History Literature / SkippysList

** This isn't just a Skippyism, it's actually a law. It's been illegal to duel people while in active military service since the days of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington and the Revolutionary War even. Washington likely got it from the British, who formally banned lower-ranking officers from calling out higher ranking ones (because the KlingonPromotion trope doesn't work in real life) and informally discouraged challenges from higher-ups or between officers of equal rank.

See also ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'', it turns out Skippy and Mr. Welch knew each other in real life but didn't know that each of them had written these lists they were both fans of until they were invited to attend a convention together. Then there's "Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do At [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]]", which has several different iterations, most commonly numbering one hundred and fifty. Not to mention ''Blog/SurvivalTipsForSHIELDRecruits'', which is past the five hundred mark, and still counting. Another variation of this list while still keeping the military theme is ''Fanfic/ThingsXCOMOperativesAreNoLongerAllowedToDo'' which has civilians getting in on the action as well. Another derivative is "The Things Dr Bright Is Not Allowed To Do At [[Website/SCPFoundation The Foundation]]". See ThingsYouAreNotAllowedToDo for more.

See also ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'', which ''Skippy's List'' inspired, as well as "Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do At [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]]", which has several different iterations, most commonly numbering one hundred and fifty. Not to mention ''Blog/SurvivalTipsForSHIELDRecruits'', which is past the five hundred mark, and still counting. Another variation of this list while still keeping the military theme is ''Fanfic/ThingsXCOMOperativesAreNoLongerAllowedToDo'' which has civilians getting in on the action as well. Another derivative is "The Things Dr Bright Is Not Allowed To Do At [[Website/SCPFoundation The Foundation]]". See ThingsYouAreNotAllowedToDo for more.

The original list is no longer available, but has been reposted [[http://bit.ly/2icbRtZ here]].

See also ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'', which ''Skippy's List'' inspired, as well as "Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do At [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]]", which has several different iterations, most commonly numbering one hundred and fifty. Not to mention ''Blog/SurvivalTipsForSHIELDRecruits'', which is past the five hundred mark, and still counting. Another variation of this list while still keeping the military theme is ''Fanfic/ThingsXCOMOperativesAreNoLongerAllowedToDo'' which has civilians getting in on the action as well. Another derivative is "The Things Dr Bright Is Not Allowed To Do At [[Wiki/SCPFoundation The Foundation]]". See ThingsYouAreNotAllowedToDo for more.

See also ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'', which ''Skippy's List'' inspired, as well as "Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do At [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]]", which has several different iterations, most commonly numbering one hundred and fifty. Not to mention ''Blog/SurvivalTipsForSHIELDRecruits'', which is past the five hundred mark, and still counting. Another variation of this list while still keeping the military theme is ''Fanfic/ThingsXCOMOperativesAreNoLongerAllowedToDo'' which has civilians getting in on the action as well. Another derivative is "The Things Dr Bright Is Not Allowed To Do At [[Wiki/SCPFoundation The Foundation']]". See ThingsYouAreNotAllowedToDo for more.

* NiceHat: "Nice" may not be the correct adjective, but it was doubtless a remarkable hat.
--> 163. Take that hat off.

--> 174. Furby® is not allowed into classified areas. (I swear to the gods, I did not make that up, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby#Classic_Furbies it's actually DOD policy.]])

* AwesomeMcCoolname:
--> 2. My proper military title is "Specialist Schwarz" not "Princess Anastasia".
--> 37. Our medic is called "Sgt Larwasa", not "Dr. Feelgood".
-->38. Our supply Sgt is "Sgt Watkins" not "Sugar Daddy".

--> 203. "To conquer the earth with [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys an army of flying monkeys]]" is a bad long term goal to give the re-enlistment NCO.

--> 77. The MP checkpoint is not an [[StarWars Imperial Stormtrooper]] roadblock, so I should not tell them [[Film/ANewHope "You don't need to see my identification, these are not the droids you are looking for."]]

* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse:

** Not really restricted to Skippy only. It's unwise to join the Communist Party if one wishes to have a long and fruitful military career, especially in a detail that would entail needing a security clearance.

** As one of his superiors [[http://skippyslist.com/2010/11/19/the-battalion-dance-2/ put it]]: "Specialist Schwarz is following his instructions to the letter. If the chain of command wants to re-state those instructions in some way that doesn't violate any Equal Opportunity regulations, they’re welcome to try. But you and I both know that Schwarz is way better at this sort of thing than they are."

--> 58. The following words and phrases may not be used in a cadence- Budding sexuality, [[ILoveTheDead necrophilia]], I hate everyone in this formation and wish they were dead, sexual lubrication, black earth mother, [[ArmoredClosetGay all Marines are latent homosexuals]], Tantric yoga, {{Gotterdammerung}}, [[AsianHookerStereotype Korean hooker]], Eskimo Nell, we've all got jackboots now, slut puppy, '''or any references to squid'''.[[note]]Which references [[RefugeInAudacity a]] [[PieInTheFace very]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments specific]] [[http://skippyslist.com/2007/07/09/cephalopod-surprise/ incident.]][[/note]]

* WholesomeCrossdresser: One story, [[http://skippyslist.com/2010/11/19/the-battalion-dance-2/ "The Battalion Dance"]], tells the story of Skippy and his fellow soldiers being forced to attend a dance that they ''really'' didn't want to (mainly because they were actually forced to work in multiple car washes to raise money for said dance, and when that didn't work out, [[HappinessIsMandatory attendance was made mandatory]]... but everyone had to either buy/rent a suit or a dress, ''and'' buy the damn ticket. Suffice to say, everyone hated this dance). Skippy initially tries attending wearing a dress, but before the dance, someone rats him out and he is not allowed to wear the dress. Then he meets a transvestite... [[spoiler: and gets ratted out again, and shortly afterwards, mandatory dance attendance is cancelled. Skippy noted that his attempt to go to the dance with a drag queen may have had nothing to do with the decision, since it's kind of against the rules for the higher-ups to order their soldiers to spend money on a dance for their wives (and it's also against the rules to order them to appear in any uniform that wasn't issued to them, incidentally.).]]

''Skippy's List'' proves that TheLoonie can be applied to the military [[Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG as well as]] TabletopGames. The list consists of things that Skippy--an enlisted man in the US Army's psychological operations department[[note]]specifically drawing propaganda posters in [[UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars postwar Bosnia]][[/note]]--discovered were forbidden in the US Army, generally [[NoodleIncident without much context]] as to how he found out (although the blog does provide some explanations). It first came to the Internet back in 2001, lists 213 things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks US Army]]. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer As the site explains, everything on the list actually happened]], either as something [[TruthInTelevision Skippy himself did]], [[OrSoIHeard something he saw happen]], something he was [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial spontaneously informed he was not allowed to do]], a [[LoopholeAbuse clarification to one of the above]], or "[[ItMakesSenseInContext I was just minding my own business, when something happened]]."\\
The site also includes other sections with other, smaller lists submitted by "Friends of Skippy".

''Skippy's List'' proves that TheLoonie can be applied to the military [[Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG as well as]] TabletopGames. The list consists of things that Skippy--an enlisted man in the US Army's psychological operations department[[note]]specifically drawing propaganda posters in [[UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars postwar Bosnia]][[/note]]--discovered were forbidden in the US Army, generally [[NoodleIncident without much context]] as to how he found out (although the blog does provide some explanations). It first came to the Internet back in 2001, lists 213 things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks US Army]]. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer As the site explains, everything on the list actually happened]], either as something [[TruthInTelevision Skippy himself did]], [[OrSoIHeard something he saw happen]], something he was [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial spontaneously informed he was not allowed to do]], a [[LoopholeAbuse clarification to one of the above]], or "[[ItMakesSenseInContext I was just minding my own business, when something happened]]."
The site also includes other sections with other, smaller lists submitted by "Friends of Skippy".

The original list [[http://skippyslist.com/list/ can be seen here.]] The site also includes other sections with other, smaller lists submitted by "Friends of Skippy". The original list was reposted [[http://bit.ly/2icbRtZ here]].

--> 185. My name is not [[Film/{{Dune}} a killing word]].

--> 58. The following words and phrases may not be used in a cadence- Budding sexuality, [[ILoveTheDead necrophilia]], I hate everyone in this formation and wish they were dead, sexual lubrication, black earth mother, [[ArmoredClosetGay all Marines are latent homosexuals]], Tantric yoga, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Gotterdammerung]], Korean hooker, Eskimo Nell, we've all got jackboots now, slut puppy, '''or any references to squid'''.[[note]]Which references [[RefugeInAudacity a]] [[PieInTheFace very]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments specific]] [[http://skippyslist.com/2007/07/09/cephalopod-surprise/ incident.]][[/note]]

* TooSoon:[[invoked]]
--> 27. Don't tell Princess Di jokes in front of the paras (British Airborne).

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt:
--> 39. Not allowed to ask for the day off due to religious purposes, on the basis that the world is going to end, more than once.

--> 58. The following words and phrases may not be used in a cadence- Budding sexuality, [[ILoveTheDead necrophilia]], I hate everyone in this formation and wish they were dead, sexual lubrication, black earth mother, [[ArmoredClosetGay all Marines are latent homosexuals]], Tantric yoga, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Gotterdammerung]], Korean hooker, Eskimo Nell, we've all got jackboots now, slut puppy, '''or any references to squid'''.[[labelnote:*]]Which references [[RefugeInAudacity a]] [[PieInTheFace very]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments specific]] [[http://skippyslist.com/2007/07/09/cephalopod-surprise/ incident.]][[/labelnote]]

--> 183. My chain of command has neither the time, nor the inclination to hear about what I did with six boxes of Fruit Roll-Ups.® [[labelnote:*]]That one does have an explanation: he was going to make a kilt out of them somehow, wear it, and thereby become the world's first edible Scot. The explanation for doing that is not forthcoming.[[/labelnote]]