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Almost In A Foxhole!
#1
Almost In A Foxhole!
I was thinking it might be rather fund to relate your not-quite-a-foxhole tales.

Mine is when I was in the army, boot camp, 3 months.

On the forms it said I was atheist but within a week I discovered the entire squad was expected to go to CofE prayers meeting or whatever it was ... naturally I objected.

So when they rest of the squad was in their meeting, I was assigned to picking up rubbish in the bitter cold wind outside ... you can be sure I found God soon after that (I think it was in an old plastic shopping bag Confusedhock: and I stayed "religious" until I left for the real army where such things didn't seem to happen).

Kyu
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#2
RE: Almost In A Foxhole!
There are a lot of good reasons for submission to the lord. The lord gives you warmth when it is cold outside, for one thing.

I reckon at the time you weren't that foul mouthed as is so typical for your contributions here on AF? Rolleyes
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#3
RE: Almost In A Foxhole!
(July 6, 2009 at 3:23 pm)Purple Rabbit Wrote: I reckon at the time you weren't that foul mouthed as is so typical for your contributions here on AF?

I'm WYSIWYG ... I'd rather say exactly what I think than hide behind innuendo and so-called diplomacy ... this isn't a popularity contest which is a good thing because I'd lose Thinking

Kyu
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RE: Almost In A Foxhole!
(July 6, 2009 at 3:40 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: I'm WYSIWYG ... I'd rather say exactly what I think than hide behind innuendo and so-called diplomacy ... this isn't a popularity contest which is a good thing because I'd lose Thinking
Well we all have our quirks and we all claim to say what we think. We are a pretty lot over here, really Confused
"I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped, in the blinding headlights of vacuous crap" - Tim Minchin in "Storm"
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0
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RE: Almost In A Foxhole!
(July 6, 2009 at 4:06 pm)Purple Rabbit Wrote: Well we all have our quirks and we all claim to say what we think. We are a pretty lot over here, really

Believe what you wish, I'm serious ... like me or not, like the way I debate/argue or not the one thing I am is WYSIWYG. I don't do diplomacy, I don't do subtlety, I don't do devious ... I do straight down the line, what I say is what I mean, I have no side! It's my defining characteristic and what little charm I possess.

Kyu
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RE: Almost In A Foxhole!
(July 6, 2009 at 4:34 pm)Kyuuketsuki Wrote: Believe what you wish, I'm serious ... like me or not, like the way I debate/argue or not the one thing I am is WYSIWYG. I don't do diplomacy, I don't do subtlety, I don't do devious ... I do straight down the line, what I say is what I mean, I have no side! It's my defining characteristic and what little charm I possess.
I knew that you were being serious the first time. You're a natural. I have to use force on myself trying not to give the socially accepable opinions.
"I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped, in the blinding headlights of vacuous crap" - Tim Minchin in "Storm"
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0
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#7
RE: Almost In A Foxhole!
I'm WYSIWYG too...but I'm different to Kyu in (at least) some other ways lol Smile

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#8
RE: Almost In A Foxhole!
I am of a similar character: "I say precisely what I mean, and mean precisely what I say." If I disagree with your position or find fault in your reasoning, that is precisely the nature of my response to you (whoever I happen to be addressing); I will disagree with considered rationale, finding zero value in excoriating mockery.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
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#9
RE: Almost In A Foxhole!
Kyu foul mouthed?

Can't say I've ever fucking noticed. Oh dear, did I just make a cunt of myself?

I usually swear mainly for emphasis or when peeved (or indeed so miffed I've flown into a perfect tizzy) OR if some self righteous twat tells me I shouldn't.Then I'm likely to tell such a knob knocking mattress raper to go fuck itself.

Of course,I wouldn't DREAM of doing such a coarse thing here, direct insults are not allowed.I can only hope this one is sufficiently oblique to pass muster.Angel
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RE: Almost In A Foxhole!
(July 7, 2009 at 1:22 am)padraic Wrote: Kyu foul mouthed?

Can't say I've ever fucking noticed. Oh dear, did I just make a cunt of myself?

I usually swear mainly for emphasis or when peeved (or indeed so miffed I've flown into a perfect tizzy) OR if some self righteous twat tells me I shouldn't.Then I'm likely to tell such a knob knocking mattress raper to go fuck itself.

Of course,I wouldn't DREAM of doing such a coarse thing here, direct insults are not allowed.I can only hope this one is sufficiently oblique to pass muster.Angel
I really have no say in this, but I reckon you are completely in the clear when it is WYSIWYG swearing. If you wanna fuck yourself the WYSIWIG way, then by all means do so.
"I'm like a rabbit suddenly trapped, in the blinding headlights of vacuous crap" - Tim Minchin in "Storm"
Christianity is perfect bullshit, christians are not - Purple Rabbit, honouring CS Lewis
Faith is illogical - fr0d0
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