May 29, 2003
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From Yahoo!: “This is a 2003 handout photo showing the ‘Scorpion ensemble’ future battle dress for U.S. soldiers, being developed at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Mass., which is expected to be ready for action in 2011. Today’s soldier when completely outfitted carries as much as 90 to 120 pounds, but the future combat uniform will weigh only 40 to 50 pounds and will include communications, night vision gear, body senors and the latest technology in protective armor. (AP Photo/U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center,Sarah Underhill, handout)”
Anyone else see a resemblance to desert storm troopers? Cue Imperial March…
And, as I promised and you probably didn’t want, more puns:
2. Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.
Have no fear, they will grow more painful.
As a side note related to recent conversations, the Minneapolis Politics list has been discussing people getting cited for unmowed lawns.
Uh oh.
Comments (2)
Dude, it was funny last night, do you reall ythink its that funny twice?
of course it is. its a timeless pun, take care man, talk to you soon.
-noah “music man”
That freaking armour…. there’s so much wrong with it, where do I start? I mean, if it was just body protection, well, okay. But a fully enclosed face shield? Built in radio? Body Sensors????? It will all be built by old-boy-connected corporations, at military industrial levels of “quality.” That stuff will find a way to break within a week in the jungle, or 2 days in a desert. And yes, it *does* look like something out of star wars… totally impersonal, completely Imperial. I suppose, if that’s the desired effect….
And what was it that I read once…. between 2 competing armies, all other things being equal, the army with the simplest uniform wins.
SBC