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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Navy SEALs? I've been looking around for an answer, buit haven't been able to find one.

I'm not planning on being one, I can't swim. I'm just being inquisitive.

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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :

And to think, just by the title, I was ready to maim you for suggesting we join the U.S.

Don't give me such a heart attack with the thread title!

Posted by Gepta001 (Member # 231) on :

just call the recruiting number i know it is 1800 ??? Navy. you could probably get the number off the net....

-FTM

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Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :

Well I know you can't become President without being born there..... (darn...twirling finger..)

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

If you moved to the US, became a US Citizen, and joined the Navy (well, any branch of the military can join the SEALS, actually), I don't see why you couldn't.

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

US citizenship isn't a requiste for joining the US military.
Several Latin American countries have soldiers in the US Military. There are several Brits in the Army that I knew, they don't get green cards, but blue ones. Canadians didn't have any cards, but served also. So, unless there's something in the regs covering it, anybody that can join can go to any school that they can get into.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Canadian Seals???

We'd have to come up with a whole new nomenclature, just to fit the Canadians' unique attributes...

Hm. We could call them Harp Seals!
And instead of 'hoo-ah!' they could go *makes clubbing motion* 'whomp-whomp!'

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

*incurs wrath on First of Two*

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

What the hell is this thread? *squints* It's like 100 years old! I didn't post this!

Besides, I've already early-applied to CSIS.

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Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

It looks like JeffKarde brought it back up Star Child (trust me, there's a pun in there somewhere)

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Well, you could still be insane, but I trust you knew what you meant.

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"...screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!" - Omega.

Irony ensues.

Free Jeff K

Posted by The359 (Member # 37) on :

David Bowman turned into the Star Child in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Your status line says "I WAS DAVID BOWMAN"...

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"No, 3 & 6 are mandatory, so you only have to do them if you want"

Alex, fellow classmate, trying to explain an assignment (2/2/01)

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I knew what you meant.

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"...screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!" - Omega.

Irony ensues.

Free Jeff K

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Just a nice note...they're no longer SEALs. They are now SEALS.

"What the bloody fuck is the diff?" you ask.

Well...SEAL meant SEa, Air, & Land. Thanks to the choice for the 1st commander of the ISS, they jumped at the chance to boldly plow forward into the future--it's now SEa, Air, Land, & Space.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

Cool! Space commandos, like in Moonraker!

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

I was going to say "What the fuck??? Elim's posting here??" until I saw the date.

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

CSIS?

Canadian Secret Intelligence Service? Er ... I'm not trying to make fun of what it means, it's just that's the best I could think of.

Canadian Smiling Itty Spiders?

Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

I once saw the entire Canadian air force at an airshow here in P-Cola. All 4 planes was here.

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Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :

Ha ha, QW.

(Actually, if all our airforce was in Pensacola, then who'd be patrolling the arctic for NORAD? Yikes. Send all our planes to Florida and those damn rogue states you guys are always crying about shove a nuke down your throat)

But I digress.

CSIS = Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
http://www.csis.gc.ca/
The scary thing about them is that we have a pretty good idea who the CIA might be spying on, but these guys? I mean, Canadian can't point to a single thing they've done recently, and its actually a relatively large and well-funded agency. I guess they take the secret part very seriously.

Then again, whatever they do, it's gotta be an improvement on the CIA, I suppose, who made a rather nasty habit of blocking FBI investigation of terrorism cases when diplomats are carbombed by the assassins of right-wing Latin American groups in order to stop those commie bastards, and opposed Clinton's State Dept.'s plans to declassify files on covert American intervention in Latin America under Nixon because it'll make heroes like CIA commisioner G.H.W. Bush look a wee bit nasty.

Wow, I digress once more.

CSIS is coming to kill us all.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Maybe it's the acronym.

CSIS
Cee-Sis.
Ci-ssies
Sissies?

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

I came close.

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

CIA
Cee-A?
See-Ya?

[This message has been edited by JeffKardde (edited February 03, 2001).]

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Interpol

Interpolis enim silent leges

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His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

TLE: Elim hasn't been seen anywhere on the net since October 11, 2000. At the TrekBBS or elsewhere...

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- Garak, "Empok Nor"

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Y'know, if they changed the acronym itself to "SEALS", then wouldn't one of them be "a SEALS", and more than one be "SEALSes"?

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Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

Fabrux, I know, that's why I was surprised to see a post by him here, until I read the date. Where is he at? Does anyone know?

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Well, I would think that he's in his own corner of the world (about 45 min from me), but due to certain reasons, he's sealed off. I can't contact him without getting him into trouble.

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"Lately I've noticed that everyone seems to trust me. It's really quite unnerving. I'm still trying to get used to it."
- Garak, "Empok Nor"

Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

Ah, interesting. Boy in the plastic bubble or something?

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

SEALS could become both singular and plural.

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

I am willing to bet they will always be known as SEALS collectively and as a SEAL singularly.

"Hi, I'm Captain Richard Martin, Navy SEALS."

No, that doesn't work.

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Irony ensues.

Free Jeff K

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I dunno, I kind of like the plural.

"Send in the SEALSes!"

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My new year's resolution is the same as last year's: 1024x768.

Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

I'm sure there'll be many a Third World dictator wailing "SEALSes! We hates it! We hates it for ever!"

- Dogbert

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

TLE: It's a private matter. Security reasons, etc.

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"Lately I've noticed that everyone seems to trust me. It's really quite unnerving. I'm still trying to get used to it."
- Garak, "Empok Nor"

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Sounds like Prison or House Arrest to me. Convicted rapist perhaps?

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"...screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!" - Omega.

Irony ensues.

Free Jeff K

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

*LOL@Vogon*

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My new year's resolution is the same as last year's: 1024x768.

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

No, his parents are overprotective.

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"Lately I've noticed that everyone seems to trust me. It's really quite unnerving. I'm still trying to get used to it."
- Garak, "Empok Nor"

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

Just don't conjure up something involving bedpans, ok?

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Here lies a toppled god,
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.

-Tleilaxu Epigram

Posted by Teelie (Member # 280) on :

Ewww. Trust me, I won't.

Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

How about pots and pans? Seems harmless, no?

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"Okashii na... namida ga nagareteru. Hitotsu mo kanashikunai no ni."
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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

They force him to polish the tarnish from their family silverware? In the BASEMENT? You've gotta be kidding!

No wait, I've got it. He's locked up in his closet, obviously.

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Here lies a toppled god,
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.

-Tleilaxu Epigram

[This message has been edited by Nimrod (edited February 06, 2001).]