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    wcw43921 reacted to Lord Liaden in In other news...   
    It would be a waste otherwise. His name is "Banana," after all.
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    wcw43921 reacted to archer in Jokes   
    John Smith was the only Protestant to move into the large Catholic neighborhood.
     
    On the first Friday of Lent, John was outside grilling a big juicy steak on his grill. Meanwhile all of his neighbors were eating cold tuna fish for supper. This went on each Friday during Lent.
     
    On the last Friday of Lent the neighborhood men got together and decided that something just HAD to be done about John, he was just tempting them to eat meat each Friday of Lent and they couldn't take it anymore. They decided to try and convert him to be Catholic. They went over and talked with him and were so happy that he decided to join all of his neighbors and become a Catholic.
     
    They took him to church and the priest sprinkled some water over him and told him "Your were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist and now you are a Catholic". The men of the neighborhood were SO relieved, now their biggest Lent temptation was resolved.
     
    The next year's Lent rolled around. The first Friday of Lent came and just at supper time when the neighborhood was setting down to their fish dinners came the wafting smell of steak cooking on a grill. The neighborhood men could not believe their noses! What was going on??? They called each other up and decided to meet over in John's yard to see if he had forgotten it was a Friday in Lent.
     
    The group arrived just in time to see John standing over his grill with a small pitcher of water. He was pouring small droplets over his steak on the grill and saying, "You were born a cow, you were raised a cow, and now you are a fish."
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    wcw43921 reacted to Tjack in Hogan’s Heroes   
    Is Horny a “Social Complication” ?  😜
    Actually Kinch did pretty well considering, he got the girl in two episodes. The one where he and Col. Hogan go to Paris where a girl he went to high school with was now a singer and had the ear of a Nazi General who wanted to speak to the ghost of Bismarck.  The other one he was the double for an African Prince and romanced the Princess.
     
       You’re right, I forgot Carter was the inventor of the rabbit trap that became the “Gonkulator” and he built explosives into ordinary objects like pens, electric shavers and table centerpieces.  ** Maybe he took to sunning himself because he was used to being darker skinned being part American Indian?  He was after all known to his family as “Little Deer who runs Swift and Sure through Forest”.
     
       This last one is the only thing I disagree with you on.  The prisoners ate quite well...Not on what the Germans fed them.  They got their groceries through the Black Market.  LeBeau was shown making them such dishes as Beef Stroganoff, Co-Co-Van and Chateau Briand.  (I can’t spell in French) It’s easy to pay those prices when you have your own cash printing press.  As a matter of fact it was shown in the pilot episode (The only one in black & white) that they overate to such an extent that they had their own steam room. As Hogan said “A fat P.O.W. would give the whole thing away.”
       Oh well, “bye-bye and buy bonds”.
     
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    wcw43921 reacted to Tjack in Hogan’s Heroes   
    I went with codes for Kinch because he had Morse code and had memorized at least the current code they would be using along with various call signs “Papa Bear” etc
      I forgot Bribery for several characters and I like you using Performer primarily for LeBeau, but to a lesser extent for Newkirk and Carter.  All three actors were cabaret/nightclub performers in real life. If you want to see Robert Clary’s talent as a clown and dancer you can check out his performance in the movie The Hindenburg.
      Along with Handyman the Heroes also worked in the motor pool sabotaging and rebuilding Klink’s staff car. So you might want to include PS; Auto Mechanic.
      For the Martial Arts there’s Commando Training in Champions or there may be a package deal for Commandos in some of the WWII sourcebooks.  I gave Kinch, MA; Boxing for the “Battling Bruno” episode where he said he fought in the Golden Gloves. (For non-Americans, it’s an national amateur competition that often leads to the Olympics or the professional levels.)
       This show was one of my favorites in syndication when I was growing up. So I love going through it like this.
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    wcw43921 reacted to archer in Hogan’s Heroes   
    Everyone has Tunneling.  
     
    Carter has either PS or KS: Accounting and KS: Business. And he has Striking Appearance solely to be more likeable.
     
    Germans can never add skill levels to OCV.
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    wcw43921 reacted to Tjack in Hogan’s Heroes   
    Ive been indulging in Sundance running six hour HH marathons a couple of times a week. So let’s see what I can do to help.
       First the group skills.
        All of the Heroes speak German fluently enough to fool native speakers, including paranoid types like Gestapo officers. They all also have acting and bluff and disguise on high enough levels to walk in and out of enemy headquarters on a regular basis.  Kinch and Newkirk have vocal mimic skills. Everybody has some demolitions and engineering for building the tunnel system. Let’s not forget they all have the basic commando skills like map reading, parachuting, weapons training and martial arts.
       Now for the individual specialities.
    Sgt. Ivan Kinchloe
    Electronics. KS; codes. KS; radio operation. Mimic. MS;  Stand-Up Bass. Mart Art; Boxing.
    Cpl. Louis LeBeau
    Lang; French, native. PS; Chef. PS; Baker. Contortionist (car trunks, dumbwaiters, any small space) CT; French Underground. Tailor. MS; Piano.
    Sgt.Andrew Carter
    Demolitions. KS; Chemistry. KS; Bombardier. Engineering. Lang; Sioux.
    Cpl. Peter Newkirk
    Slight of Hand. Lockpick. Security Systems. Disguise. PS; Safecracker. Mimic. Acting. Tailor. Gambling. Knife Throwing.
    Col. Robert Hogan
    Tactics. Pilot. Seduction. Acting. Bluff. MS; Drums.
      Most of this is off the top of my head. Skills were listed twice with the individual if the concentration should be higher.
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    wcw43921 got a reaction from Steve in Hogan’s Heroes   
    Colonel Hogan, I think, would have a massive amount of Persuasion.  Coupled with Klink's Psych Complication: Extremely Gullible, that's how Hogan was able to facilitate the vast majority of his schemes.
     
    I think all the Heroes had the Charm Skill to an extent, coupled with the Complication: Skirt Chaser.  For LeBeau it was a matter of national honor to "chase skirts"--Frenchmen being the kings of love and romance.  Of course, Colonel Hogan was the most successful at it, he was, after all, the star of the show.
     
    As I remember, Carter was the demolitions expert, Kinchloe was communications, Newkirk was the safecracker and card shark, LeBeau was the chef (useful when bribing Germans with food, especially Schultz) and Hogan was the mastermind, whose brilliant schemes always worked.  (They might have gotten complicated, but as the English say, it all got sorted in the end.)
     
    Hope this helps.
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    wcw43921 reacted to Pariah in Jokes   
    Last night my wife asked me if I had seen the dog bowl.
     
    I said, "I had no idea he could do that."
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    I met a microbiologist.
     
    He was much taller than I expected.
     
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    wcw43921 reacted to Bazza in In other news...   
    Ultimate Spider-Man Collection to Be Sold Under Heart-Wrenching Circumstances
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ultimate-spider-man-collection-to-be-sold-under-heart-wrenching-circumstances
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    wcw43921 reacted to BNakagawa in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    https://moneywise.com/a/boots-theory-of-socioeconomic-unfairness
     
    Also, people will buy a product just to help a cause they believe in. It happens all the time.
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    wcw43921 got a reaction from Old Man in Funny Pics II: The Revenge   
    Don't make umber angry.

    You wouldn't like it when it's angry.
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    wcw43921 got a reaction from drunkonduty in Top Five Fictional Characters to Punch In the Face   
    Tjack, I like that first line in your rant--I may steal it and modify it for my own purposes.
     
    That said--I actually think Stark publicly revealing himself to the world as Iron Man helped his company's stock rather than hurt it.  Remember after he got back from Afghanistan how he announced Stark International would no longer build weapons--that would have depressed the share value, sending it perhaps not into a death spiral, but a steady decline.  Announcing himself as the first publicly active superhero since Captain America would have, I think, sent the share value through the proverbial roof--and that was before the licensing and merchandising deals.  We saw it in Iron Man 2--he wasn't just a superhero, he was a rock star superhero.  ("That's someone like Elvis Presley, or The Beatles, or Jimi Hendrix--" "I know what a rock star is."  "Of course.  Sorry, Steve.")  And I would imagine saving New York City along with the Avengers sent the stock valuation rising even higher--which would probably make it harder for him to buy back his stock if he ever decided to take the company back private.  As for endangering his friends and employees--that's a problem for any superhero, whether their identity is known or not.  Friends, family, bystanders, sidekicks--they're all targets when the arch-enemy comes to call.
     
    Yes, Tony Stark has his flaws.  (Although I will point out that his PTSD was aggravated by Wanda's mental influence.) But if I remember right--that was the point.  When Stan Lee created the Marvel Universe as we know it today--in partnership with Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Bill Everett and a host of others--he wanted to create characters he could relate to, who had flaws, idiosyncrasies, responsibilities beyond fighting the forces of evil.  I've heard it said that "Superman is who we want to be--Spider-Man is who we are."  I disagree with that.  To my mind, Superman is who we want to be--Clark Kent is who we are.  Spider-Man is who we want to be--Peter Parker is who we are.  Only more so.  
     
    The thing that Stan did that was so groundbreaking was that the hero could escape his problems by changing into his superhero identity and bring down the bad guy--but when he went back to his regular life, the problems were still there, and he still had to deal with them.  Most superheroes before then weren't quite so flawed--Superman may have had Kryptonite, and Clark may not have been able to get a date with Lois, but at the end of the day, he was still Superman.  Batman shortly after he partnered up with Robin dropped most of the brooding pulp-magazine qualities he had at the beginning--crimefighting was still a challenge, but most of all, it was fun.  Stan changed all that.
     
    Yes, Tony Stark has flaws, and we curse him for it--especially if they are the same flaws we share.  But we also cheer when he overcomes them and saves the day--because we figure if he can do it, we can do it, too.
     
    I don't know as that addresses all your concerns.  Those are just some thoughts on the subject--take them as you will.
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    wcw43921 reacted to unclevlad in Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)   
    Canada has designated the Proud Boys as a terrorist organization.
     
    Elsewhere, Fox had a bad month:
    https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/january-2021-ratings-fox-news-closes-month-strong-in-prime-time-but-falls-to-3rd-for-first-time-since-2001/469813/
     
    So perhaps there's hope that some fraction is rejecting the narrative.  Many aren't;  we know that.  But perhaps it's a start.
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    wcw43921 reacted to IndianaJoe3 in Electrical Experimenter/Science & Innovation   
    https://worldradiohistory.com/Electrical_Experimenter.htm
     
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    Victor Glover Will Be First Black Astronaut To Live On The International Space Station
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    wcw43921 got a reaction from Tjack in Veteran of the Fannish Wars   
    I would enjoy hearing another tale or two.  Perhaps you could collect all the tales and put them in a book.  There's bound to be an audience for it, I think.
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