# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/61 "2010-07-20T16:41:15Z")
> [@CutterJohn](#): > > We may not know your mission, but you let slip the fact that you have a super secret time machine! 😃 Fortunately, typing and proofreading won’t be necessary for my participation in the 2012 event. So if you get to celebrate Christmas in 2012, you’re welcome. If not, well, I tried. ---
**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 20, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/62 "2010-07-20T16:43:43Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > 😃 Fortunately, typing and proofreading won’t be necessary for my participation in the 2012 event. > > So if you get to celebrate Christmas in 2012, you’re welcome. If not, well, I tried. Don’t worry, it worked. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/63 "2010-07-20T17:31:37Z")
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/64 "2010-07-20T18:17:26Z")
I’m Just a man With a man’s courage He knows nothing but a man But he can never fail No one but the pure in heart May find the golden grail Oh oh - oh oh Flash ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/65 "2010-07-20T19:04:01Z")
I was on the Navy Super Secret Chimp-fighting squad. I can knock out a chimp with a shock wave of force without ever having touched him. I was also the first US Operative to successfully stare down a goat. . . ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/66 "2010-07-20T19:20:41Z")
I am a member of the Supreme Secret Court. Our decisions are so secret we don’t tell anyone about them. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/67 "2010-07-20T20:07:29Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I am a member of the Supreme Secret Court. Our decisions are so secret we don’t tell anyone about them. So you’re the one who approved that wire tap on my cell? ::looks constipated:: I just killed your dog! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/68 "2010-07-20T20:45:59Z")
Then you killed a secret terrorist-sniffing dog! One of very few dogs in the whole world trained to detect terrorists by the smell of evil. ---
**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 20, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/69 "2010-07-20T21:16:19Z")
> [@Daerlyn](#): > > Well, _now_ you’re just making stuff up. No I’m not. You’re one too! ---
**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, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/70 "2010-07-20T21:22:46Z")
I also assisted in the faking of the moon landing. That was actually me in that video, jumping around like a fool. In later years, I was the top agent for the CIA (and in fact still am), doing wet work around the world. Okay, it was fixing swimming pools for diplomats, but still . . . it was wet. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/71 "2010-07-20T21:52:14Z")
I have it on good authority (my own) that we faked the fake moon landing. ---
**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, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/72 "2010-07-20T22:23:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I have it on good authority (my own) that we faked the fake moon landing. That was you!? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/73 "2010-07-20T22:35:55Z")
I’m Cecil Adams! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/74 "2010-07-20T22:37:22Z")
Me and hundreds of other moon landing reenactors. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/75 "2010-07-20T22:38:48Z")
And so is my wife! ---
**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 20, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050/76 "2010-07-20T22:40:19Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > I’m Cecil Adams! Don’t forget I suggested that name. Before that, you were just little Ed Z…never mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-i-can-finally-reveal-to-fellow-dopers-i-am-a-highly-decorated-navy-seal/547050.md?page=3)