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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
We live to serve
It wasn't wrong. Jawohl is just very...formal. Overly correct. Honestly, the only place I know where its used contemporary is the Bundeswehr. *
Also, because of the military use its used a lot in WW 2 Movies
Movie Osmosis does the rest. (It works the other way around too...I was probably the only one in 10th grade who used the word "bloody" during english class...)
edited 15th Feb '13 6:48:08 PM by 3of4
"You can reply to this Message!"
I was just getting off work. Oh well.
Thanks to that wretched Tentacles, I have to read a hundred pages of Evolution theory now. Wish me luck.
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Okay, that was pretty damn funny.
edited 15th Feb '13 7:04:32 PM by TheStarshipMaxima
It was an honorHerman Cain signs up with Fox News
House overrides Obama, votes to freeze federal pay for third year
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel checking with Dem donors about a 2016 presidential bid
Professor Cornel West: Obama a 'war criminal'
Jesse Jackson Jr. charged with campaign fraud
House committee to hold hearing on asteroid threat
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I'm a helper.
-Herman Cain: Awesome. I might actually watch Fox. For him, and only him.
House, Federal Pay: Well, fuck you too.
Cornel West: Unbunch thy panties. Do you not understand what a war is? I mean, yeah, Gitmo is kinda a war crime..but it wasn't Obama that started that, and now we're in a pit. Do you want to know what actual war crimes are? Go live in Syria or Africa for a while.
House, Asteriod: Our Tax dollars at work.
To be fair, did you see the footage of the meteor falling
in Russia?
I do imagine there will be a manual that looks a little like this
◊ if the US government is going to be involved. And two subcommittees that need to hold hearings on what the color of the cover should be. "We kept it blue."
Not to mention another subcommittee to discuss whether or not keeping the cover blue is dangerously partisan.
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Also, I would argue that setting up a system to deflect apocalypse-causing asteroids is in everyone's best interest. Seriously, the one that passed us just now is large enough that it could easily wipe out most of a continent if it hit.
edited 15th Feb '13 7:23:28 PM by DrunkGirlfriend
"I don't know how I do it. I'm like the Mr. Bean of sex." -DrunkscriblerianUS, Switzerland sign pact to crack down on tax evaders

@deathpigeon: I'm specifically speaking to you here, because I think that this argument should resonate with your own viewpoint; shouldn't a community of free individuals be allowed to determine, within reason, what is or is not acceptable public dress for that community?
By "within reason," I mean something like this: Given the necessities of liberalism in a democratic society, "burqas only" might not be mandatable outside of a private commune, but anything in the range from "anything goes" to "for basic health, and frankly common agreements of public decency, put some pants on" should probably be left to the people or their representatives to decide.