Re: [Epic] Football Vs Combat

From: Chris Swearingen <tall-guy_at_...>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:26:20 -0800

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> From: duckrvr_at_...
> To: space-marine_at_...
> Subject: Re: [Epic] Football Vs Combat
> Date: Tuesday, April 01, 1997 6:58 AM
>
> At 09:34 AM 4/1/97 +1000, you wrote:
>
> >>Incidentally, the Marine Corps banned football games amongst the troops
in
> >>Saudi Arabia because there were more casualties from just the games
than
> >>from combat.
> >>
> >Now that's funny. Man, they must play rough. I'd skip on the outside
centre
> >possie in that game.
>
> Marine Corps "touch" foot ball tends to evolve into higher contact
versions.
> It starts with the linemen checkin' the hell out of each other and
usually
> ends when someone loses teeth.
>
> Temp
>

just to keep this thread alive, and to have some more fun,
i wanted to point out that there was another "contact" sport that resulted
in nearly 1200 US troops being sent home from the theater...
"Gulf War Baby Syndrome"!

and then there were those who used proper personal protective measures
and came home from the war with rather a bit of spare cash!

hope you had your MOP gear on, Temp!
some *wierd* strains of STDs came back from over there...


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Received on Wed Apr 02 1997 - 03:26:20 UTC