Short-timer Sayings

RAZ USMCO3

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Jan 25, 1995, 3:54:16 AM1/25/95

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I'm so short I can set on a piece of shit paper and swing my feet

Fred Peerenboom

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Jan 27, 1995, 7:25:53 PM1/27/95

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On 27 Jan 1995, William H. Rollins wrote:

> I'm so short I got to stand on a nickle to piss on a dime.
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I'm so short that I won't start a conversation.

BoomBoom in Dayton

BAILEY BENJAMIN CODY

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Feb 10, 1995, 3:02:26 PM2/10/95

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I've just been promoted to PFC (Private Fucking Citizen)

Fredeick Radley

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Feb 15, 1995, 9:39:17 PM2/15/95

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I'd tell ya my name but I aint gonna be here long enough for you to learn
it!!

John Vickery

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Feb 16, 1995, 6:34:59 PM2/16/95

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I'm so short, I can parachute off a dime and freefall for 10 minutes!

S.R. Whittredge

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Feb 26, 1995, 1:42:50 PM2/26/95

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"I'm so short you have to dig a hole to kick me in the ass!"

and I am too!
S.R. Whittredge
2-14 IN
10th MTN DIV

Bob Kendall

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Feb 27, 1995, 8:59:11 PM2/27/95

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"You're not short until you're gone, then you're not short, you're GONE!"

BobKe...@delphi.com

William E James

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Feb 28, 1995, 12:50:49 AM2/28/95

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Have you been in long?
I've been in so long that I was in flames when man discovered fire.
(that's flamethrower section)
I've been in so long that my first sea duty was on the ark with Col. Noah.
I fired the 81mm mortar illumination rounds when God said, "let there be light"
I've wrung more salt water outta my socks than you been over.
The Corps put me in Motor Transport when man invented the wheel.

Marine Corps responses to How salty are you?

Bill James
A Co. 1st Bn, 5th Marines 67-68

sha...@tiger.lsu.edu

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Mar 1, 1995, 2:51:44 PM3/1/95

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Get some time under the pond boy!!
ex-ET2 nuc/ss
Steve Harmon

Greg Herlein

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Mar 2, 1995, 12:02:05 AM3/2/95

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deb...@vaxb.isc.rit.edu wrote:
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: There was a saying/acronym on my ship that was SNOB.
: That stands for short nuke on board. It was quite an
: honor to be the snob.

We had the same thing. We even had a belt buckle with SNOB engraved
(well, creatively scratched into the metal) on it, which the SNOB got to
wear while at sea. Some guys got hosed though, if another nuke got out
shortly before they did. Alas, I never got to wear the buckle. It was
quite the honor though.

Another saying: I'm sort short I'd have to stand on a match to piss on a
sheet of paper!

Another anecdote: when asked what he'd do after his nuclear career of
six years, the ET1(SS) said "Well, I'm gonna mount a little model of a
submarine to my hood as an ornament, and I'm gonna drive into the midwest
until somebody says 'what the hell's that on your hood?' - that's where I
want to live!"

former
ET1(SS) Nuke
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Greg Herlein
Vallejo, CA
gher...@crl.com

Dwight K Roberson

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Mar 3, 1995, 12:35:53 PM3/3/95

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--
Dwight K Roberson
1) I'm so short I could sit on the edge of a dime and swing my legs.
2) I'm not short... I'm NEXT.

Ex-GMG2(SW)

skydiv...@yahoo.com

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Mar 29, 2017, 2:45:51 PM3/29/17

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I am so Short, I can sit on a dime and dangle my legs over the edge.

I am so Short, I can light a cigarette on your time, and put it out on my time.

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