virgin-burner 1 #1 November 26, 2008 soooo, today was the last day of me being a member of the swiss armed forces. as some of you may know, military training is mandatory in switzerland, we even get to take our assault rifles back home, full-automatic mind you.. after many thousand rounds i've shot with it, t been taking good care of it, carried it for many miles and even being forced to sleep some nights with it, i decided to keep it. its a 3000$ item, and i kinda developed some weird form of relationship to it. it gets made to single-fire only, you pay 100$, and its yours.. so, my babe is officially not an army-weapon no more, but my personal belonging.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #2 November 26, 2008 Tonight, you pukes will sleep with your rifles. You will give your rifle a girl's name because this is the only pussy you people are going to get. Your days of finger-banging ol' Mary J. Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over! You're married to this piece. This weapon of iron and wood. And you will be faithful. Port, hut! This is my rifle. There are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my rifle is useless. Without my rifle I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy, who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will. Before God I swear this creed: my rifle and myself are defenders of my country, we are the masters of our enemy, we are the saviors of my life. So be it, until there is no enemy, but peace. Amen.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #3 November 26, 2008 full metal jacket, right!? and if i ever get to old to skydve, i can join one of those shooting-clubs that have a long tradition here.. its mostly old men, times have changed a lot.. pretty cool thing, uh!? “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #4 November 26, 2008 Cool - paint it pink and let it's hair grow - It's a civvy now. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #5 November 26, 2008 wow, I thought the Swiss Army only had those little jacknives. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #6 November 26, 2008 Quote Cool - paint it pink and let it's hair grow - It's a civvy now. my mom drove me, on the way back i said, now i'll paint flowers on it.. hippy-style! there actually was a pink (and other colors..) of it sold at some time.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #7 November 26, 2008 Quote wow, I thought the Swiss Army only had those little jacknives. and we're known to wreack havoc and carnage even when equpped with only those.. and i got an engraved jackknive, for my "honorful service provided" too! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #8 November 26, 2008 Quote Quote Cool - paint it pink and let it's hair grow - It's a civvy now. my mom drove me, on the way back i said, now i'll paint flowers on it.. hippy-style! there actually was a pink (and other colors..) of it sold at some time.. See, I'm not as daft as I look (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #9 November 26, 2008 whoever would say you're daftt, must be a malicious fucker.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piahenzi 0 #10 November 26, 2008 you don't even wanna KNOW how bad-ass the Swiss can be.....Mercenaries from the start...check your history books! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #11 November 26, 2008 right on the spot pia, right on.. swiss mercenaries fought in a lot of wars.. there's no-one like the celts.. and we pretty much fucked up the habsburgers/austrian-ungarians.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy_Copland 0 #12 November 26, 2008 Quote celts.. Yea because they survived ages in the UK when the Saxons came 1338 People aint made of nothin' but water and shit. Until morale improves, the beatings will continue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #13 November 26, 2008 Quote whoever would say you're daftt, must be a malicious fucker.. I'll tell her ... but she woooooooon't like it. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #14 November 26, 2008 Quote you don't even wanna KNOW how bad-ass the Swiss can be.....Mercenaries from the start...check your history books! I've seen them poncy gezzers in Vatican and I'm dead scared - careful you don't ladder your tights (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #15 November 26, 2008 Quote Quote whoever would say you're daftt, must be a malicious fucker.. I'll tell her ... but she woooooooon't like it. err, then dont! but, i'm heavily armed now, maybe do what you like! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #16 November 26, 2008 Quote Quote you don't even wanna KNOW how bad-ass the Swiss can be.....Mercenaries from the start...check your history books! I've seen them poncy gezzers in Vatican and I'm dead scared - careful you don't ladder your tights that doesnt count! only thing i'm regretting is not having kept my camo-stuff. would of made a nice 2-piece freefly-ssuit! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #17 November 26, 2008 Quote that doesnt count! I doubt any one of us could take them in hand-to-hand They may look like clowns, but they have some extensive combat training.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
councilman24 37 #18 November 26, 2008 Public face of the Vatican's equivalent to the Secret Service Presidential protection detail. It's what you don't see and don't know. I'm old for my age. Terry Urban D-8631 FAA DPRE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #19 November 26, 2008 Nice rifle! Wish I could have taken my M16A2 home with me. Or even my M9. Damn it I should have joined the Swiss army.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #20 November 26, 2008 Quotesoooo, today was the last day of me being a member of the swiss armed forces. as some of you may know, military training is mandatory in switzerland, we even get to take our assault rifles back home, full-automatic mind you. Excellent! Too bad the U.S. doesn't do that for it's soldiers. It gives you a stake in continuing to be a part of defending your country. When I was in the Marines, whenever we needed a rifle, we went to an armory and they just handed us one at random. A different rifle every time. That's lousy for marksmanship and for being a rifleman. Each rifle can shoot a little differently, or have different problems. To be your best, you should have just one rifle, that's all yours, which you get to know very well. There was talk of starting a program where a rifle would be assigned to you in boot camp, and then it would follow you to every duty station wherever you went, so that you would always have the same rifle. It would be yours, and you would know it inside out. You would have a vested interest in maintaining it properly. You could pick it up and shoot it accurately at any time, without first having to re-learn the zero, or fix something that the last user ignored. But that concept was just too difficult to implement logistically. Darn it. I like that Swiss program. You've got an advantage with that, being a small country. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #21 November 26, 2008 Quote Quote that doesnt count! I doubt any one of us could take them in hand-to-hand They may look like clowns, but they have some extensive combat training. that actually is true, but they still look like clowns with those hellebards (?).. the thing that looks like an axe..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #22 November 26, 2008 They look like gay Ninjas (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #23 November 26, 2008 YEah they tried that for a while while I was in. We were assigned one weapon and were responsible for keeping it clean. I remember when weapon cleaning day would roll around, my friends would give me shit because it was so much easier to clean a M9 than a M16. I'd just say," Hey. When you get a pair of wings you too can have a pistol." Anyhow the program only lasted through 2 or 3 cleanings (once a month) before the base commander said screw it.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #24 November 26, 2008 yes, yes, you should have! “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #25 November 26, 2008 we also have a mandatory shooting-practice every year, and evry year, i got a notiification-card, saying i was under the best 10% or so..“Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
