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PhillySane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:02 AM
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Odyssey Dawn?
Do things just keep getting weirder or is it me?

I mean, Odyssey Dawn? Naming military operations after your two favorite strippers should not be allowed.
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panzerfaust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:24 AM
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1. Ah, the child-like simplicity of the the military mind


Not Unique to any one country or time.
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:27 AM
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2. Its a very weird name
Not catchy at all. What were they thinking?
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:28 AM
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3. sex and war
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:42 AM
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4. I knew Odyssey Dawn, she drove a microbus
sold hemp bracelets and cheese sandwiches. Very groovy.
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:54 AM
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9. cheese sandwiches? Was she on welfare? n/t
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:58 AM
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10. You obviously never made it to a Dead show
Ah the good old days
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PhillySane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 09:09 AM
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11. Was that the same Odyssey Dawn
that starred with Ron Jeremy in Operation Love Nuggets II back in '81?
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 09:59 AM
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12. Certainly could have been
She was a free spirit, that Odyssey Dawn.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:43 AM
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5. I suspect these are randomly-generated, computer created things.
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Bosonic Donating Member (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:46 AM
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6. Odyssey == a long,wandering and eventful journey
Edited on Sun Mar-20-11 08:48 AM by Bosonic
Dawn == the earliest period

You do the, errrr, English
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somone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:50 AM
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7. Defense contractors can name projects after their hookers
both in and out of Congress. They own them.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-11 08:52 AM
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8. they have a very expensive computer that does nothing but generate names like this...
Edited on Sun Mar-20-11 08:58 AM by old mark
probably a very safe career choice to work with it...

Here are some oldies but goodies;

Operation Market Garden:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden

Operation Garden Plot: http://www.uhuh.com/control/garden.htm

Operation Linebacker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Linebacker

And the ever popular Operation Phoenix
http://www.serendipity.li/cia/operation_phoenix.htm


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