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2008-05-06 Afghanistan

Oregon parents accidentally hear son's firefight in Afghanistan on voice mail!

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Posted by gorb 2008-05-06 03:52|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 Hi mom. Things are going well and ... bang, bang ... fuuuuuuck! Incoming!! things are same old same old. Take that, goat raper! Just want you not to worry. Everyone is treating me real well. Get me some more fucking ammo damnit! Anyway, tell dad I'll go fishing with him when I get back. Gotta run. Here they come gentlemen. Make your shots count, will you please? *click*

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-06 07:17|| 2008-05-06 07:17|| Front Page Top

#2 A few years ago, my wife's cell phone, lying at the bottom of her purse, got bumped and speed-dialed me at the office while she was in the checkout line at the grocery. Once I realized what was going on, I decided to have a little fun. I started calling "Let me out! Let me out! . . ."

Posted by Mike 2008-05-06 08:08|| 2008-05-06 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 the other day my cell phone recorded probably the worst fight I have ever had with my spouse. It was a true and accurate PMS moment recorded for posterity.

Posted by Sninert Black9312 2008-05-06 08:19|| 2008-05-06 08:19|| Front Page Top

#4 And remember Stephen, don't run with scissors.

Posted by Mom 2008-05-06 08:52|| 2008-05-06 08:52|| Front Page Top

#5 That's a call that must have raised the parent's pucker factor--I know it would for me.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-05-06 09:54|| 2008-05-06 09:54|| Front Page Top

#6 For all the Moms and Dads out there who have Sons and Daughters serving... God Bless you and Thank Youse very much!!

Posted by RD">RD 2008-05-06 11:02|| 2008-05-06 11:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Friend of mine returned home not too long ago - there were the stories he told the parents and spouse, then there were the stories he told his close friends.

Hung out some returnees in Dallas a few weeks ago - bought drinks, showed them pictures of the family and told them they thank them so much, how much what they do is appreciated. Some said that fighting fires was crazier than what they do (they were also curious as to whether firefighters really do throw crazy BBQs). I had to give them the larger praise, "When you are fighting a fire, there are certain rules with which the fire must abide to."

After re-reading this popped into my head.
"hello madda, hello fadda, here I am atta, camp by kabul. Life is good here, jihadis playing, and they say we'll have some fun if sharia stops its reigning.."

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-05-06 11:37|| 2008-05-06 11:37|| Front Page Top

#8 swksvolFF:

Thanks a lot, now I have Alan Sherman swimming thru my head!

Seriously, If more people heard what those parents did, i think it would only help the pro war ( as in anti surrender) side of the equation.

Agree w/ earlier post; I had stories I did not tell Mom, dad, Spouse or kids. Some scary, some stupid, some stupidly scary.....

Posted by Slats Elmavimp7985 2008-05-06 14:13|| 2008-05-06 14:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Slats Elmavimp7985, on behalf of all those who can't understand because they haven't the experience, thank you. Not everyone is as wise, and those who can't understand are as likely to take away the wrong idea about things as they are to become more supportive. Mr. Wife never quite recovered from the stories his uncle told -- with photos no less, the young idiot! -- about Green Beret humour in Viet Nam.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-05-06 23:16|| 2008-05-06 23:16|| Front Page Top

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