Important Guidelines
Whelp, it looks like I’m going to unveil the first guest writer soon. And before anyone says anything, Michiel doesn’t count as a guest. He’s pretty much moved in and has his feet up on the coffee table.
But due to some of the submissions I have received, I feel that I may need to lay out some ground rules.
Things that are good to email me:
- Funny military stories
- Funny stories in general
- Links to amusing things
- Treasure maps. (Hey you never know)
- Additions for the “Friends of Skippy” list
- Suggestions for things you would like for me to write about
- A picture of you wearing a Squid Pie t-shirt
- Questions that you would like me to answer
- New Skippy’s List Variants you have found
- Suggestive pictures (if you are a woman)
Things that are bad to email to me:
- Fanfic
- Even if it’s Skippy’s List themed
- Even if “I swear you’ll like this one”
- Suggestive pictures (if you are not a woman)
- Anything that violates OPSEC.
- Please do not confess to any criminal acts. There is a difference between light-hearted mischief and felony assault
- Especially don’t do 5 or 6 from government email accounts
- Please do not make me an “accessory after the fact”
- Do not make a transcript of anything you and your friends did while drinking “epic quantities of peppermint schnapps”
- To the cosplay folks with the camcorder: Bonus points for creativity, now please never do that again
Not funny legal junk:
Material submitted to appear on Skippy’s List is still your property, thus you retain the copyright. Nobody reads the legal stuff, so I bet you’re not even reading this. I will only use your submitted material on this web site unless I receive written permission from you to use it elsewhere. I like turtles. I will not claim your material as my own. Please don’t send other people’s work. Seriously, no fanfic. If you wish, I will put yoursubmission on my site with your email and a link to your website. Unless I don’t feel like it for some reason. Your material may be edited for grammatical and spelling corrections. Void where prohibited by law. I’m not paying for submissions at this time, and am not likely to start in the future. This is just a way to share some funny stories with the world on the Intertubes. La zona blanca está para el cargamento y descargar solamente.
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April 9th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Heh…turtles
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April 9th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Yay! Turtles!
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April 9th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
As pets? …or as lunch?
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April 9th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
How about stories about turtles? So long as they’re not famous turtles, that wouldn’t be fanfic, right? ;)
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April 9th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
The specific mention of cosplay merits speculation. Not much mind you – the same way that the title “Agony in Pink” merited speculation, but not actual exploration.
Some things, you’d just rather not know.
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April 10th, 2008 at 3:29 am
“Suggestive pictures (if you are a woman)”
Have you cleared this with your wife? If my husband put out on the web he wanted suggestive pictures of other women, he would find himself beaten senseless with his own laptop.
I don’t have any military stories, but I have cat stories if you want those. And for the record, I like turtles too.
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April 11th, 2008 at 7:24 am
There you go with your “zona roja/zona blanco” crap again.
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April 11th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Do stories about the horrible mindless military bureaucracy that (sometimes) is the military way count as “funny military stories?”
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April 11th, 2008 at 10:55 am
“To the cosplay folks with the camcorder: Bonus points for creativity, now please never do that again”
You had me at cosplay, please share…
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April 11th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I’m aso curious about the cosplaying?
& I’m guessing you’ve seen the Harry Potter version of your list (which subsequently is the reason I am on here right now, I’m a Potter Geek yes).
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April 15th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
hmm…
Stepping on an IUD is not ok, even if it’s only filled with baby powder
I am not a vampire, even if I do shoot better in the dark
The correct answer is not, “I’m sorry, what?”
The correct response is “Yes Drill Sergent” not, “Say that in English.”
In an infantry unit, it is unwise to anger the medics
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April 24th, 2008 at 2:48 am
What the hell does the last sentence say in english? If you won’t tell me, then “Du bist ein Berlinner”
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May 20th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Ooo…what did the cosplay folks do?*grin*
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February 1st, 2011 at 11:18 pm
I have a few ideas for list items (please forgive the blatant musical theme):
I am not to hum/sing/a capella (spelling?) Ride Of The Valkyries while taking off in an aircraft. (I am also not to play the recording on the open channel for that matter.)
alternate version:
I will stop singing Aces High by Iron Maiden during dogfights. I will also not play it on a CD over the open channel during the same.
Warrior and Indestructible by Disturbed are not rallying cries.
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