# Some days you're just proud to be American **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 29, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222 "2012-10-29T16:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/1 "2012-10-29T16:31:31Z")
Scroll about a third of the way down [this page](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9639915/Hurricane-Sandy-live.html) to the guy with the flag and shotgun. This guy is now officially my new hero. _That_, people, is how you react to a natural disaster. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/2 "2012-10-29T16:37:19Z")
Sniff. Makes me so… proud. Sniff. ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/3 "2012-10-29T16:37:39Z")
and I bet he takes a knife to a gun fight too… ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/4 "2012-10-29T16:55:52Z")
That’s a great pic! Does anybody else get a [Bruce Campbel](http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr340/mjhall79/Bruce-Campbell---Army-of-Darkness--.jpg)l vibe there? And not to throw a too serious note into a ‘fun thread’, but if you \*really \*want to be a proud American, the [second pic](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02382/unknown_soldier_2382318c.jpg) ought to do it. I wonder how bad the weather will need to be before those guys will take shelter indoors? ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/5 "2012-10-29T17:13:20Z")
There is a guard booth out of the picture (to the left of the Tomb) where they can take (limited) shelter. The Tomb will not be abandoned. It has been guarded around the clock since April of 1948. It has been guarded through multiple hurricanes, blizzards etc. It will be guarded through this one, and the ones that follow. Regards, -Bouncer- ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/6 "2012-10-29T17:25:39Z")
Nothing improves one’s aim with a weapon quite like clutching a large sail in a stiff breeze. _Pull!_ ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/7 "2012-10-29T17:28:58Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Nothing improves one’s aim with a weapon quite like clutching a large sail in a stiff breeze. > > _Pull!_ He’s aiming at a hurricane. I’m sure he’ll at least manage to wing it. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/8 "2012-10-29T17:32:15Z")
I think this guy misunderstood when his daddy told him to wait until he sees the white of his eye. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/9 "2012-10-29T17:35:09Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > He’s aiming at a hurricane. I’m sure he’ll at least manage to wing it. It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/10 "2012-10-29T17:40:10Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Scroll about a third of the way down [this page](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9639915/Hurricane-Sandy-live.html) to the guy with the flag and shotgun. This guy is now officially my new hero. _That_, people, is how you react to a natural disaster. Someone should tell him about King Canute. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/11 "2012-10-29T18:04:49Z")
That photo would make a good Rorschach test. I suspect we’re not seeing the same thing at all when we look at it. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/12 "2012-10-29T18:07:22Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > That photo would make a good Rorschach test. I suspect we’re not seeing the same thing at all when we look at it. I see a guy who, I’m pretty sure, posed for what is a deliberately goofy picture. What do you see? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/13 "2012-10-29T18:41:50Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I see a guy who, I’m pretty sure, posed for what is a deliberately goofy picture. What do you see? A butterfly? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/14 "2012-10-29T19:36:47Z")
Quote: > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Vinyl Turnip > That photo would make a good Rorschach test. I suspect we’re not seeing the same thing at all when we look at it. > [@Scumpup](#): > > I see a guy who, I’m pretty sure, posed for what is a deliberately goofy picture. What do you see? A penis… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/15 "2012-10-29T19:41:41Z")
Opening day on Canada geese. ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/16 "2012-10-29T19:45:26Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > A butterfly? Daddy on top of Mommy and mommy is screaming and moaning and he keeps bouncing on top of her… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/17 "2012-10-29T19:49:52Z")
Well I definitely don’t see a pussy. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/18 "2012-10-29T20:41:54Z")
That picture has been floating around the internets for a couple of months now. I think I first saw it on Reddit. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/19 "2012-10-29T20:52:39Z")
[I don’t like it when](http://youtu.be/UDlc1slA8PA) that lady says “Altitude, Altitude”. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222/20 "2012-10-29T21:05:27Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > That picture has been floating around the internets for a couple of months now. I think I first saw it on Reddit. Why do you hate Americans who love America? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-youre-just-proud-to-be-american/639222.md?page=2)