# Militants threaten doll with death **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 2, 2005, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949 "2005-02-02T05:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/21 "2005-02-02T18:44:27Z")
> [@Lucretia](#): > > [Tech Central Station](http://techcentralstation.com/020205F.html) That was excellent. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/22 "2005-02-02T18:51:05Z")
I dunno, the connection between Hasbro and Hammas seems to be tenuous. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/23 "2005-02-02T18:53:18Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > As long as she wears her hot pink burqa, I think she’ll be fine. 😉 Well, as long as she doesn’t try to drive to drive her hot pink corvette. The Douglas Kern essay was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/24 "2005-02-02T18:56:53Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Well i suppose it’s easier than trying to capture a REAL soldier. That was hilarious either way. > > And yeah **Zebra** I too was wondering how you ‘capture’ someone, and leave his LBV on. It reminds me of that GI Joe animated series. I remember once some of the characters were captured and couldn’t think of how to escape. Gee that hand gernades strapped to your chest might help. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/25 "2005-02-02T18:58:47Z")
> [@wring](#): > > I dunno, the connection between Hasbro and Hammas seems to be tenuous. The connection between my gut and hummus, however, is strong. Mmmm… hummus. 😃 (BTW, the usual transliteration is Hamas.) ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/26 "2005-02-02T19:07:00Z")
Some [Photoshop fun during my lunch break](http://img143.exs.cx/img143/7941/escapedpuppy3ml.jpg) (safe for work). Looking at it, it turned out to be a tribute to the National Lampoon. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/27 "2005-02-02T19:18:27Z")
**Elmwood** , I’m having trouble with that link. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/28 "2005-02-02T19:55:56Z")
No problems with the link for me, but I uploaded the image to another site. [Try this link](http://www.imageupload.org//images/hgwq3J.jpg), and see if it works. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/29 "2005-02-02T20:02:03Z")
Both links work just fine for me. Oh, and btw **Lucretia** , Douglas Kern’s “story” was freaking hilarious! Thanks for the link. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/30 "2005-02-02T21:35:05Z")
I’m not sure what’s so funny about this. I mean, this exact tactic worked wonders on my little sister when I was 12. Damn terrorists. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/31 "2005-02-03T04:01:14Z")
The _Saudi Gazzette_ fell for it. I love the local papers! More seriously, consider this hoax, and the apparent hoax video of the Bad Guys shooting down the British C-130. Who is doing this? The Bad Guys? The Good Guys? School kids? Why? To claim credit? To discredit the Bad Guys? For an ‘A’ in film class? Interesting. And funny. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/32 "2005-02-03T12:15:54Z")
[They’re sending in the special forces. http://www.greatestjournal.com/users/ginmar/17239.html?mode=reply](http://www.greatestjournal.com/users/ginmar/17239.html?mode=reply) God, this is going to get ugly. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/33 "2005-02-03T19:26:07Z")
> [@RTA](#): > > After all the shameful conduct by the puppets in _Team America: World Police_, acts of retalitation such as these became sadly inevitable. Actually, when I saw that, I was thinking that Team America would be the perfrect rescue unit. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/34 "2005-02-04T14:36:45Z")
[oh no!](http://holocaust-info.dk/weblog/images/bamsegidsel.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/35 "2005-02-04T20:24:23Z")
I CANNOT WAIT until the Daily Show gets their hands on this one. They will be MERCILESS!!! And deservedly so. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949/36 "2005-02-04T21:43:59Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I CANNOT WAIT until the Daily Show gets their hands on this one. They will be MERCILESS!!! > > And deservedly so. They already did, on Wednesday night. Go to [comedycentral.com](http://comedycentral.com) and check out the clip labeled “G.I. D’oh.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/militants-threaten-doll-with-death/287949.md?page=1)