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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:07 AM
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Things to Say to Recruiters When They Call for Your Kids
"I'd be glad to get my son. I don't mind saying my period has been kind of weird ever since I gave birth to him. Sometimes it's heavy, sometimes it's light - and right now is really one of those heavy days. Sometimes..."
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clydefrand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:10 AM
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1. I'll wait until the president's daughters go into combat and then
I'll think about your having access to my children.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:13 AM
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2. My son is in his bedroom listening to Barbra Streisand CDs and
ironing his jeans. Hold on - I'll get him."
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:19 AM
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7. *snarf*
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:13 AM
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3. Why waste your time with my child when
I'm sure you'd have better luck calling the local young Republican clubs and pro-war protesters. I'm sure they're dying (pun intended) to enlist.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:15 AM
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4. "You will have to wait a few minutes. ...
... it takes a while to get around in a wheelchair."
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:18 AM
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5. He's not home right now
Do you mind posting bail?
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:19 AM
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6. brilliant
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:20 AM
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9. lol!
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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:20 AM
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8. He's upstairs with his boyfriend tripping on windowpane acid
Can you call back later?
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:21 AM
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10. I really would love to hear a response to that
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:25 AM
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11. Just as soon as he is done praying to Allah.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:27 AM
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13. "Ali, put down your prayer beads and come get the phone!"
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Shoeempress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:26 AM
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12. Why, have all the Republicans already enlisted?
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micrometer_50 Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:28 AM
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14. He's in prison right now,
can I have him call you back in 3 to 5 years?
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:32 AM
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18. for murdering authority figures.
Edited on Fri Jun-17-05 11:33 AM by Deep13
"He'll be fine in the army as long as no one tries to tell him what to do."
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micrometer_50 Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:42 AM
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20. actually,
he's in for armed burgulary.

:cry:

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LeftPeopleFinishFirst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:28 AM
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15. "I'll have him call you back after his date with Marcus"
nt
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:28 AM
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16. "Why? Our mission has already been accomplished."
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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:30 AM
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"Hi, I'm Joey's home visitation physical therapist..."
*cough*
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:30 AM
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17. "No thanks, I'm planning to kill him/her myself without
government assistance. But hey, thanks for the offer!"
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:34 AM
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19. LOL. That is very funny!
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:59 AM
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22. It's all kind of fuzzy now . . .
but I have what seems like a memory of my mother saying that very thing to a recruiter who called our house in 1980. :rofl:
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 11:50 AM
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21. "I'd rather help my son pay student loans than let you kill him." OR...
"The family is planning a trip overseas this summer anyway. And this way, we won't get shot at."
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Kraklen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 12:01 PM
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23. I'll have him give you a call as soon as he gets back from the
bathhouse. He loves men in uniform.
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 12:02 PM
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24. I'm loving these
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 12:03 PM
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25. Uhh, he has other priorities for the next several years,
but he supports the war!
:evilgrin:
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 12:04 PM
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26. You can talk to him when I am done changing the filter for his iron lung.
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Liberalynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 12:05 PM
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27. It Will Take Him a few minutes
Edited on Fri Jun-17-05 12:06 PM by Liberalynn
he just got a new pair of six inch heels and he's had trouble getting around in them.

or

"Now son put down that knife, Mommy didn't mean to eat the last Ding Dong."
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 12:06 PM
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28. sure heres a good one
Yeah I'll have him call you back but him and his boyfriends are looking for a place in Dupont Circle to live.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 12:08 PM
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29. "What are you wearing?"
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 12:16 PM
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30. "It might take him a minute - he's breaking in his new stilettos
and the phone is clear across the living room."
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-17-05 02:30 PM
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31. He's returned to Saturn to report to our galactic commander.
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