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GI Joe is 50

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:35 pm
by elwoodblues
The iconic toy turns 50 this month.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gi-joe-the- ... -turns-50/

In other news GI Joe has discovered that suddenly it is harder for him to get a job than it used to be for some strange reason.

Re: GI Joe is 50

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:34 am
by Bob Juch
elwoodblues wrote:The iconic toy turns 50 this month.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gi-joe-the- ... -turns-50/

In other news GI Joe has discovered that suddenly it is harder for him to get a job than it used to be for some strange reason.
I hope he has a colonoscopy scheduled.

Re: GI Joe is 50

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 5:44 am
by elwoodblues
And he probably has to get up in the middle of the night to go to the latrine more often.

Re: GI Joe is 50

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:12 am
by SpacemanSpiff
GI Joe was one of my favorites as a kid; I ultimately got four of the five Joes (one for each of the main services -- sorry, Coast Guard!). My normally progressive mom, though, didn't let me get the fifth one (no, I don't mean the nurse one).

Re: GI Joe is 50

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:24 am
by themanintheseersuckersuit
Bob Juch wrote:
elwoodblues wrote:The iconic toy turns 50 this month.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gi-joe-the- ... -turns-50/

In other news GI Joe has discovered that suddenly it is harder for him to get a job than it used to be for some strange reason.
I hope he has a colonoscopy scheduled.
Will he get a discount with his AARP card?

Re: GI Joe is 50

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:26 am
by Bob Juch
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:
elwoodblues wrote:The iconic toy turns 50 this month.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gi-joe-the- ... -turns-50/

In other news GI Joe has discovered that suddenly it is harder for him to get a job than it used to be for some strange reason.
I hope he has a colonoscopy scheduled.
Will he get a discount with his AARP card?
Tricare covers it.

Re: GI Joe is 50

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:40 am
by Vandal
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