Thursday, August 25, 2011

Marines In Afghanistan Have Been Banned From Farting (Downrange)


For Marines In Afghanistan: Be Careful Where You Fart -- Marine Times

Marine Corps Times is a family newspaper and we only rarely have offensive language in our stories.

But this week the word “fart” appears in a story I wrote about the importance of trust between Marines and the Afghan national army soldiers they work with.

I didn’t want to write this little blog entry about farts. It’s not even on my beat. But my colleague Dan Lamothe, whose byline you have seen here quite often, shamed me into it.

“You owe it to all Marines,” he told me.

Read more ....

My Comment: I can understand not farting on a blind date .... but also (now) on the front-lines?!?!?!?! Ah s___!

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