Joe Biden - The Taliban Is Not Our Enemy

[Bootneck]

You didn't get the memo?

Well, next time I visit I must remember to invite them for tea, before ripping out their windpipes!

[Gunny]

Well, next time I visit I must remember to invite them for tea, before ripping out their windpipes!

Do those sand monkeys even know what tea is?

[ConHog]

Do those sand monkeys even know what tea is?

The only tea they know is teabag , which they do to camels and little boys.

[Bootneck]

Do those sand monkeys even know what tea is?

Tea is a major drink in Afghanistan, but they drink it green. They prepare it by boiling the leaves and it ain't very nice. It is very bitter so needs spicing up with cloves and cinnamon and bags of sugar. It's best avoided. What we miss most out there is a few pints of ale and a daily tot of Nelson's Blood. No alcohol allowed. It's as dry as a octagenarian's pussy!

[LuvRPgrl]

You mean the Taliban have missed a PR opportunity regarding all those Terrys killed by friendly fire! Who'd have thunk it!

what is a "terry"?

[Bootneck]

what is a "terry"?

We call 'em Terry Talibans, normally shortened to just Terry. Sorry. I keep forgetting that our lingo is foreign to most.

[ConHog]

Tea is a major drink in Afghanistan, but they drink it green. They prepare it by boiling the leaves and it ain't very nice. It is very bitter so needs spicing up with cloves and cinnamon and bags of sugar. It's best avoided. What we miss most out there is a few pints of ale and a daily tot of Nelson's Blood. No alcohol allowed. It's as dry as a octagenarian's pussy!

That's disgusting. welcome to the board by the way.

[Bootneck]

That's disgusting. welcome to the board by the way.

What is? An octagenarian's dry pussy, or the fact there is no alcohol?

[ConHog]

What is? An octagenarian's dry pussy, or the fact there is no alcohol?

Both.

[LuvRPgrl]

We call 'em Terry Talibans, normally shortened to just Terry. Sorry. I keep forgetting that our lingo is foreign to most.

ok, then I take back what I was thinking of posting about it.

[Gunny]

Tea is a major drink in Afghanistan, but they drink it green. They prepare it by boiling the leaves and it ain't very nice. It is very bitter so needs spicing up with cloves and cinnamon and bags of sugar. It's best avoided. What we miss most out there is a few pints of ale and a daily tot of Nelson's Blood. No alcohol allowed. It's as dry as a octagenarian's pussy!

Sounds about right. The only alcohol we had in the ME was off the ship. Beer on the Pier. Designed to keep dumbasses from going outside the perimeter into Abu Dabai. One trip on a bus in wide-open country cured me of that idea. Anyone with a shoulder-fired weapon could have taken that bus out in a heartbeat.

[Gunny]

We call 'em Terry Talibans, normally shortened to just Terry. Sorry. I keep forgetting that our lingo is foreign to most.

I knew what you meant. We had less PC, more brutal names for the sand n...ummm.... yeah them.

[Bootneck]

Sounds about right. The only alcohol we had in the ME was off the ship. Beer on the Pier. Designed to keep dumbasses from going outside the perimeter into Abu Dabai. One trip on a bus in wide-open country cured me of that idea. Anyone with a shoulder-fired weapon could have taken that bus out in a heartbeat.

There is a surprising demand for alcohol in Afghanistan fed by illicit distillers. They produce a sort of 'vodka' distilled from raisins. So if you have the right contacts you could get hold of some. Not worth the risks, though. If it doesn't kill you, your arse will be hung out to dry if caught. Even a hint of alcohol on the breath will be enough to send you to the glasshouse.

[Gunny]

There is a surprising demand for alcohol in Afghanistan fed by illicit distillers. They produce a sort of 'vodka' distilled from raisins. So if you have the right contacts you could get hold of some. Not worth the risks, though. If it doesn't kill you, your arse will be hung out to dry if caught. Even a hint of alcohol on the breath will be enough to send you to the glasshouse.

Surprisingly enough, I didn't have anything stronger than ibuprofen in me when deployed. I was the machine the government created. It's when you get home that sucks.