Canadian Army technical precision. Years of training must be required, take that USMC. Viva La Bamba:
Via Bouhammer, forgive his spelling.
Canadian Army technical precision. Years of training must be required, take that USMC. Viva La Bamba:
Via Bouhammer, forgive his spelling.
Cue Larben in 3, 2, 1…
I’m not very surprised that my commentary was caught in the filter.
Good to see they’ve kept their good humor over there.
Ya – time to bring the boys and girls home.
I’m guessing larben won’t like it any better the third time it’s been posted.
Love these guys!!! Don’t let the G&M, Toronto Star, or any of their Birkenstock wearing, late’ sipping followers see this or this guys will be in sensitivity training before they can blink.
God bless our troops!
That was some funny shit…I’ll take a double-double.
Stay safe guys.
Rat Pak 4 was not bad for a field ration.
Third time lucky? nope! Three on a match maybe! Just don’t see the fascination of this stupidity; I really don’t think this represents Canada’s fighting forces. If Tim Horton’s is the best we’ve got as international recognition, we’re in worse shape than I thought. Funny? nope. Sh*t, yup.
I really don’t think this represents Canada’s fighting forces.
Could be worse, at least it’s on the opposite end of the spectrum from, “AAAH! We’re all gonna DIE!11!!”
Good morale.
Love it! Entertaining and educational. Interesting to see that the swearing hasn’t changed in the thirty years since I was in — every second word an f bomb! Next in the series should be the fine art of cooking IRP stew between the hull and the muffler of the tank while on the move. It worked for us : )
God bless them all.
Sounds just like the construction industry…only these guys are ‘building coffee’.
Do the Taliban like to dance to “La Bomba”?
Cheers
Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht, Commander in Chief
1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”
Sounds just like the construction industry??
Ahh… no….not like this.
These multiple postings are getting really tiresome.
A full transcript of that wouldn’t make it past the filters here. 😉
And I really hope they aren’t in charge of teaching English to locals.
I love the ingenious method of making the coffee.
And I really hope they aren’t in charge of teaching English to locals.
Really? I was thinking the exact opposite: these guys should be teaching English. In fact, I think they must be: the last time I took a cab from Toronto Pearson, my from-somewhere-in-the-Middle-East driver sounded remarkably like these guys.
Too bad they “f****g” sound like “f*****g” actors in a B-grade “F*****g” war movie.
“Too bad they “f****g” sound like “f*****g” actors in a B-grade “F*****g” war movie. “
But that is the point ….
Well Jamie boy,it’s like this:
If one is making coffee, whoopie, or simply pinching off a loaf, in region where diguised nutbars regularly off themselves, and any other carbon unit, one quickly loses ones milqtoast pretentious airs, and cuts to the f***kin chase f**in ASAP!
Pick up a weapon metroboy….
“Sounds just like the construction industry??
Ahh… no….not like this.”
Often when conversation turns to the architects it does.
If I only had a dollar for everytime I’ve heard on site, “What the f*** were they thinking?, Why the f*** did they have to do it this way?, What a f***ing waste of money, Did this f***er even read his own specs?!?”
Nice one, fellas.
Love the mil.
The word in question was being used for emphasis. No big deal. It’s only a word, and a damned versatile one at that.
However, disturbing on so many levels was the soldier … gasp … smoking on camera. Oh the humanity!
Pick up a weapon metroboy….
Posted by: eastern paul at April 14, 2011 10:53 AM
I did, eastern paul…for 27 years.
biffjr.
[……The word in question was being used for emphasis. No big deal. It’s only a word, and a damned versatile one at that.
However, disturbing on so many levels was the soldier … gasp … smoking on camera. Oh the humanity!…….]
Yeah! Get a grip! Been there, done that.
The rough language is a result of the stress of endless monotony, punctuated by short periods of absolute ****** terror. If there was a more emphatic word…they’d be using it.
Gotta love Canadian soldiers. There is a strong argument in history that the F word was first used by Canadian soldiers in WW1, and I am glad to see we still champion it as a noun, verb, adverb and adjective. It is perhaps the most versatile word in the English language.
As the old saying goes… if you took the F word out of a Canadian soldier’s vocabulary and peanut butter out of his diet, he would starve to death and couldn’t tell you about it.
I love these guys.
too funny
Chris at April 14, 2011 2:19 PM
Canadian soldiers (in both world wars)were noted for their ability to swear creatively, which is not the same thing as repeating “f*****g” over and over again.
Nothing uniquely Canadian about that at all. Matter of fact, every American GI youtube clip sounds exactly the same.
Now, if there was a bit of good old-fashioned Ottawa Valley (or Newfoundland)cursing, that would be entertaining.
Jamie MacMaster at April 14, 2011 2:52 PM
True enough, but I was referring to the first use of the word which has been attributed to the Canadian soldiers or the British who coined the phrase as an acronym for a term used to describe their leave activities in the UK where they would have dated some of the local girls…”For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”
Have no idea if its true or not, but I think its a good story.
As for creativity.. Try this “The f’ing f’ers’f’ing f’ed” Noun, verb adjective and adverb.
ChrisinMB @ 11:30
Ok – you’ve got me there.
Nothing like a profession that thinks in 2 dimensions in a 3D world
Yes there is nothing like a profession that thinks flat. Don’t know if I would attribute that to soldiering… But its an old criticism… I think Rudyard Kipling wrote about it in a poem once…
What’s their motivation for wearing kuffijeh?
“The rough language is a result of the stress of endless monotony, punctuated by short periods of absolute ****** terror.”
No, the rough language is a result of them hamming it up for the camera. They’re being intentionally over-the-top. Yeah, there’s a lot of swearing in the military, but not THAT much.
And no, it has nothing to do with stress, monotony, and terror – it’s an institutional attitude. Brand new troops who just finished their basic training pick it up right away. It’s one of the reasons the CF started to discourage swearing amongst instructors and leadership ranks back in early 2000. I had more than one officer / senior NCO chastise me for swearing excessively in front of the candidates, but it’s hard to stop once you’ve adopted that mindset.
As for creativity.. Try this “The f’ing f’ers’f’ing f’ed” Noun, verb adjective and adverb.
Posted by: Chris at April 14, 2011 3:00 PM
I’d rather the old Newf favourite: whale oil beef hooked…
The scarf was very popular with British forces serving in the middle east and in Arab countries at the turn of the century. Popular culture made it a fashion statement, so to speak, for soldiers with Lawrence of Arabia and the WW2 Desert rats. The British Army has worn it for decades for troops stationed in this region and even produces a standard green and black variant but the local ones remain most popular. Our guys have seemed to picked up the custom as have some US forces. It is a “look cool” factor (LCF), and also serves the purpose as dust cover and warmth at night. It also says “I have served here” to those who don’t wear it back home. Just one of those tolerated dress irregularities. I suppose commanders accept it but won’t let it go too far otherwise the professional soldier starts to look like Lebanese militia.
Chris: that’s an urban legend. The word has been in use since the mid 1400s. Nobody knows the actual origin, but it’s probably descended from germanic/nordic words related to intercourse.
“Just one of those tolerated dress irregularities. I suppose commanders accept it but won’t let it go too far otherwise the professional soldier starts to look like Lebanese militia.”
Again, wrong – they were actually issued by the CF on the early Afghan tours because they work very well for protection from the sand (far better than anything else we had). Whether they’re still issued, I’m not sure, but I have no reason to think otherwise.
It is not “just a word” it is a sign of disrespect for traditions and beliefs or our fathers and mothers, of civilized society, and religious convention.
It is used because of a lack of vocabulary and a base sense of camaraderie and a fear of not appearing macho enough, or (horrors) of seeming to be educated. We all use it at times, but personally, and this may be an age thing, it appears immature and shameful.
Alex.
Yep. I’m wrong. They have a NATO Stock Number. Glad to see supply have actually issued something the troops like.
Urban legend, yes but its a good one. Its the story given in the front of an excellent book called “Songs from the from the Front and the Rear” has all the lyrics (unedited)and music of the songs sung by Canadian soldiers in both World wars.. You’d like it. The F word (or something like it) probably is even older than 1400 as I suspect soldiers have been cursing ever since the dawn of time.
Oh, trust me, I’ve heard – and repeated – plenty of “good urban legends” in my time with the CF. It’s just that these days I care a bit more about what’s true, rather than what feels good 🙂
Thanks for the book suggestion – I’ll definitely check it out.
It is indeed common Germanic. In contemporary German “Fick mich”.
Mark
Ottawa
Alex: “Yeah, there’s a lot of swearing in the military, but not THAT much.”
Depends how long you’ve been in the forces, or not. Maybe the younger newer kids don’t, but anything pre-1980 it was the norm.
I can’t remember a sentence NOT having it except on parade.
Lack of vocabulary, brain power, or respect, whatever anyone wants to call it, I knew when I yelled it with my commands, people moved and things got done fast.
However, in a normal conversation with someone, I didn’t use it, as that was another setting.
Didn’t it come from the French word ‘duck’?
(I know, le canard…work with me.)
Or as our great fore fathers from Battlestar Gallactica used to say – ‘frack’.
larben at April 14, 2011 6:44 PM
That pretty well nailed it….