"Travelling", with CincyCop

[retdetsgt]

Because barbie doesn't have cool guns that shoot plastic projectiles.

But she has really cool cars, you have to admit that! I think Ken might be a little light in the loafers though....

[CincyCop]

Because barbie doesn't have cool guns that shoot plastic projectiles.

...and Barbie has big plastic boobies.

[CincyCop]

...I think Ken might be a little light in the loafers though...

Ken is (and was) always a queer in my book.

[retdetsgt]

...and Barbie has big plastic boobies.

Which begs the question, why were you playing with G.I. Joe then?

I was a kid pre those things. My Dad would have been concerned too.

[CincyCop]

That whole Barbie & Ken 'hooking up' gig was a sham.

Ken is as queer as a football bat.

[retdetsgt]

That whole Barbie & Ken 'hooking up' gig was a sham.

Ken is as queer as a football bat.

He's probably her hair dresser and they share fashion tips..... She's probably a lipstick lesbian who's having an affair with a Rosie O'Donnell doll somewhere.

[patchcop]

Probably no difference. My dad referred to G.I. Joe as a doll...and he was very reluctant to purchase me one in 1971/1972. If it wasn't for all my friends having G.I. Joe at the time, I don't believe my dad would have purchased it.

Collin, you dad allowed you to play with dolls

And the other guys on your streets does it also?

[CityOfChicago]

I'm a bit youg to have been around for the 12" GI Joe days. When I was a lad, the GI Joe's were the smaller, all plastic kind you see today. In my mind, that puts them decidedly between Barbie "doll" and little green army men. No one has or can dispute the manliness of little green army men. GI Joe was just a slightly larger, more detailed version of these.

But I will tell you what kind of nerd I am. In college I bought these:

June 6, 1944
and I had the sets (I had Market Garden as well) accurately set up in my dorm room.

Nerd

[Cat_Doc]

My brothers and I rigged up a parachute for a GI Joe, slid him between the strings on a kite and flew him up several hundred feet. It took us several minutes before we could cause him to come loose (I almost said jerk the kite ) before he fell and started parachuting to earth.

This was very cool but not well thought out. We had not planned on what to do with the kite, nor had we taken into account Joe just might float away from us at high speed.

We ran like crazy trying to follow him, but he went MIA.

[CityOfChicago]

Cat_Doc's GI Joe - You Are Not Forgotten

[ChevySSP]

Uhhh so how did this thread turn into a GI joe discussion exactly?

Besides we all know GI Joe just describes my life story

[Sgt. Slaughter]

When I was a kid, an epic battle between my G.I. Joes and the neighbors Ewok's occurred. One of my guys was captured in a net. The Joes called for support from "Big Green and her killing machine". At this time, bombs rained down (I ran through the kill zone and kicked over all the Ewok's and their little treehouse village, springing my guy). The Ewok Supreme Commander (neighbor kid) may have been crying, but I wasn't paying attention. My Joes were en route to their FOB to plan their next attack.

War is awesome.

[CityOfChicago]

Die Ewok muthas!!!!!

[Cat_Doc]

At this time, bombs rained down

Dirt clods?

I loved dirt clod fights. Especially when someone was running and just as soon as you let go of a good toss, you just knew it was going to explode off the top of your opponent's head. You kind of wanted to warn them, but it wouldn't have done any good. It all turned to slow-mo as you watched that giant puff of dirt explode off their head and they went down!

We got in trouble for expanding on that a little when we got a hold of some Black Cat firecrackers. We made mud balls about the size of a baseball, and stuck a firecracker in the middle. We then secured them to dry and had "hand grenades" in a couple of days. Light the fuse, throw at target and hope nobody got their eye put out!

It caused quite a stir in the neighborhood when about ten of us started playing army. Some pansy *** called the police and the fun stopped.

We also got our BB guns taken away after the famous San Tan Street Shoot-Out, but that is another story. (I was the oldest of four brothers and there were about 15 other boys in our age group on our block. It was a blast. Our wives would not let us reminisce about our adventures in front of our kids when they were little; believing we would give them “bad ideas.”)

[Cat_Doc]

Cat_Doc's GI Joe - You Are Not Forgotten

Thanks, Bro. I felt that sadness come back, even after all these years.