WTF!?? BBC website...any ideas what this is?
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Wed Aug-03-05 08:22 AM
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| WTF!?? BBC website...any ideas what this is? |
| Tesla
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Wed Aug-03-05 08:23 AM
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Looks like it has bee taken over!
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Wed Aug-03-05 08:24 AM
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Edited on Wed Aug-03-05 08:25 AM by ProdigalJunkMail
the story? the pic? something hidden in the story? new page layout? what???
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| jojo54
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Wed Aug-03-05 08:40 AM
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| 3. The pic is what QuettaKid is referring to, I think. |
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I gotta admit, it made me do a double take. The pic reminded me of one of the old sci-fi movies that came from London.
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Wed Aug-03-05 08:44 AM
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...looks like your standard balaclava n' shades Darth Vader outfit...
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Wed Aug-03-05 08:46 AM
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| 5. I think it's a gas mask? |
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Wed Aug-03-05 08:48 AM
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| 6. I think it is an out of focus picture, with poor lighting |
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It looks like the subject in the foreground has on goggles, and possibly a mouth covering of some sort. A little weird, but that's what happens with bad photography.
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Wed Aug-03-05 08:57 AM
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| 7. Are you refering to the face mask? |
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Edited on Wed Aug-03-05 08:58 AM by djohnson
I think it's just additional camoflague to keep from being shot and killed. He may also be trying to get heat stroke so he can get some time off.
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Wed Aug-03-05 09:07 AM
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my brother over there told me that some risk the heat to keep the sand off their face to prevent boils. he said the sand mixes with sweat and forms a cement-like paste, and some soldiers would rather the heat than the sand.
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Wed Aug-03-05 09:52 AM
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| 9. weird...actually I was referring to |
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the text of the story on the marines was all gibberish while the rest of the page was in english. I look at it now and it is back to normal...
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