DoucheBacker, found your soulmate

indyfrisco · Post by **indyfrisco** » Mon May 07, 2007 3:43 pm

I just got out of a meeting. I looked to the woman sitting next to me and began to chuckle. I just had to take a snapshot with my phone.

DoucheBacker, if you roll into Southern Indiana, I got your hookup. Pink shirt with pukas. Match made in hell...

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Mon May 07, 2007 3:50 pm

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon May 07, 2007 4:28 pm

Why would Douchebag be interested in a woman? Even a manly-looking one? It’s got to have a dick, or he’s just not down.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Mon May 07, 2007 9:57 pm

Here's a slightly different take on the good Captain:

In a time when many Hollywood stars served their country in the armed forces often in rear echelon posts where they were carefully protected, only to be trotted out to perform for the cameras in war bond promotions, Lee Marvin was a genuine hero. He earned the Navy Cross at Iwo Jima. If that is a surprising comment on the true character of the man, he credits his sergeant with an even greater show of bravery.

Dialog from "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson": His guest was Lee Marvin.

Johnny said, "Lee, I'll bet a lot of people are unaware that you were a Marine in the initial landing at Iwo Jima ... and that during the course of that action you earned the Navy Cross and were severely wounded."

"Yeah, yeah ... I got shot square in the bottom and they gave me the Cross for securing a hot spot about halfway up Suribachi. Bad thing about getting shot up on a mountain is guys gettin' shot hauling you down. But, Johnny, at Iwo I served under the bravest man I ever knew ... We both got the Cross the same day, but what he did for his Cross made mine look cheap in comparison. That dumb guy actually stood up on Red Beach and directed his troops to move forward and get the hell off the beach. Bullets flying by, with mortar rounds landing everywhere and he stood there as the main target of gunfire so that he could get his men to safety. He did this on more than one occasion because his men's safety was more important than his own life. That Sergeant and I have been lifelong friends. When they brought me off Suribachi we passed the Sergeant and he lit a smoke and passed it to me, lying on my belly on the litter and said, "Where'd they get you Lee?"

"Well Bob ... if you make it home before me, tell Mom to sell the outhouse!"

"Johnny, I'm not lying, Sergeant Keeshan was the bravest man I ever knew. The Sergeant's name is Bob Keeshan. You and the world know him as Captain Kangaroo."

On another note, there was this wimpy little man on PBS, gentle and quiet. Mr. Rogers is another of those you would least
suspect of being anything but what he portrayed to our youth. But Mr. Rogers was a U.S. Navy Seal, combat-proven in Vietnam, with over 25 confirmed kills to his name. He wore a long-sleeved sweater on TV, to cover the many tattoos on his forearm and biceps. He was a master in small arms and hand-to-hand combat, able to disarm or kill in a heartbeat.

After the war, Mr. Rogers became an ordained Presbyterian minister and therefore a pacifist, vowing to never harm another human and also dedicating the rest of his life to trying to help lead children on the right path in life. He hid away the tattoos and his past life and won our hearts with his quiet wit and charm.

America's real heroes don't flaunt what they did; they quietly go about their day-to-day lives, doing what they do best. They earned our respect and the freedoms that we all enjoy.

Look around and see if you can find one of those heroes in your midst. Often, they are the ones you'd least suspect, but would most like to have on your side if anything ever happened.

Take the time to thank anyone who has fought for our freedom. With encouragement, they could be the next Captain Kangaroo or Mr. Rogers.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:45 pm

That story sounds like an urban legend to me.

Sincerely,
1998

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:51 pm

Hey, I said it was a different take, not that it was a valid one.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:13 pm

Gee, and here I was, feeling all warm and fuzzy about how cool Captain Kangaroo was.

Oh well, I'll get over it.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:28 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Gee, and here I was, feeling all warm and fuzzy about how cool Captain Kangaroo was.

Oh well, I'll get over it.

I don't think I ever will.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:31 pm

I already have.

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:45 pm

http://www.snopes.com/military/marvin.asp

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:59 pm

Diogenes wrote:http://www.snopes.com/military/marvin.asp

OCmike wrote:That story sounds like an urban legend to me.

Sincerely,
1998

Please die Dio, you complete waste of fucking bandwidth.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:36 am

Dinsdale wrote:I already have.

Glad to see that, like a good kangaroo, you've bounced back. I'm hoppy for you.

tuff gong · Post by **tuff gong** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:10 am

Captain Kangaroo: goddamn did that show suck. I tried to get into it as a kid. Too boring and low key. No or damn few cartoons, no kids on the show. Mr. Rogers was boring too. These guys were totally out of touch with the audience they professed such concern for.

I think Mr. Green Jeans' suicide is urban legend as well. At any rate Kinison's take - it's a good bit that sounds realistic but apparently isn't. The sheer drama of it aroused my curiousity so I looked up some stuff on Capt. Kangaroo - he had no training as a performer and no show biz aspirations or background (other than Howdy Doody). He just fell into it and ran with it and was in it for the long haul. He seems to have been super-square and stable, not some bottled-up loser just hanging on. Also there's a picture of him out of his Kangaroo drag and he just looks like a jowly, balding senior exec. Thankfully he seems to have shed the mutton chops and Bettie Page bangs off duty.