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2008-09-03 Britain

UK army to consider alternatives to bearskin hats

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 'An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.' - Napoleon

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-03 08:28|| 2008-09-03 08:28|| Front Page Top

#2 And they carry icky rifles too! Maybe they could have an alternative, like supersoakers or bubble guns...
What is that country becoming?

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-03 09:14|| 2008-09-03 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Well - the hats are kind of stupid and silly looking but then again I can't stand PETA - so keep them.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2008-09-03 11:15|| 2008-09-03 11:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps they could replace them with the skins of animal "rights" activists?

Posted by DLR 2008-09-03 12:50|| http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html]">[http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html] 2008-09-03 12:50|| Front Page Top

#5 SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE NO. *****!

Don't do this to me - I personally haven't recovered yet from some of the US Army-DOD's Uniform, etc. changes.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-09-03 22:43|| 2008-09-03 22:43|| Front Page Top

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