WAR, what is it good for?
Alt Q: Best War series, film, book or song?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:21, 124 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

My 15" black rubber cock.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:21, Reply)

MOAR LOLS

( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:24, Reply)

This is today's perfect reply to any question, anywhere.
Noel - how will we solve the horrendous problems faced by Libya at this desperate time?
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:25, Reply)

Noel's 15" black rubber cock
\o/
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:26, Reply)

cock solves all

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:27, Reply)

Albert Einstein's disallowed epitaph.

(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Hahaha! That reminds me,
I made a shed load of Coq au Vin the other night, far too much to fit in our freezer. So DG dropped some off for my folks this morning, only they weren't in so he left it in their coal shed. I rang them earlier so say, "We left some coq in your coal shed."
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:31, Reply)

Similarly,
whilst a povvo student a friend of mine claimed to be able to make a decent coq au vin for 6 people at a cost of £1.50 each, as long as no-one objected to the absence of wine. I took enormous pleasure informing him that this meant he was charging £1.50 to eat cock.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:38, Reply)

heehee :)

( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:42, Reply)

distracting the world from inequalities

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:23, Reply)

people posting news links on here
alt: the best bit about it is homer simpson dancing on the altar at church.

that is all.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:24, Reply)

Boosting
international arms sales. And lowering domestic murder rates.
(kitescreech still here, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:25, Reply)

Generation Kill is a bit special.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:26, Reply)

It's good for keeping the numbers down.
'Hitler, my part in his downfall' by Spike Milligan.
( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:28, Reply)

Go on then, I'll play.
Band of Brothers. Watch The Pacific after that.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:29, Reply)

On the last three of BOB right now,
it is unbelievable, the Foy episode is genius. Started the Pacific and it's got boring on the 4th episode.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:31, Reply)

Did you spot Simon Pegg?

( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:42, Reply)

He's the one in the ironic Star Wars t shirt being a fucking cunt.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:44, Reply)

Yeah and Michael Fassbender who is awesome.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:54, Reply)

you are Michael Assbender

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:02, Reply)

Did you spot Tom Hardy?

(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:08, Reply)

No not yet, I may have missed him though as am nearly on episode 9

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

Nowadays, sod all, but I bet the Blitz was boss.
Alt: Tenko. or The Sullivans. or We'll Meet Again. Or Johnny Jones.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:29, Reply)

The Sullivans eh?
*Chases after the idiot who pulled my cap down over my eyes as we posed for a family photo*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:31, Reply)

the intro to that pissed me off
why did that guy frown especially for the photo?!
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:31, Reply)

That annoyed me too Crunchy.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:38, Reply)

yeah
right, I'm off to photograph a roundabout. laters, all
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:39, Reply)

Why?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:41, Reply)

because it might look nice

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:42, Reply)

That frigging Kitty Sullivan eh!
I often just say that to my uncle. ""Kitty's pulled yer cap down, there!" and he knows what I mean.
He's obsessed with nostalgia too. We like to whistle the theme from Stop, Look and Listen together.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I remember when I was into nostalgia....

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:37, Reply)

Nostalgia...
It's not what it used to be.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:37, Reply)

the first people to get 'nostalgia'
were the swiss. It was seen as a disease that only they got
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:38, Reply)

In spanish 'nostalgia' means 'homesickness'

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:43, Reply)

I don't think I've ever read a war book
i really can't think of one. There are books that have some kind of galactic struggle in the background, but never as a main subject
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:30, Reply)

From the BBC live coverage
1232: Several different groups in neighbouring Egypt are organising aid convoys into Libya. One organiser, Teymour Anwar, told BBC Newshour they are trying to get seven doctors and £30,000 of medical aid across the border. "We plan to take that as far as we can inside (into) Libya to hospitals, to medical clinics and the doctors who are with us have worked in emergency rooms and in war zones as well too, so they're familiar with how to treat injuries that they might see there," he says.

that's nice innit.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:34, Reply)

maybe they are planning to invade it
by stealth
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:38, Reply)

If you won't follow Gadhafi, who would you follow -- someone with a beard? Impossible.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:39, Reply)

Vipros is probably planning to lead the country.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:44, Reply)

too much effort

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:47, Reply)

It was a Libyan hospital that gave me Spasmopan (a drug, not a disease).
Send them the aid.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:00, Reply)

I've seen Edwin Starr do that song live
'twas on my 16 birthday at the end of Sidmouth Folk Festival.

dunno about series or book. Film is either Full Metal Jacket or Kelly's Heroes or Starship Troopers.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:36, Reply)

I feel guilty about liking Starship Troopers
Brilliantly shit
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:38, Reply)

Full Metal Jacket is shit though

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:39, Reply)

my ex made me watch all those army films with him
being an officer in the army and all. FMJ terrified me, that bit when they beat him with socks is horrible.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:40, Reply)

I didn't know you went out with Craig
Kept that one under your hat
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:46, Reply)

Haha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:47, Reply)

under my bed more like
no, wait.

oh fuck it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:54, Reply)

I would rather be beaten with socks than rocks

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:46, Reply)

This sounds like Dr. Seuss
I beat the fox in box with socks not rocks
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:48, Reply)

You cocks!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Space dock(ing)?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Breeze block!

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:51, Reply)

How tall are you, Rory?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:40, Reply)

I bet you're the kinda guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the god damn common courtesy to give him a reach around.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:42, Reply)

you'd better square your ass away and start shitting me Tiffany cufflinks

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:43, Reply)

I BET YOU COULD SUCK A GOLF BALL THROUGH A GARDEN HOSE
COULDNTCHA BOY?
( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:45, Reply)

I fucking love this
I put in a set-up line, bugger off to do some work and find three people have weighed in with various pay-offs. Brilliant
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:53, Reply)

i'm a girl actually
but yes.

yes i could.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:53, Reply)

It woudl require a tremendous amount of suction
and would then suddenly explode out of the hose in the final few inches, lodging itself irretrievably in a lung.

So I wouldn't, if I were you.
( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:56, Reply)

i've known men who were less sensitive lovers

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:57, Reply)

Lies! Lies and deceit!
We've never even met
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Totally 8foot2 with an 8th dan in ninjology

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:42, Reply)

I didn't know they stacked shit that high.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:43, Reply)

and more

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:47, Reply)

balls.
it's excellent.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:42, Reply)

No chance.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:43, Reply)

Got to love films like that

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:42, Reply)

it is literally one of my favourite films
If you admitted to liking the sequels then you should feel guilty, but the first one is magnificent
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:42, Reply)

Never seen any of sequels thank the heavans

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:44, Reply)

the third is bearable, just
the second is terrible
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:46, Reply)

I actually disagree with anyone who says its shit
The acting is a bit ropey at times but the story is solid, the book is excellent.
( Peej, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:08, Reply)

I do too
it's superb political and social satire
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:10, Reply)

I'd like to go to the Sidmouth festival

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:44, Reply)

to be honest
I wouldn't really bother. Unless you like morris dancers.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:47, Reply)

Do they have clog dancers?
Do they have Eliza Carthy?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:48, Reply)

no to both

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:48, Reply)

They had those fit Polish/Canadian step dancers once, I'm almost certain.
And I'm also certain they've had Eliza and her fambo.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:52, Reply)

Film: Sands of Iwo Jima
TV series: Das Boot
Book: Catch 22
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:36, Reply)

Depends if you mean real wars
If not, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, Schindler's Ark (regardless)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:39, Reply)

Some huge advances in medical science
Alt Q:
Series - Blackadder, Series 4
Film - Probably either Tora, Tora, Tora or Full Metal Jacket (as I think SPR is massively over-rated)
Book - Stalingrad - Antony Beevor
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:41, Reply)

Hey - nice Beevor

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Thanks, I've just had it stuffed.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:05, Reply)

Population control, business, science, good old-fashioned entertainment.
Alt: The Colditz Story (book), Where Eagles Dare (film), series: The World At War
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:43, Reply)

It's pretty rubbish population control.
survivors get home and fuck like rabbits.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:46, Reply)

True enough. Not exactly short of Jews these days are we?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:47, Reply)

History, and especially Jewish people well versed in history,
tell us it won't be long before someone else has another pop
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:04, Reply)

This man has the correct film answer
But I have never read the book, so it's going on my list.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:10, Reply)

Film: Full Metal Jacket
Series: Band of Brothers
Book: "The day I shot a thousand fuzzy-wuzzies" by Colonel Huffington-Rimjob KBE OBE VC ASAP
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:43, Reply)

I love that book

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:48, Reply)

I wrote that book.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:48, Reply)

It gave me the horn.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:49, Reply)

what doesn't?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:54, Reply)

you

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:55, Reply)

you're brave
swimming in that particular river in this current climate of unrest
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:57, Reply)

you have me a bit baffled there...

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:00, Reply)

Whose climate is in a period of unrest?
Yours? Hers? Neither seem feasible.
( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:01, Reply)

de nile
denial

it's funny because- no, it's just not funny. oh well.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:02, Reply)

I see
too subtle/tenuous I think.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:02, Reply)

i'm tired
hungover
fed-up
will be out too late again tonight
generally reeeeally grumpy

it's as good as it's gonna get, ok?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:06, Reply)

only got yourself to blame
try a bit of PMA.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)

It's a delightful account of British foreign policy during the late 1800's

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Thanks!

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:51, Reply)

It's absolutely awesome for advancing our science
which then filters down into the public domain and indirectly drives the increase in our quality of life. Anybody who says differently is a pinko commie hippie leftist hand-wringing liberal who'd be a damn sight happier if we all lived in communes built from wattle and daub.

I don't know about you, but I'd much rather not eat lentils and dress in hemp so War gets a big HUH *crotch thrust* from me.
( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:44, Reply)

You've just described Crow

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:46, Reply)

It's also an effective channel
for the beetle-browed naked aggression possessed by the lower orders.
( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:54, Reply)

Alt: Slaughterhouse 5, by a long way. It's a brilliant book.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:45, Reply)

Tom Sawyer is a classic
SO MANY POINTS if you get the ref
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:55, Reply)

The desire to conquor others leads to significant advances in technology.
Plus it is good for weeding out a vast under class of cannon fodder.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Dr Strangelove
thanks for playing
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:53, Reply)

oh yes, this too.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:56, Reply)

I have this on my puter at home waiting to be watched.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:01, Reply)

what are you waiting for
an invitation ?
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Sure, why not.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:05, Reply)

In that case:
I cordially invite you to a screening of Dr. Strangelove (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb)
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:28, Reply)

.Solving unemployment.
(See also: 50% of population target for universities)

Alt: you left out song. I'm naturally going to opt for Stan Ridgeway's Camouflage.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 12:58, Reply)

Things are never quite the way they seem...

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:01, Reply)

a good choice
but the best war song ever is clearly the theme tune to the game Cannon Fodder.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:01, Reply)

War's never fun, but it can be comic.

( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:02, Reply)

I'll jump in here before Monty
19 by Paul Hardcastle
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:04, Reply)

The War Song by Culture Club has to be worth a mention.
"War is stupid. And people are stupid."
There are just so many layers to that song.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:12, Reply)

Remember the Spitting Image spoof of this?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:23, Reply)

Best War film is:
Went The Day Well?

It's from the Ealing stable but not a comedy. It documents an invasion of a small English village by the Germans during the war.
It pulls no punches.

When you realise that this was made about two years before the war ended it really add another twist to it.

Very often on on a Sunday or weekday afternoon.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:03, Reply)

All quiet on the western front was good if I remember correctly
also: BBC series Colditz
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)