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revramrod
IVC Dropout
Joined: 09 Oct 2002
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Location: Calecia.com
  
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 Posted: 02 Apr 2003 01:51 AM Post subject: Tobacco Shortage Makes Marines Irritable |
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| Yahoo! News wrote: | | Cpl. Matt Nale, 31, of Seattle, Wash., normally smokes half a pack a day. He brought three cartons of cigarettes with him from Kuwait, but they ran out nearly a week ago after he shared them with his mortar platoon. |
Ahem. Sounds vaguely familiar.
Source: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&e=11&u=/ap/war_desperate_dippers |
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bemisnorris
Cole
Joined: 16 Oct 2002
Posts: 2083
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| I had the same problem when I was in Bosnia. It was in the Army that I realized that there are a lot more cigarette smokers than cigarette buyers. |
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elchrist
See-thru Afro
Joined: 09 Oct 2002
Posts: 7560
Location: Calecia.com
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| Posted: 02 Apr 2003 10:22 AM Post subject: Re: Tobacco Shortage Makes Marines Irritable |
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| revramrod wrote: | | Yahoo! News wrote: | | Cpl. Matt Nale, 31, of Seattle, Wash., normally smokes half a pack a day. He brought three cartons of cigarettes with him from Kuwait, but they ran out nearly a week ago after he shared them with his mortar platoon. |
Ahem. Sounds vaguely familiar. |
So now it's complete OK for people to smoke cigarettes? 
Our "heros" are powered by tobacco. They are protecting our freedom with a cigarette in their mouth. Big Tobacco must be proud.
$100 says that tobacco companies begin to "donate" their products to the military. |
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