We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:57:08 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The first time the Deployed Gentleman (DG) enters the Dining Facility and encounters, in order, 1. The Lady Contractor, clad in either shorts or spray-on jeans, 2. The Lady Contractor, clad in full-up battle rattle and spray-on cargo pants, and 3. The Warrior Princess, clad in full-up battle rattle, packing enough heat to fight (and win -- single-handed) the Napoleonic Wars, and displaying more cutlery than Emeril ever owned, the DG is faced with a quandary. How to comport himself during Polite Social IntercourOOOPS Conversation with his Feminine Potential Dining Companion. They didn't cover *that* at CRC. To correct that... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:33:18 -0600 "Works great for making cole slaw..." Works very nicely on rattlesnake heads, too, thankyouverymuch. o>;~}]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71883 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71883 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:04:38 -0600 Heh, MH scored big major bonus points for this year's Christmas knife. The rice knife with the thyroid problem? Works great for making cole slaw... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71870 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71870 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:47:00 -0600 Well, that was *interesting*.... The subject matter or the double post? The Great Hall Echo is an Equal Opportunity Phenomenon...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71867 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71867 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:07:53 -0600 that was *interesting*....]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71866 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71866 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:54:35 -0600 Christmas knife. 0>;~} Bill, I'd start with something *subtle* like, "Sooo, do you like rawhide or full-grain leather........sheaths, that is?" *snicker*]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71865 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71865 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:52:36 -0600 Christmas knife. 0>;~} Bill, I'd start with some *subtle* like, "Sooo, do you like rawhide or full-grain leather........sheaths, that is?" *snicker*]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71864 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71864 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:52:06 -0600 Pictures! Give us pictures! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71863 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71863 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:37:57 -0600 Oh, I don't lurk. I'm red headed, Irish, and short-tempered (some days I'm shorter than others) but I don't lurk. I'm here in all my glory ;~P Bill ~ you missed a week. Ya know...the one where you mention that the PX got a new shipment of thongs... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71862 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71862 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:00:03 -0600 Well, If I were sitting across the dining table in that room, across from a gal wearing "spray-on cargo pants" and the subject came up, and I was feeling courageous, I might say something like "You're not serious!" And then she might answer back, "Not serious about what?" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71857 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71857 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:54:27 -0600 When do you get to sing her the latest thong? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71856 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71856 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:44:07 -0600 Now I know why oldloder gave me my very own swiss army knife for xmas ............ http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71851 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71851 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:44:22 -0600 Dinner tonight, sitting across from a female contractor...the standard-issue plastic knife snapped at the first attempt to cut the standard-issue roast beef...expletive muttered under my breath as I pulled out the Gerber Guardian and surgically sliced my roast beef...aforementioned contractor sighs and nearly swoons...and promptly snaps out a 7" switchblade and attacks her roast beef...how cool is that? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71850 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71850 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:26:33 -0600 Spray on cargo pants? Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of them being cargo? I'll never figure our women(contractors) and fashion. (Sigh). Pot, getting Loader to go back? Naw, I likes him here. Whist both o' yas stayed Stateside if you could. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71849 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71849 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:06:10 -0600 LOL FM that was funny. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71847 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71847 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:16:10 -0600 With full Battle Rattle none of the tried and true one liners would work. "Gee...you've lost weight". "I like what you've done with your hair". "Nice shoes". Then again you can try humor..."I'd like to kiss you in a place you've never been kissed before". If she doesn't draw down on you...tell her Kuwait. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71846 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71846 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:40:50 -0600 preferr term transplant, then I feel I did some good since coming here !!!!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71844 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71844 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:34:00 -0600 bee nice , I'm really a just a kitten with large claws, ask oldloader, got him to go back to the mid east didnt I ?? soon i'll be there too . Proud to be an import. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71843 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71843 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:29:45 -0600 Heh. pot understates herself. She's not Irish by linear extrapolation from some immigrant shambling through Ellis Island... she's a *recent* import [erm, 'transplant']. 'Ware! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71841 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71841 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:17:44 -0600 "I like a gal with a nice, wide ricasso..." Try that one, Chief... Right. Just as soon as my new titanium hauberk gets here... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71840 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71840 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:11:09 -0600 Guess that Unkabill hasta experience The Scandinavian Single-bevel Grind. She was my *first* ex-wife...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71839 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71839 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:02:46 -0600 Guess that Unkabill hasta experience The Scandinavian Single-bevel Grind. Though dunno whether there are any ARNG units from Fargo deployed out there. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71838 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71838 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:52:04 -0600 Gee, sounds remarkably similar to encounters in *some* parts of SoCA. Well, maybe the other way around. Start with the discussion of available *cutlery* and work your way up to shy eye contact. lol http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71837 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71837 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:50:56 -0600 I lurk, then I report to oldloder , his internet access is very limited and he feels deprived.he should be all connected by sunday inshalla , then watch out , inshalla . http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71836 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71836 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:40:18 -0600 "I like a gal with a nice, wide ricasso..." Try that one, Chief... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71835 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71835 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:32:52 -0600 I would not suggest, "My...those ARE sharp and pointy." Translatory problem may occur. Nor..."I'll show you mine if you show me yours." Unless the object(s) in question have already been established in a previous sentence. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71834 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71834 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:03:16 -0600 so not going there... Nope, not with this crowd...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71833 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71833 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:56:13 -0600 Well, Maggie *used* to lurk, pot. And HF6, and... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71832 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71832 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:43:40 -0600 and here I thought I was the only redheaded short tempered irish woman to lurk around here .pot http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71831 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71831 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:34:11 -0600 Having been there, done that a couple of times, I think Bill's dead on the money here. I have to admit, though, that I've far less practical experience in these matters than he, mostly because the love of my life is a red-haired Irishwoman with a short temper who is a somewhat better pistol shot than I am... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71830 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71830 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:17:37 -0600 *scribbling furiously* Okay, kat, continue... Uhhh, by-the-by -- just *how* did you know I carry a Gerber? And a Russell folder. And a... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71829 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71829 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:14:02 -0600 Is that a Gerber in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? Oops! That will probably only work with the war lords and I don't recommend it come from the DG sort. How about...Wow! That's some hardware you got there! How would you like to learn the BillT method of sharpening knives? Guaranteed to fight off rust and keep them sharp at least until next Friday. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71828 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/the_deployed_gu.html#comment-71828 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:03:19 -0600