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An Excellent Comeback
This is a discussion on An Excellent Comeback within the Off-Topic forums, part of the General category; Disclaimer: I don't know if this is true. But it should be. From a Mother..... I Love This Comeback One ...
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10-13-2005, 08:01 AM #1Retired Zoomie
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An Excellent Comeback
Disclaimer: I don't know if this is true. But it should be.
From a Mother.....
I Love This Comeback
One of my sons serves in the military. He is still stateside, here in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them also.
But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha.
He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the U.S. flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock.
The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly," Yes, I always wear it and probably always will."
The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing her country men, explaining that she was Iraqi.
A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman:
Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen.
It is my belief if you had been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today.
But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are ob viously here in MY country to avoid."
Everyone within hearing distance cheered!
YOU AGREE..... Pass this on to all your proud American friends
if not nothing bad will happen and it doesnt make you a bad americanFrosty
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10-13-2005, 08:13 AM #2Registered User
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that one's been around for a while. I think Lynne has a link to the urban legend site that debunks that one. Still a nice story though.
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10-13-2005, 08:24 AM #3NES Member
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No, it's undetermined, therefore, not verified, though not fully debunked. I think it's BS.
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10-13-2005, 08:41 AM #4Moderator
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BS or not, it's a good story!
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10-13-2005, 09:05 AM #5Moderator
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It's still a good one. I would also have Noooo problem telling someone that too. [twisted]
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10-13-2005, 02:11 PM #6Moderator
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Yeah - it's been around for a while, but, as snopes says, they can't pin it down. It is a good one tho, and I can see it happening.
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