# I, For One, Welcome Our New Ukrainian Overlords! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906 "2008-12-05T20:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/21 "2008-12-07T01:04:29Z")
I am a hetero-woman. I don’t care for hot Ukrainian female soldiers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/22 "2008-12-07T01:51:42Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > I am a hetero-woman. I don’t care for hot Ukrainian female soldiers. 🙂 You ought to meet my cousins. Hot Swedish male… _not_ soldiers, although Uncle Eric was a military policeman and several were or are cops. Hey, I went to Helsinki and Stockholm on the same trip, so it’s kind of blurred in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/23 "2008-12-07T10:53:13Z")
Damn, what a beautiful face! And my hat’s off to the photographer - fantastic framing and depth of field. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/24 "2008-12-07T11:03:09Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > If [this photo](http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/political-pictures-ukranian-army.jpg) is representative of their military forces, then I feel compelled to run the white flag of surrender up the flag pole. I’d like to inspect a full battalion before I make that kind of decision. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/25 "2008-12-07T11:36:06Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Is she the first Bond villainess to be given control of a large country? [“I’m ready for my chase scene, Mr. Broccoli.”](http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/11/08/prime-minister-of-ukraine-yulia-tymoshenko-hotter-than-palin-photos/yulia-tymoshenko-motorcycle/) Yeah…what [_is_ it with Ukranian women](http://bp2.blogger.com/_lXVrTUeY2SQ/SGxatd4_MwI/AAAAAAAAAO4/vt3oyXED5gU/s1600-h/MillaJovovichGun.jpg)? Though I’d have more respect for their military if they’d kept a couple of [Blackjacks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu-160#Former). ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/26 "2008-12-07T13:02:51Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Ha ha! I hope that loan Iceland’s getting includes giving them an army base 😃 > > ([Russia](http://www.bongonews.com/layout1.php?event=424), Ukraine, what’s the difference?) Norway, Iceland, what’s the difference? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/27 "2008-12-07T13:56:35Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Norway, Iceland, what’s the difference? When it comes to beautiful women, not much 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/28 "2008-12-07T17:24:49Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I’ll be in hers. Such a simple reply, yet so elegant. It’s a good thing I wasn’t drinking anything, or I’d be cleaning it off my computer screen… lol!! S^G (as I was typing this, I almost missed the “r” in drinking, which would have totally altered the tone of my post, yet still remained contextually appropriate to the thread! 🆒 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/29 "2008-12-07T20:39:16Z")
The Russians are ready. [http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/1.jpg](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/1.jpg) [![](https://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/christinaricci14_1024x768.jpg) ](https://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/christinaricci14_1024x768.jpg) The Chinese have a secret weapon: [![](https://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/1_Women_PLA.jpg) ](https://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/1_Women_PLA.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/30 "2008-12-08T06:38:10Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > The Russians are ready. > [http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/1.jpg](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/1.jpg) So hot. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/31 "2008-12-08T09:26:41Z")
Ahem. [http://www.jewcy.com/files/14836225.jpg](http://www.jewcy.com/files/14836225.jpg) [http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03GH26K2tB9wa/610x.jpg](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03GH26K2tB9wa/610x.jpg) [http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02Hf0X2e64eMF/340x.jpg](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02Hf0X2e64eMF/340x.jpg) [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2611539654\_9a8f14db92.jpg?v=0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2611539654_9a8f14db92.jpg?v=0) [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2499458910\_732cf856c9.jpg](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2499458910_732cf856c9.jpg) [http://www.2coolpictures.com/2008/05/girls-of-tsahal.html](http://www.2coolpictures.com/2008/05/girls-of-tsahal.html) [http://www.jugend.co.il/gallery/data/5132/171.jpg](http://www.jugend.co.il/gallery/data/5132/171.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/32 "2008-12-08T09:43:15Z")
Ok, how to get Russia, the Ukraine and Israel (with China on the side) to start fighting each other in Iceland - while only sending totally HAWT female soldiers. (this might be a challenge on a **Skald the Rhymer** level) ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/33 "2008-12-08T10:40:55Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > You ought to meet my cousins. Hot Swedish male… _not_ soldiers, although Uncle Eric was a military policeman and several were or are cops. > > Hey, I went to Helsinki and Stockholm on the same trip, so it’s kind of blurred in my mind. My husband is Danish, and a handsome one at that. I don’t find Scandinavians particularly handsome (I am more inclined to find mixed people handsome, though I didn’t marry one). Scandinavians are tall, I give you that. I \*like \*tall men. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/34 "2008-12-08T11:06:10Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Ahem. > > [http://www.jewcy.com/files/14836225.jpg](http://www.jewcy.com/files/14836225.jpg) > > [http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03GH26K2tB9wa/610x.jpg](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03GH26K2tB9wa/610x.jpg) > > [http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02Hf0X2e64eMF/340x.jpg](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02Hf0X2e64eMF/340x.jpg) > > [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2611539654\_9a8f14db92.jpg?v=0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2611539654_9a8f14db92.jpg?v=0) > > [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2499458910\_732cf856c9.jpg](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2499458910_732cf856c9.jpg) > > [http://www.2coolpictures.com/2008/05/girls-of-tsahal.html](http://www.2coolpictures.com/2008/05/girls-of-tsahal.html) > > [http://www.jugend.co.il/gallery/data/5132/171.jpg](http://www.jugend.co.il/gallery/data/5132/171.jpg) Whoa, thanks for posting those! I’ve seen photos of Israeli army women before, and they are certainly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/35 "2008-12-08T12:23:13Z")
I’m holding out for an invasion from [North Korea](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YVIBawHaQY). ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/36 "2008-12-08T13:09:09Z")
Ukrainian [![](https://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/Hmrswe.jpg) ](https://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/Hmrswe.jpg) And of course the USAF: [![](https://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/gunssb1b.jpg) ](https://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/gunssb1b.jpg) Favorite things, puppies, long walks on the beach and secondary explosions. Turn-offs, men who cannot commit and night vision goggle flare-outs. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/37 "2008-12-08T14:25:27Z")
> [@Paul in Saudi](#): > > Ukrainian > > [http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/Hmrswe.jpg](http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a275/PaulinSaudi/Pretty%20Girls/Hmrswe.jpg) Did I mention that the gym _where I work out_ is just down the road from the Ukrainian Consulate, and the art shop _where I get my drawings framed_ is right next to it? [sub]Note: be sure to actually finish drawing this year. But for the first time since high school I did a chinup yesterday! Four, even! Plus three hundred crunches. What can I say? There was a really good song playing. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/38 "2008-12-10T15:29:48Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Ahem. > > [http://www.jewcy.com/files/14836225.jpg](http://www.jewcy.com/files/14836225.jpg) > > [http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03GH26K2tB9wa/610x.jpg](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03GH26K2tB9wa/610x.jpg) > > [http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02Hf0X2e64eMF/340x.jpg](http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02Hf0X2e64eMF/340x.jpg) > > [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2611539654\_9a8f14db92.jpg?v=0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2611539654_9a8f14db92.jpg?v=0) > > [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2499458910\_732cf856c9.jpg](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2499458910_732cf856c9.jpg) > > [http://www.2coolpictures.com/2008/05/girls-of-tsahal.html](http://www.2coolpictures.com/2008/05/girls-of-tsahal.html) > > [http://www.jugend.co.il/gallery/data/5132/171.jpg](http://www.jugend.co.il/gallery/data/5132/171.jpg) Good lord, man - I think the IDF wins this thread. I’d welcome our new Israeli overlords, but “Hatikva” (while lovely) is far too much of a buzzkill. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/39 "2008-12-10T15:37:56Z")
And don’t forget, we can hold our liquor, too. 😉 My family comes from a small Ukrainian village in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906/40 "2008-12-10T17:14:12Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Ok, how to get Russia, the Ukraine and Israel (with China on the side) to start fighting each other in Iceland - while only sending totally HAWT female soldiers. Not fighting, you fool, mud wrestling. If they fought, someone might get hurt. “There’s a shortage of perfect women in the world; 'twould be a pity to injure them.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-ukrainian-overlords/475906.md?page=3)