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Probably because to anyone only just old enough to remember the Gulf War, if that, it's all fighter and drone launched guided missiles all the time now, and there's only three bomber types left in the entire fleet - none of which have gotten much of a run out in recent times. Or, you know, most Americans are really bad at any history not spoon fed to them no later than 5 years ago by TV shows.
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 11:58 |
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Flying Fortresses are still used loving plenty.
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 11:59 |
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Stratofortress, the Flying Fortress was slowly retired across the 1940s and 1950s
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 12:02 |
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The Essendon Drones doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 12:25 |
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The Essendon Wedding Crashers
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 12:30 |
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Essendon TIE Bombers
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 13:26 |
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I would hate to think what Richmond were referred to in this context
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 13:42 |
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thepokey posted:Essendon TIE Bombers Well they're sure as gently caress not the TIE Defenders this year.
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 14:07 |
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I feel like this maybe deserves a spot in the OP?
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 14:10 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:I feel like this maybe deserves a spot in the OP? That's going on the wall of many a rugby league nut errywhere
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 15:43 |
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Tbh I'd be scared of a Rugby League player in the bushes too.
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 16:08 |
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You can't see it because there's a bush in the way but there's actually a dog between his legs and that's what they are recoiling at
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 16:26 |
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thepokey posted:Also, when I was in America and talking sport and it came to what team I supported and I told them the Bombers, it really did get some awkward silences from them. I never even considered people wouldn't associate the word with WW2 planes dropping bombs (which Americans of all people should be behind). But the word to them immediately meant suicide bombers The biggest school in my high school conference were the bombers and I've never heard anyone say anything about that. But if Essendon wants to be more acceptable to Americans, they can always change their name to a racial slur for Aborigines or something like that. The Essendon Lebos. Volkerball fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Feb 1, 2016 |
# ? Feb 1, 2016 21:00 |
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Did Cam Smith expect to see someone walking a dog?
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 22:31 |
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Volkerball posted:The biggest school in my high school conference were the bombers and I've never heard anyone say anything about that. They were previously referred to colloquially as the blood stained niggers, if that helps?
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 22:32 |
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Volkerball posted:The biggest school in my high school conference were the bombers and I've never heard anyone say anything about that. Would also be a way to make their way back into the hearts of the average Australian. Herald Sun Headline: Essendon undergo image change, now known as the Essendon Refugee Punchers Average bloke: they're alright that Essedon mob, I had them totally pegged wrong. Edit: also, yeah that's something that poo poo me for years is that so many people have trouble actually saying Essendon, lots of Ess-ed-din
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 23:19 |
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The first 'n' is silent, everyone knows this.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 00:15 |
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When they were banging on about a missing letter to Doc Reid, the n must have been what they meant e: also, looks like Jamar has joined up. What was he like in the last couple of years at Melbourne? Shocking I know I wasn't really following Melbourne too closely. I kind of hoped we would maybe have a go at getting Hale to go for one more year with us.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 00:17 |
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I just saw the term "Fourthorn" on Real Footy, and now I am incredibly sad. Please anyone else. Please.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 00:46 |
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thepokey posted:When they were banging on about a missing letter to Doc Reid, the n must have been what they meant Jamar is a solid ruck still, I personally think we should have kept him on given Gawn's injury history, but maybe he said he didn't want to keep fit just to run around in the VFL for a year.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 00:50 |
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I believe I have heard an American sports reporter refer to Hawthorn as Hawkthorn. I am okay with this.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 00:59 |
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Memento posted:I just saw the term "Fourthorn" on Real Footy, and now I am incredibly sad. Yeah, Fourthorn has been the term since the day after the 2015 GF.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 01:04 |
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the hawkthorn haws.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 01:05 |
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Losing Roughy for half a year feels like exactly the loving thing that would happen to Hawkthorn on their way to another premiership. I can just hear Bruce talking about it now as the gold and brown confetti spews into the air in September. We can't go through another whole year just for it to happen again.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 01:14 |
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the suns will finish 15th on the ladder and the hawks will win the flag, and i will continue my life having never seen the suns play finals footy or a team that isn't hawthorn win the premiership.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 01:18 |
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thepokey posted:Losing Roughy for half a year feels like exactly the loving thing that would happen to Hawkthorn on their way to another premiership. I can just hear Bruce talking about it now as the gold and brown confetti spews into the air in September. We can't go through another whole year just for it to happen again. they're the john cena of afl, gotta overcome those odds
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 01:20 |
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Personally I think if the Bombers want to rebrand to something less offensive I recommend they become the Essendon Luke Hodges
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 02:57 |
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We're talking about less offensive, not more.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 03:07 |
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Volkerball posted:The biggest school in my high school conference were the bombers and I've never heard anyone say anything about that. Yeah my team when I played footy at school was the Bellerive Bombers but I think being from a almost exclusively anglo-italian-yugoslav suburb probably helped the acceptability.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 03:28 |
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Essendon should rent out their name to sponsors like stadiums do. In this day and age it's totally socially acceptable and it will help them generate the cash needed to pay for all the lawsuits they will have to pay out. The Essendon "Fresh food people" has a nice ring to it.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 03:36 |
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The Betfair Bombers
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 03:42 |
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Periphery posted:Essendon should rent out their name to sponsors like stadiums do. In this day and age it's totally socially acceptable and it will help them generate the cash needed to pay for all the lawsuits they will have to pay out. Swisse Family Essendon
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 03:55 |
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I will not be buying one of these guernseys, but I enjoy the fact that the five people who do will be wearing my name. https://shop.carltonfc.com.au/member-guernsey/2016-member-guernsey
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 03:57 |
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the VB dons has a nice ring to it, although it would suggest the team is still putting horrible garbage in their players bodies.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 03:59 |
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Essendon't
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:01 |
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gabensraum posted:I will not be buying one of these guernseys, but I enjoy the fact that the five people who do will be wearing my name. That is one pricey jumper
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:02 |
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gabensraum posted:I will not be buying one of these guernseys, but I enjoy the fact that the five people who do will be wearing my name. You pay for the right to have your name on there don't you, not actually having 50k names on a guernsey.
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:04 |
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Volkerball posted:the VB dons has a nice ring to it, although it would suggest the team is still putting horrible garbage in their players bodies. I'll loving cut you
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:14 |
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Also that dudes article is a blatant troll come on guys
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# ? Feb 2, 2016 04:17 |
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Solemn Sloth posted:I feel like this maybe deserves a spot in the OP? I wonder what he yelled at them to freak them out "GRAND FINAL" "PREMIERSHIP" "FINANCIAL SOLVENCY" "LARGE SUPPORTER BASE" "SUSTAINED ON FIELD SUCCESS"
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