Fun things NOT to do at an MP checkpoint

sneaky ninja · Post by **sneaky ninja** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:11 am

Over my heard? None of them.

Over my head? The one with the plastic bag and the one about the entrance gate.

Nitz Walsh · Post by **Nitz Walsh** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:55 am

Sneaky Ninja, it's a small base, just a Naval Communications base... it's used alot in decoding enemy signals, or at least it was during the gulf war.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:50 am

[quote="sneaky ninja";p="439196"]Over my heard? None of them.[/quote]
Har har, miss typo ninja

Over my head? The one with the plastic bag and the one about the entrance gate.

You said "most of those", not two of those, but...

[quote="NotQuiteDead";p="438931"]-Blowing up a plastic bag and popping it while they're doing the 'mirror check' under the truck. (I honestly did it by accident--I went to pick up a Ziploc that had fallen out of the truck and stepped on it)[/quote]
When you come up to the base, they run a mirror on the end of a baton under the truck so that they can easily see the vehicle's undercarriage. This allows them to quickly scan for out-of-place things. Namely bombs. Like so:

So if you pop a bag, basically the sound of a small explosion when they're already tense and looking for car bombs, it may startle them in a somewhat unpleasant manner. They may not appreciate it

-Driving in reverse into the entrance gate of a camp, and saying, "Oh no, we're leaving."

That one's just funny. Not sure how I can paint the picture any clearer for you. Driving up to an entrance gate backwards and suggesting that you're actually leaving by going through the gate is just funny to me

Skorpion · Post by **Skorpion** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 1:39 pm

When you come up to the base, they run a mirror on the end of a baton under the truck so that they can easily see the vehicle's undercarriage. This allows them to quickly scan for out-of-place things. Namely bombs. Like so:

I found a small town in America where they have someone do that to anything parked as a matter of course.
Mind you, it is next to the place where they keep the stealth bombers. (which aren't all that stealthy, you can't miss something flat, black, and slow that makes a noise like a supressed jet)

Phong · Post by **Phong** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:59 am

You can in fact, when its flying at an extremely high altitude at night, where its color is perfect, and you can't see it on radar. Why do you attack everything american, even if its a proven piece of military equipment with some half-assed comment like that, Skorpion?

T8y8 · Post by **T8y8** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:15 am

The British are just jealous that their jets CAN be seen on RADAR.

Nitz Walsh · Post by **Nitz Walsh** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:17 am

Canada is buying Stealth planes from the USA, it's part of our budget over the next decade or so.

Phong · Post by **Phong** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:19 am

Lets not take it there either. The British have been our staunchest allies for a very long time, and I won't tolerate any bashing of them either. What I'd like to know is why Skorpion doesn't seem to be able to resist a single opportunity to bash us?

Accer · Post by **Accer** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:49 am

[quote="Deacon";p="438989"][quote="NotQuiteDead";p="438931"]-Driving in reverse into the entrance gate of a camp, and saying, "Oh no, we're leaving."[/quote]
But that one takes the cake. Awesome.[/quote]

Yeah, that one induced a giggle fit.

Captain Kilt! · Post by **Captain Kilt!** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:13 am

[quote="NotQuiteDead";p="438931"]..."No, you do not need to see my identification. These are not the droids you're looking for." (The guard laughed). ...[/quote] I couldn't stop smiling at that one. I'm using it next time I meet up with The Man.

Spongiform · Post by **Spongiform** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:51 am

[quote="Phong";p="439421"]Lets not take it there either. The British have been our staunchest allies for a very long time, and I won't tolerate any bashing of them either. What I'd like to know is why Skorpion doesn't seem to be able to resist a single opportunity to bash us?[/quote]

I think he's just bashing everyone indiscriminately.

PopeDuke · Post by **PopeDuke** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:58 am

Any Prior-Service LFG in Sheppard AFB? Please...just something to do.... ;_;

Oh, on topic: when asked "Do you have any weapons or explosives in your vehicle?", do not reply "Yeah, we've got a bomb in the back, har har har!". Got to see one moron SrA get an S.P. beatdown, then sent to the "brig", or whatever the hell it was called.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:17 am

Sorry, I'm down here in San Antonio, PopeDuke. You'd think, with the number of AF bases we have here, that you'd end up here simply by blind luck

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