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Re: Pirates get another yacht, this one with kids...

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:07 pm
by avioli
[quote author=lebigmac link=topic=7923.msg42247#msg42247 date=1298997669]
Go watch "Black Hawk Down"
They call em 'skinnys' in that movie as well..


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U know what, i watched some of it when it was released,
i just dont have the stomach to see our guys get beat like that.

Re: Pirates get another yacht, this one with kids...

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:14 pm
by lebigmac
oh yeah.. tough to watch.
the whole darn city was out for their blood..

but good movie for sure.

Re: Pirates get another yacht, this one with kids...

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:16 pm
by khomeinist
[quote author=XTR link=topic=7923.msg42210#msg42210 date=1298986905]
Sorry, I spend a lot of time with military personnel, picked it up there.  Skinnys seems to be a catch all term to describe the locals in east Africa.  It shouldn't be that hard to figure out where it came from.  As far as I know the term has been pretty common since the deployment to Somalia in the 90s.
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Fair enough Wade.  I understand frustration with Somalia.  That so-called country is a pain in the world's ass.

I have spent a lot of time in East Africa though.  Large women are quite popular.  Being fat is often a sign of prosperity.  I dated a rather 'thick' Ethiopian woman for awhile.  Haha. 

Anyway.  Good and bad people in every corner of the world.......