# Just say Gurkha **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 6, 2001, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781 "2001-10-06T14:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/41 "2014-03-27T18:43:41Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > You know how fish get bigger each time the story is told? Yes, a Korean vet I worked with just mentioned a hand on his dogtags saying, “OK, GI”. No mound of throat cut North Koreans. :dubious: Personally, I think it was one of the whores he talked about lifting his wallet. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/42 "2014-03-27T18:47:52Z")
If you’re interested in some actual stories about Chosin, watch the [documentary](http://www.frozenchosin.com/). It’s on Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/43 "2014-03-27T21:28:15Z")
Zombies would make awesome shock troops. On a related note, my impression is that the Afghans would make very good Gurkhas. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/44 "2014-03-27T22:14:13Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Zombies would make awesome shock troops. > > On a related note, my impression is that the Afghans would make very good Gurkhas. Zombies would not discriminate between the bad guys and the good guys. Afghans would be open to pay rate discussion from the other side. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/45 "2014-03-27T23:46:53Z")
“Sign here and you become a citizen of the … Sign here and you become a private in the army, three square meals a day guaranteed.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/46 "2014-03-27T23:58:57Z")
**Just Say Gurkha.** Gurkha. eta: damn! ninja’d! ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/47 "2014-03-28T00:20:09Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > DR: There is a huge difference between a visitor’s visa and an immigration visa. That you can not, or will not, notice the difference is quite telling. Or they could introduce a mercenaries’ visa. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/48 "2014-03-28T01:54:14Z")
So this thread isn’t [about pickles](http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/gherkin)? ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/49 "2014-03-28T16:13:45Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Afghans would be open to pay rate discussion from the other side. Thats true of all mercenaries, right? ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/50 "2014-03-28T18:05:53Z")
My favorite Gurkha story, which I assume is entirely apocryphal, is from WWII. Supposedly, the word is put out that volunteers are needed for an air drop behind enemy lines. The Gurkhas, being utterly fearless, immediately volunteer. They are then told their parachute training would begin the next day, to which they reply, “We get parachutes?” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/51 "2014-03-28T19:24:26Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Thats true of all mercenaries, right? Perhaps not the Swiss, and the Finns. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781/52 "2014-03-28T19:29:06Z")
Welcome to the board, **Erik B**. Since this thread is 12 1/2 years old - the OP refers to “the coming Afghan war” - I am going to close it. If you want to discuss Gurkhas or their history or the ideas the OP suggested, please go ahead and open a new thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-say-gurkha/85781.md?page=2)