2006 10:59 AMThat Kevin Bacon line is great.
Posted by: Bill from INDC at July 9, 2006 12:47 PMHe's just the fellow to shake things up in Moh Moh Moh Mogadishu.
Posted by: Donnah at July 9, 2006 01:32 PMOf course, his best line from 'The River Wild':
"I am a nice guy, just a different kind of nice guy."
Posted by: rg at July 9, 2006 04:36 PMBill is absolutely right.
Posted by: Wickedpinto at July 9, 2006 04:42 PMnow everytime I hear Mogadishu, I will instead hear
Moh Moh MOh Mogadishu !!
Thanks Donnah. I guess.
when I was in basic, a friendly training instructor warned me about a number 39...oooh ahhh 39 watch out for THIRTaaaay Nine...
I still keeep looking for 39
do they allow gay marriages in Moh MOh Moh Mogadishu ?
Posted by: csason at July 9, 2006 07:04 PMThere must have been some bad boys in the 39th whatever it was.
All we did was run around saying "Black Lions!" Which was much better than Ft. Devens, where we were supposed to begin every sentence with "Strike Fear!"
A friend got a bad detail for answering the Sergeant's direct "Are you striking fear?" with "No, but I am striking nervousness and anxiety."
How did we get to "Strike Fear" and "Black Lions"?! Doesn't matter, I'll play anyway and my contribution is "When in Danger, When in Doubt, Run in Circles - SCREAM AND SHOUT!!!" Not really a unit "motto" but it does describe this place and a few others I've been right down to that last T.
Posted by: tfhr at July 10, 2006 12:11 AMI think Owen's 39 deal was some cadence or another from Basic. Sounds like it anyway.
Probably better than ours, which was:
A-L-P-O
Pitbulls want their Alpo!
Sung outside the chowhall, of course.
None of my other duty stations made people say slogans all the time. 1st MIs was "Eyes of the Deep Battle (Bottle), so what would you do with that anyways? "Deep Battle, Sir!" "Eyes, Sergeant!" "Of the, Ma'am!"
no, I asked the guy a couple years later (it was that important) what the hell the 39 deal was..He said I have no idea...
Donnah I was getting some individual attention at the time..it's just that stuck with me. I was 18, scared, and wondering how long it would be before they figured out I was colorblind. (slipped by at the AFEES, got caught at Chanute)
I messed up. I joined the Rangers, but had a friendly recruiter suggest the Air Force to me in such a way that I pictured myself high over Vietnam, slinging Napalm up and down the peninsula. I did learn how to sling a ping pong ball, and a cue stick. Oh and I also learned 5 1/2 21 1/2 and Acey Duecy
Posted by: csason at July 10, 2006 05:52 AMNow see, I figured it was something like this:
Oooh ahhh 39
Watch out for THIRTaaaay Nine
Your left, your left...
I hated individual attention in Basic! It usually involved my being too old, too short, and too slow.
Clarify your service, please. I thought you were Army. You were Air Force?
Posted by: Donnah at July 10, 2006 07:22 AMYes, Air Force SAC.
I wanted to be a Ranger, but I scored very high during intake and got swallowed up in the deal.
I went to Chanute in Illinois for AIT, and bottomed out of my class with colorvision deficit.
So, although I could work telecom, I was limited.