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I have a favor to ask. I need one of you computer whiz-kids to photoshop some shit for me.

Meet General Chesty Puller, USMC. I need this pic with a birthday hat on Chesty with "Happy Birthday, Stud" in some uh, festive writing on the photo in honor of the Marine Corps' 233rd birthday.




Thank you in advance.

If you don't mind me asking, what is the significance of 233?

1. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1982, IN THE WAKE OF A
PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE, MARINES WENT ASHORE AT BEIRUT, LEBANON.
FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER, ON 23 OCTOBER 1983, EXTREMISTS STRUCK THE
FIRST MAJOR BLOW AGAINST AMERICAN FORCES - STARTING THIS LONG WAR ON TERRORISM. ON THAT SUNDAY MORNING, A SUICIDE BOMBER DROVE AN EXPLOSIVE-LADEN TRUCK INTO THE HEADQUARTERS OF BATTALION LANDING TEAM 1/8, DESTROYING THE BUILDING AND KILLING 241 MARINES AND CORPSMEN.

2. EXTREMISTS HAVE ATTACKED OUR NATION, AT HOME AND ABROAD,
NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THAT FATEFUL DAY IN BEIRUT. THEIR AIM HAS
ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME - TO KILL AS MANY INNOCENT AMERICANS AS
POSSIBLE. THE ATTACKS OF 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 CHANGED OUR NATION
FOREVER, AND OUR PRESIDENT HAS RESOLVED THAT THIS NATION WILL NOT
STAND IDLE WHILE MURDEROUS TERRORISTS PLOT THEIR NEXT STRIKE.
MARINES WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO THE ENEMY - HITTING THEM ON THEIR OWN TURF, CRUSHING THEM WHEN THEY SHOW THEMSELVES, AND FINDING THEM WHERE THEY HIDE.

3. ONLY A FEW AMERICANS CHOOSE THE DANGEROUS, BUT NECESSARY, WORK OF FIGHTING OUR NATION'S ENEMIES. WHEN OUR CHAPTER OF HISTORY IS WRITTEN, IT WILL BE A SAGA OF A SELFLESS GENERATION OF MARINES WHO WERE WILLING TO STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR OUR NATION; TO DEFEND THOSE WHO COULD NOT DEFEND THEMSELVES; TO THRIVE ON THE HARDSHIP AND SACRIFICE EXPECTED OF AN ELITE WARRIOR CLASS; TO MARCH TO THE SOUND OF THE GUNS; AND TO ABLY SHOULDER THE LEGACY OF THOSE MARINES WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE.

4. ON OUR 233RD BIRTHDAY, FIRST REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND THOSE "ANGELS" WHO HAVE FALLEN - OUR REPUTATION WAS BUILT ON THEIR SACRIFICES. REMEMBER OUR FAMILIES; THEY ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES WHOSE SUPPORT AND DEDICATION ALLOW US TO ANSWER OUR NATION'S CALL. FINALLY, TO ALL MARINES AND SAILORS, KNOW THAT I AM PROUD OF YOU AND WHAT YOU DO. YOUR SUCCESSES ON THE BATTLEFIELD HAVE ONLY ADDED TO OUR ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY. GENERAL VICTOR H. "BRUTE" KRULAK SAID IT BEST WHEN HE WROTE, "... THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT NEED A MARINE CORPS ... THE UNITED STATES WANTS A MARINE CORPS." YOUR ACTIONS, IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, AND ACROSS THE GLOBE, ARE AT THE CORE OF WHY AMERICA LOVES HER MARINES.

5. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARINES AND SEMPER FIDELIS! JAMES T. CONWAY,
GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS

fetishization of violence! hoorah!

You best not be knockin Bad Boys 2...

i get all emotional about that movie.

"Crash the ambulance into the mortuary now."

"and i got detectives over here...DETECTIN SHIT"

Furious D wrote:If you don't mind me asking, what is the significance of 233?

233 years of existence, since 1775.

MUPPET BURGER wrote: fetishization of violence! hoorah!

Let me guess... Suburban crusty kid taking a jab at the "establishment" on the internet when he's not too busy huffing glue, digging in dumpsters for bagels and smashing capitalism one $7.50 an hour paycheck from Jimmy John's at a time.

I could be completely wrong though.

lol, burn.

THINC BREAK 08.

-Joe.

el rhino wrote:Let me guess... Suburban crusty kid taking a jab at the "establishment" on the internet when he's not too busy huffing glue, digging in dumpsters for bagels and smashing capitalism one $7.50 an hour paycheck from Jimmy John's at a time.

I could be completely wrong though.

while your assessment of the sub-culture you mention is alarmingly accurate, especially in this town, i fortunately do not fit into that stereotype--though getting free things from dumpsters is a noble hobby as any in my opinion.

i also like how someone who recognizes the obvious fetishization and absurdly machismo attitudes associated with the Military is automatically a "crusty" punk.

MUPPET BURGER wrote:
i also like how someone who recognizes the obvious fetishization and absurdly machismo attitudes associated with the Military is automatically a "crusty" punk.

...and I also like how you feel wronged for being lumped in with the crusty punk types and I must be pretty stupid to do this, but you have no problem associating a fetish for violence and absurd macho attitudes to a large group of people. Brilliant.

maybe over lunch break tomorrow.

Sweet, thanks.

teedotjaydot wrote:"and i got detectives over here...DETECTIN SHIT"

lol graf orlock

the photo wasn't too big, i did what i could...

That's perfect, thank you.

El Rhino wrote:

Furious D wrote:If you don't mind me asking, what is the significance of 233?

233 years of existence, since 1775.

Well yeah, I get that part, I am just asking why 233 is being celebrated? Usually things are celebrated at numbers like 200, 250, etc. So I was wondering if 233 is some kind of milestone, or if its something that is celebrated every year?

man, you seem Furious.

Furious D wrote:[ or if its something that is celebrated every year?

Yes. Every year on November 10

Gotcha.