I wonder if we'll have a pissing contest for Remembrance Day threads

[KrazyHorse]

Some estimates:

Number of Americans who embarked on the Bataan trot: 12000
Number who survived the march itself: ~11000
Number who (given the survival rate in Japanese POW camps) made it back to the US: ~5000

Average number of grandchildren of this generation: ~8

So, there are ~40000 people in the US, almost all between the ages of 20 and 40, who had a grandparent in Bataan. There are ~80 million people in the US in that demographic. The probability of any individual person in the right demographic having one grandfather in Bataan is ~1/2000. The probability of some regular on Poly having such a grandfather is ~1/20. Seems pretty reasonable to me.

[rah]

Yes and almost anybody else than Lion, I'd agree.
Naw, I'd probably be suspect of anyone that made that claim, especially when the story is posted on the internet. And in all honesty, I still not totally convinced. But given the info he has posted, the 5 was out of line. But for being skeptical, I won't apologize.

[KrazyHorse]

You won't apologize because you're a jackass.

[loinburger]

Go back on your meds loin.

All class

[rah]

Hey, I said the 5 was out of line.

[Wezil]

What was that you were saying about Poly drama KH?

[loinburger]

It turns out that I am nothing if not consistent with my bald-faced lies about my ancestry.

[KrazyHorse]

Dedication

[rah]

Actually, if you had referenced that post earlier, I would have been considerably less skeptical. I am now convinced that I was in error and Apologize.

[SlowwHand]

No, nm.

[loinburger]

Maybe you can choke on a dick, Sloww

Edit: Grrr, he Dan S'd me by editing out his petty insult Oh well, my petty insult still stands in remembrance

[SlowwHand]

Suggesting that you enlist is an insult? Yes, you do need your meds.

[loinburger]

Suggesting that you enlist is an insult? Yes, you do need your meds.

Indeed, there was nothing in any way insulting in the post you edited out, which is doubtless why you chose to edit it out. You are a paragon of class and virtue.

[SlowwHand]

I knew that you would never consider enlisting. Why waste a perfectly good suggestion?

[loinburger]

Whatever helps you sleep at night.