I love this guy.

And my name wasn't Mr. Bean. I think it was "fuck stick" or "fuck face" depending on which DI was addressing me. One of them called me "limp dick" once. Ah the memories.

Ha. ha. I was actually told that by my DI. Jeebus! I don't know if that's a good memory or a bad one.

Kind of tells you how appropriate they are if they are still around. Hell, these are WWII expressions. Seventy years.

That was in a movie. I've never actually heard of someone being chewed out with that comparison. DIs (Drill Instructors) do try to be individualists though, so it is not only possible, but highly likely that someone who served was told this by his/her DI and it made it into "Full Metal Jacket."

Let them serve first. They'll eventually get the idea for face shooting.

You reminded me of one. We had one of these guys, kind of rare. Three up and three down. The man had EXPERIENCE. "Top-Kick."

No, after lieutenant, they start growing brains and issuing orders that are reasonable.

I don't think it's really about an enemy overhearing things. These expressions and acronyms are used by military personnel everywhere, in combat situations, on base, and in public among and between other military personnel.

It's funny how that phonetic alphabet has hung around for so long. Foxtrot, or F, almost always means the F-bomb.

According to website ZakZak, it took Sagami Rubber Industries over ten years to realize these rubbers, from conception to completion. In total, over 20,000 condoms were put through a battery of tests (probably water leakage tests, burst tests, and tensile tests as well as, I'm guessing, other tests) in a trial and…

Blacklights work too. Just, you know, for the added thrill, wrap everything in florescent paper.

Damnit!

No. No lights. Candles. Little ones. Be sure the three has been sitting around for at least two weeks, has a paper skirt, and lots of presents (wrapped in paper of course) around the bottom. Now soak the tree in kerosene, let stand for an hour, and then add the candles. Light them with a long fireplace lighter and…

Yes. It's kind of convoluted. There are many examples of movies in the 1920s where two men or two women shared a bed. Of course that wasn't "same sex coupling;" it was simply sharing a bed because of limited space, limited funds, or some other condition that required the sharing of space.

No I haven't. I have two other books in my queue right now, but I'll check them out pretty soon. I have to admit, I've become a Collins' fan.

One of my favorite scenes is where the family is playing some card game and they all start clicking their tongues at the outcome of a particular play. Eddie, the dog, looks up because this is a signal Muriel taught him to recognize as praise. A very quirky yet enjoyable film.

Despite the limited vocabulary, Collins manages to pack a lot into her books. Even though this is what I consider some very solid science fiction Collins manages to drag the readers emotions, in a very new way (for science fiction), into the story.

Look under Forms.

I kind of got the feeling that the very ending of "Mocking Jay" was a mopping up exercise.