# The secret I can finally reveal to fellow dopers. I am a highly decorated Navy SEAL **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050 "2010-07-17T18:21:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/41 "2010-07-19T01:24:55Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Things have been quiet lately, but I’m keeping in shape for 1012 when I will [redacted] We may not know your mission, but you let slip the fact that you have a super secret time machine! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/42 "2010-07-19T02:09:02Z")
I don’t usually talk about it but I was highly decorated. Taught me not to fall asleep on the couch when the kids were setting up the Christmas tree. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/43 "2010-07-19T03:00:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Chuck Norris has ME on speed dial in case he comes across something he can’t handle. I just had to change my phone number because the “Most interesting man in the world” just won’t stopping bugging me and wanting to tag along. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/44 "2010-07-19T03:07:14Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I just had to change my phone number because the “Most interesting man in the world” just won’t stopping bugging me and wanting to tag along. Sorry about that, he asked me if I had it. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/45 "2010-07-19T03:29:20Z")
I blew a navy seal once. The mechanic replaced it with an orange one. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/46 "2010-07-19T03:30:27Z")
I founded the Navy SEALs, and the British SAS! ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/47 "2010-07-19T03:46:07Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I see none of my fellow Rangers have posted in the thread yet. I’m on disability due to my last mission. My team and I had to sneak across a south american border to go rescue a diplomat and the previous rescue team. The rest I can’t talk about. How do you sneak across South American borders in those giant robot dinosaur things you guys drive? ---
**Author:** ![Neverender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Neverender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverender)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/48 "2010-07-19T05:37:48Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > I founded the Navy SEALs, and the British SAS! And I make up the rest of the SAS. I’m that good a soldier that the SAS now solely consists of myself and clones thereof. Also, Chuck Norris wears Neverender pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/49 "2010-07-19T05:42:19Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > I have a functioning time machine. I’ll just pop back a minute or two and post to this thread. Aaaaand here I am! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/50 "2010-07-19T05:45:04Z")
I have a functioning time machine. I’ll just pop back a minute or two and post to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/51 "2010-07-19T06:59:10Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > The truth is… > > I am Iron Man. Have you lost your mind? * * * Personally, I’m a Greek god! ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/52 "2010-07-19T07:19:45Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > I blew a navy seal once… no doubt because he deserved it. 🆒 ---
**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:** [July 19, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/53 "2010-07-19T12:25:00Z")
I am the protrusion into this dimension of a vast four-dimensional entity. ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/54 "2010-07-20T10:39:19Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I am the protrusion into this dimension of a vast four-dimensional entity. Well, _now_ you’re just making stuff up. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/55 "2010-07-20T11:42:58Z")
I’m a lover, not a fighter. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/56 "2010-07-20T12:11:16Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I don’t want to brag, so I won’t go into detail. But remember a few years ago when the Iron Curtain collapsed and then the Soviet Union itself fell? You put BandAids on it? ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/57 "2010-07-20T12:14:35Z")
I used to be a sergeant in FDF light infantry (Recon)… I would tell you more, but I would be committing treason by merely describing the super secret training I received. Sufficed to say, I’m a real-life government trained killing machine. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/58 "2010-07-20T13:11:40Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I **AM** highly decorated! > > I’m wearing tinsel, popcorn strings, glass balls, and a few Hallmark keepsake ornaments. Yes, and you . . . and millions of others . . . are decorated every year to celebrate \*\*\*MY \*\*\*birthday! And yes it’s true, I can walk on water. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/59 "2010-07-20T13:30:19Z")
I set people on fire at vast distances, using only my brain. Hang on, just a minute…there. If you don’t believe me, check the Mombasa newspapers tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/60 "2010-07-20T15:06:23Z")
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