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Today, I saw on MLIA that someone got a list for sending care packages to troops in Iraq that included silly string. I'm a stationed in Iraq so I thought I'd explain. When we first got to Iraq in 2003 Spiderman 1 had just come out there and all the kids were excited about it, but they couldnt go out and see it because of the war breaking out. So we had this Army guy who had a great idea. Since he kind of looked like Toby McGuire he hid silly string bottles under his wrists and when Iraqi children came by he flicked his wrist like spiderman and string came out. He managed to convince many Iraqi children that all of the troops can do and now all of us travel around doing the same thing, brightening their lives a little. So guys, please send lots of silly string to Iraq, we need more. Its fun for us, and even funner for the kids. MLIA

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[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 37Bad: 221 year, 11 months ago

HOLY CHOCOLATE PIE! I could've written that in one SENTENCE!

[ - ] CaptainAndyGood: 40Bad: 121 year, 11 months ago

Today, for moral purposes, we soldiers request silly string. MLIA

[ - ] skittles93Good: 7Bad: 121 year, 11 months ago

yeah i agree~!!

[ - ] RedhandedGood: 19Bad: 431 year, 11 months ago

Today, the post was long. MLIA

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 28Bad: 411 year, 11 months ago

Today, I think the post was copied and pasted from some chain email. MLIA

[ - ] VoxPopuliGood: 67Bad: 131 year, 11 months ago

This made me smile : )

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 16Bad: 1191 year, 11 months ago

Loser.

[ - ] rebgal75Good: 36Bad: 91 year, 11 months ago

were ALL lucky hes/shes fighting for our freedom dont they deserve a little joy??? and i bet the children love it too!

[ - ] NomNomKiraEatedYourFaceGood: 33Bad: 951 year, 11 months ago

It made you smile that OP is taking advantage of Iraqi children so Americans will send him/her more silly string to play with?

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 11Bad: 571 year, 11 months ago

*whispering* (I think they're new here.)

[ - ] NomNomKiraEatedYourFaceGood: 28Bad: 641 year, 11 months ago

Must be. They badded me. xD

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 15Bad: 541 year, 11 months ago

I gooded you...

[ - ] NomNomKiraEatedYourFaceGood: 13Bad: 471 year, 11 months ago

Why thank you. xD

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 12Bad: 381 year, 11 months ago

Welcome! :D New people always bad the true posts. And the funny ones.

[ - ] NomNomKiraEatedYourFaceGood: 19Bad: 481 year, 11 months ago

I was threatened by a n00b yesterday O.o

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 9Bad: 421 year, 11 months ago

...Gross. O.o

[ - ] CaptainAndyGood: 47Bad: 131 year, 11 months ago

There's a pretty clear difference between a new person and a n00b. I always view a n00b as someone who's not willing to be polite and conform to our unspoken rules. Everyone here is obviously entitled to their opinion, but the n00bs are the ones who are obnoxious about it.

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 14Bad: 351 year, 11 months ago

'Dem n00bs be crazish!

[ - ] youngredbird00Good: 3Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

beautiful.

[ - ] JohnIsAverageGood: 1Bad: 01 year, 10 months ago

I hope this is real because if it is thats fucking super(:

[ - ] CaptainAndyGood: 12Bad: 281 year, 11 months ago

I do not wish to read that. Anyone feel like summarizing?

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 13Bad: 1041 year, 11 months ago

The OP's a soldier in Iraq who rapes children while tying them down with string.

[ - ] rebgal75Good: 28Bad: 171 year, 11 months ago

OMG jeeze the people are there fighting for our freedom and calling them rapests!!!!!! whats ur issue? honestly, dont the deserve SOME joy while they are VERY far away from home and in harms way!

[ - ] TuMadreEsUnPolloGood: 17Bad: 31 year, 11 months ago

they pretend they're spiderman for Iraqi kids, using silly string. send them more.

[ - ] RedhandedGood: 19Bad: 131 year, 11 months ago

Funner? Holy smokes

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 10Bad: 281 year, 11 months ago

*facepalm* I pity the OP.

[ - ] MorsecodeGood: 23Bad: 151 year, 11 months ago

funner is actually a word... it's in the dictionary,

[ - ] sainareGood: 6Bad: 161 year, 11 months ago

Is "funner" a word? I'm pretty sure it isnt. Also, tl;dr whole post.

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 4Bad: 161 year, 11 months ago

isn't* tl;dr?!

[ - ] sainareGood: 2Bad: 151 year, 11 months ago

too long; didn't read

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 0Bad: 201 year, 11 months ago

Too* read.*

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 0Bad: 271 year, 11 months ago

You suck chiz at grammar.

[ - ] sainareGood: 3Bad: 61 year, 11 months ago

At least it is on an acceptable state. You wouldn't want me to speak in 1337 speak now,would you? =P

[ - ] CaptainAndyGood: 8Bad: 141 year, 11 months ago

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[ - ] sainareGood: 3Bad: 171 year, 11 months ago

Holy fucking shit Andy.

[ - ] CaptainAndyGood: 3Bad: 121 year, 11 months ago

Don't mess with the Hex.

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 3Bad: 121 year, 11 months ago

O_o *brainfizz*

[ - ] starspangledburgerGood: 1Bad: 31 year, 11 months ago

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[ - ] CaptainAndyGood: 3Bad: 71 year, 11 months ago

more fun*

[ - ] NomNomKiraEatedYourFaceGood: 6Bad: 251 year, 11 months ago

How do you turn something that boring into a paragraph and expect people to read it?

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 2Bad: 141 year, 11 months ago

I really don't know.

[ - ] rebgal75Good: 11Bad: 41 year, 11 months ago

if you dont have anything nice to say about a story why bother commenting on it a bunch of times?

[ - ] shanster89Good: 41Bad: 61 year, 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure there are more things soldiers in Iraq need more then silly string. My S.O is in the military, he never talks about needing silly string. He talks about needing more toiletry items, things people take for granted.

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 10Bad: 101 year, 11 months ago

I think I love you.

[ - ] shanster89Good: 22Bad: 31 year, 11 months ago

Thank you :), but seriously if anybody who reads this plans on sending care packages to the soldiers. Please send items like deodarant, toothbrushes, non-perishable food *stuff that can last for a while w/o getting eaten*, etc etc. I send my boyfriend a few more personable items when I send him stuff but that's because I know him ;)

[ - ] CaptainAndyGood: 10Bad: 291 year, 11 months ago

Well, you see, the OP lives in fantasy land. I have to pose the question: How do Iraqi children know what spider man is?

[ - ] NomNomKiraEatedYourFaceGood: 10Bad: 211 year, 11 months ago

That's what makes me disrepect this post. It's not realistic.

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 2Bad: 151 year, 11 months ago

Meh.

[ - ] sainareGood: 22Bad: 41 year, 11 months ago

Why comment if you have nothing to say? -_-;;

[ - ] JareddmiGood: 31Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

I was always told that they needed it to see trip wires and I still have no reason to believe otherwise.

[ - ] desertroseGood: 26Bad: 01 year, 11 months ago

Why would Iraqi children not know what spider man is? They do have TV you know. They have a lot of the same things we do.

[ - ] MaytjuuhGood: 16Bad: 01 year, 11 months ago

I met children who lived on a dump site in the Phillipines. They knew spiderman because he was on the t-shirts they collected from the dump. That ain't fantasy land, my friend.

[ - ] WickedChickGood: 19Bad: 51 year, 11 months ago

Two things as a sister of a soldier recently back from Iraq: 1. The citizens of Iraq are not living in the time before Christ, they are aware of pop culture - they have iPhones, Blackberrys, internet, and yes - movies. 2. The silly string is in fact used for both protection in order to see trip wires and to put a smile on a child's face. Shame on all of yall for being little shits - get your head out of your ass.

[ - ] lingd7Good: 4Bad: 01 year, 11 months ago

Amen!

[ - ] kerraGood: 5Bad: 01 year, 11 months ago

why wouldn't they no what spiderman is?

[ - ] MobileGood: 24Bad: 51 year, 11 months ago

What I like about this post is they're a soldier. Everything else? Meh.

[ - ] charmed218Good: 4Bad: 161 year, 11 months ago

since they made up this story, he or she probably isn't even a soilder.

[ - ] GirlInTheBlackBeretGood: 17Bad: 51 year, 11 months ago

Who are you to say if a story is made up or not? You don't know what little, silly things we soldiers do to make life a little less depressing.

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 8Bad: 231 year, 11 months ago

WHY YOU STUPID N00BS! STOP TE- *realizes I'm writing this on the wrong post* Oh, uhm...oops.

[ - ] asdfghjklgirlGood: 0Bad: 21 year, 11 months ago

Little out of it today?

[ - ] rebgal75Good: 0Bad: 21 year, 11 months ago

k no offence but that was funny but y were u even going to write that

[ - ] asdfghjklgirlGood: 11Bad: 151 year, 11 months ago

Today, I wrote a novel and posted it on MLIA. MLIA

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 5Bad: 221 year, 11 months ago

We are very n00b-infested. Time to go fishing! *grabs fishing pole with dumb MLIA's on the hook to go catch n00bs*

[ - ] asdfghjklgirlGood: 7Bad: 61 year, 11 months ago

Well, now you have something other than thermos poison for lunch.

[ - ] TerrasochiGood: 2Bad: 111 year, 11 months ago

...Well, MLIA-poisoned n00bs isn't that much better... Meh.

[ - ] asdfghjklgirlGood: 1Bad: 71 year, 11 months ago

True...

[ - ] AlexisAculaGood: 4Bad: 91 year, 11 months ago

Aaaand I'm back. Aaaand I don't want to read this.

[ - ] sainareGood: 4Bad: 121 year, 11 months ago

You're not missing out on anything. Don't worry. Just the same old OP faggotry.

[ - ] AlexisAculaGood: 3Bad: 81 year, 11 months ago

Yeah, figures. Bah.

[ - ] tamboogerGood: 4Bad: 81 year, 11 months ago

LIES

[ - ] spartacus26Good: 45Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

The silly string was actually to help find trip wires so our soldiers don't get blown to pieces. Many houses were booby trapped. I don't know if this is still a big problem, but this post is.

[ - ] carotteGood: 28Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

It's actualy used to detect boobie traps, but cannot be shipped by air since it's in an aerosol can (considered a hazard), so I doubt they get much of them from care packages..

[ - ] ShiarraelGood: 5Bad: 131 year, 11 months ago

Funner isn't a word. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/funner Also, fake post.

[ - ] caitlinmcGood: 6Bad: 101 year, 11 months ago

You know how most things that are posted on MLIA usually get followed up by fellow reader and he did as for silly string :) hehe im going to see if i can send some ... how would i go about doing this?

[ - ] KrisGoesRawrGood: 8Bad: 81 year, 11 months ago

A soldier wouldn't say "So we had this army guy..." Get out.

[ - ] DionsoisoisoiGood: 2Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

Exactly, he would have known his rank, so this is obviously fake.

[ - ] ChrisLaFeyGood: 2Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

Maybe OP is part of the Air force? Or the Navy?

[ - ] navybabe09Good: 7Bad: 71 year, 11 months ago

I was going to explain appropriately but I see that 3 other people have already done so. The odds of the OP being an actual soldier is very slim (and, I would say, nonexistent), but thanks for the pathetic attempt at making our soldiers out to be childish and self-absorbed.

[ - ] rebgal75Good: 5Bad: 51 year, 11 months ago

there not self ubsorbed they just want some joy while they are in Iraq fighting for our freedom

[ - ] gingstaloveGood: 5Bad: 41 year, 11 months ago

made up.

[ - ] SuperChick77Good: 37Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

This MLIA is sadly mistaken. Silly string is used informally by soldiers as they conduct house to house searches. Tripwire cannot easily be seen by the human eye, especially when in heavy combat gear. Silly string is light enough not to set of a tripwire but visible enough to indicate their presence. I'm a military veteran, and odd as it seems, silly string is a legitimate request. It even made the news. Yes, it can be shipped. Try the American Red Cross.

[ - ] fosterGood: 4Bad: 61 year, 11 months ago

Busted!

[ - ] HopeInTheAirGood: 2Bad: 161 year, 11 months ago

Now I understand why you are in the military. "Funner" does not happen to be a word. I think you're looking for the words "more fun." Come on, I'm a twelve year old girl. Learn for the sake of MLIA ninjas.

[ - ] fatxkatGood: 6Bad: 21 year, 11 months ago

Funner is a word. I'm proud that you're 12. That is most good. MOST GOOD.

[ - ] HopeInTheAirGood: 0Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

I'm so very sorry that you still believe that. Just to make sure (because I'm open to being wrong..) I checked the dictionary. "Funner" is no such word. You must be under the impression that just because people say it makes it true- just like how you "can't get pregnant while on your period" and "Santa Clause is real." Most good? It's grammatically correct, but sounds pretty weird. May I suggest "awesome" or "great?"

[ - ] WerefilmsGood: 0Bad: 71 year, 11 months ago

Yes I will do after I work at the fair this year MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

[ - ] sadianneGood: 9Bad: 01 year, 11 months ago

Thank you, and God bless.

[ - ] charmed218Good: 12Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

from what i have heard this is not true... our school had a drive to collect silly string and it is used for other reasons. It is used to detect trip wires, not to play with children.... http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1561143,00.html

[ - ] BrandiMartinaGood: 9Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

I was told that silly string is used to detect trip wire, not play with children. I question OP's credibility.

[ - ] aceyluvsyaGood: 9Bad: 21 year, 11 months ago

ACTUALLY they spray silly string on the ground so they can see trip wires

[ - ] rebgal75Good: 3Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

thats sooo cool Thank you, God bless you Sara~

[ - ] whalemaidGood: 10Bad: 21 year, 11 months ago

it is used to detect trip wires, but the can still have fun with it.

[ - ] SirObviousGood: 3Bad: 31 year, 11 months ago

This is bullshit. They use sillysting to check for stringed explosives when entering buildings.

[ - ] narutoxdragonGood: 5Bad: 41 year, 11 months ago

That's a cute story. Very thoughtful.

[ - ] tacobabeGood: 8Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

Soldiers needed silly string to find trip wires, not for any morale purposes.

[ - ] thisislove96Good: 1Bad: 31 year, 11 months ago

where do i send the care package to?????!

[ - ] o3oGood: 5Bad: 11 year, 11 months ago

For some reason I find this hard to believe. And does remind me of a chain letter somehow as said before, but anywho [:

[ - ] dober24Good: 4Bad: 21 year, 11 months ago

you shouldn't say funner the correct term is more fun..."and more fun for the kids."

[ - ] candycaneGood: 2Bad: 51 year, 11 months ago

that's really sweet :)

[ - ] KatrinalandGood: 2Bad: 41 year, 11 months ago

:) Made my day

[ - ] XacebansGood: 0Bad: 41 year, 11 months ago

100th commenter! Interesting.

[ - ] dand223Good: 1Bad: 21 year, 11 months ago

too long!

[ - ] GrammaGood: 1Bad: 21 year, 11 months ago

that is soooo sweet. thank you for serving over there.

[ - ] sexiitigger32Good: 2Bad: 11 year, 10 months ago

My fiance is shipping off soon, ill be sure to send him with lots of silly string :D

[ - ] iheartstevenGood: 1Bad: 01 year, 10 months ago

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW i am not gonna lie that is very cute!!!!!

[ - ] TelevudGood: 0Bad: 01 year, 7 months ago

funner is not a word

[ - ] Natosha34Good: 0Bad: 01 year, 1 month ago

More fun not funner... Just saying....

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