Penny Arcade Forums› Debate and/or Discourse
The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.

Tank [Chat] Mk 2

ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
in Debate and/or Discourse


1200px-Tank-Mephisto-Queensland-Museum.jpg

This is Mephisto, the only surviving German AV7 tank. And currently sitting in a museum in Australia. Also it may be the only tank to be stolen twice. In July of 1918 Mephisto encountered one of the big mobility problems of the war. It was driven into a shell crater and couldn't be gotten out. With the crew dead, the tank was stuck there. The 26th Battalion of the AIF found themselves facing the Germans with the tank in No Man's Land. For Major Robinson of the 26th, this was an intolerable situation. A perfectly good tank was sitting there completely unstolen. So he personally lead a night raid to get it. While under the cover of darkness he lead a raid to acquire the tank. The Germans fired poison gas shells and shot machine guns at them to no avail. With the assistance of British tanks they managed to get it back to Allied lines.

Svmj1Xz.jpg

[img][/img]sBPcEq0.jpg
And being Australian, they promptly vandalized it.

Now the British found themselves suitably impressed with this act and inform the Australians that they would be putting the tank on prominent display at one of their war museums. The Australians hadn't stolen it once with goal of letting it sit in the UK, so the stole it again. A cargo manifest was falsified and it was declared to be a wagon. It was loaded on a ship with the rest of the 26th Battalion and off to Australia it went, having been stolen a second time.

«134567…99

Posts

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    edited April 2015
    there is a new cooking anime that apparently has the best foodgasm scenes

    Better not dissappoint,

    bloodyroarxx on
  • GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    I shall now lock my tank doors whenever I see a shiftless Australian milling about.

  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    they're australians what do you expect?

    fuck gendered marketing
  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    'cism

  • GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    ...you're stealing a tank right now, aren't you?

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Gim wrote: »
    ...you're stealing a tank right now, aren't you?

    Racist!

    He just got one on a credit card and is defaulting on the bill. Completely different!

  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    Elly, listen to all the podcasts

    at once

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    Gim wrote: »
    ...you're stealing a tank right now, aren't you?

    it all depends on what the definition of "tank" is

  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    then use all the time you'll save to convey Casual to me.


    So that I might do things to him.

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    http://gawker.com/nicki-minajs-boobs-have-a-real-power-beaming-out-of-the-1695469731

    that eyebrow wiggle

    a7iea7nzewtq.jpg
  • GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    Elly, listen to all the podcasts

    at once

    http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php

  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nObupsG0Lf4

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nObupsG0Lf4

    This story is more educational about modern politics than you'd think.

  • GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    That one guy who made the Planned Parenthood crack can jump in a volcano.

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Oh god Cooking Anime is the best anime.

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    bloodyroarxx wrote: »
    Oh god Cooking Anime is the best anime.

    Which one's this?

  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    simonwolf wrote: »
    bloodyroarxx wrote: »
    Oh god Cooking Anime is the best anime.

    Which one's this?
    Shokugeki no Soma

  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    On page 1?

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Page one what?

  • CindersCinders Whose sails were black when it was windy Registered User regular
    Usually we don't discuss anime till page 100.

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    Cinders wrote: »
    Usually we don't discuss anime till page 100.

    Ill talk about anime on any page I just wont go full anime till page 100

  • ElldrenElldren Is a woman dammit ceterum censeoRegistered User regular
    I love Matt Lees

    fuck gendered marketing
  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    can't stop looking at the unbridled naughty glee that kid has

    a7iea7nzewtq.jpg
  • GimGim a tall glass of water Registered User regular
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    can't stop looking at the unbridled naughty glee that kid has

    The article is right, it's all downhill forever.

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    That Cracked article thing about "scenes you didn't know were stolen" is the most ridiculous thing I've read today

    It's as though these people have no idea that pretty much every scene they mention is either tribute, homage, or (in the case of Perfect Blue/Requiem For A Dream) officially sanctioned re-make of that goddamn scene

  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    next time on Cracked: you won't BELIEVE these flagrantly stolen costumes from famous movies!!!

    (entry #1: Uma Thurman's yellow and black-striped outfit from Kill Bill)

  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    edited April 2015
    James Brady died this morning.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brady

    Edit:Or last night. Depends on where you read it I guess.

    Edit edit: *Dunce cap*

    Trace on
  • Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    Trace wrote: »
    James Brady died this morning.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brady

    Edit:Or last night. Depends on where you read it I guess.

    that entry says he died last year

    a7iea7nzewtq.jpg
  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    James Brady died this morning.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brady

    Edit:Or last night. Depends on where you read it I guess.

    that entry says he died last year

    I assume he means his widow, Sarah Brady

  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    Oh Jesus.

    SARAH BRADY.

    I haven't had coffee yet. I've been sitting here staring at the fucking thing for the last few minutes going "yup there's something wrong but fuck me if my coffee deprived head can figured it out"

  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indiana-has-now-charged-two-asian-american-women-feticide-n332761
    the state of Indiana sentenced 33-year-old Purvi Patel to 20 years in prison on charges of feticide - an act that causes the death of a fetus - and neglect of a dependent. She received a 30-year-sentence on the felony neglect charge, 10 of which were suspended. A six-year sentence for feticide will be served concurrently.

    Patel is the first woman in the U.S. to be charged, convicted and sentenced on a feticide charge. Reproductive rights activists are outraged.

    "What this conviction means is that anti-abortion laws will be used to punish pregnant woman," says Lynn Paltrow, Executive Director for National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
    Patel was arrested in July 2013 after she went to the emergency room, bleeding heavily, at St. Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka, Indiana. Despite initially denying the pregnancy, Patel eventually admitted to medical authorities that she had a miscarriage and threw the stillborn fetus in a dumpster.

    According to Sue Ellen Braunlin, doctor and co-president of the Indiana Religious Coalition for Reproductive Justice, Purvi was most likely 23-24 weeks pregnant, although prosecutors argued Patel was 25 weeks along in the state's opening argument. The prosecution confirmed on Monday that the baby died within seconds of being born.

    Patel's lawyers argued that she panicked when she realized she was in labor. Patel comes from a conservative Hindu family that looks down on sex outside marriage, and the pregnancy was a result of an affair Patel had with her co-worker.

    "Purvi Patel's conviction amounts to punishment for having a miscarriage and then seeking medical care, something that no woman should worry would lead to jail time," said Deepa Iyer, Activist-in-Residence at the University of Maryland's Asian American Studies Program and former director of South Asian Americans Leading Together.

    Despite Patel's claim that she gave birth to a stillborn child, prosecutors argued that Patel gave birth to a live fetus and charged her with child neglect. Prosecutors also claimed that Patel ordered abortion-inducing drugs online and tried to terminate her pregnancy, but a toxicology report failed to find evidence of any drugs in her system.


    What the fuck Indiana?

  • UnknownUnknown
    This content has been removed.

  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    There is literally a 50% chance of survival under absolute best circumstances for a baby born after only 24 weeks SKFM. The prosecution admits the poor thing died within seconds.

    Unless you think she squeezed it out standing by the dumpster it was dead before she could have done anything at all.

  • UnknownUnknown
    This content has been removed.

  • CasualCasual Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Flap Flap Flap Registered User regular
    Ellie tell you you haven't stayed up all night

    say it ain't so

  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    Loren Michael wrote: »
    http://gawker.com/nicki-minajs-boobs-have-a-real-power-beaming-out-of-the-1695469731

    that eyebrow wiggle

    poo
  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    @surrealitycheck

    poo
  • AntinumericAntinumeric Registered User regular
    Down here on the ground floor of a new thread. Let's make this a grea
    Trace wrote: »
    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indiana-has-now-charged-two-asian-american-women-feticide-n332761
    the state of Indiana sentenced 33-year-old Purvi Patel to 20 years in prison on charges of feticide - an act that causes the death of a fetus - and neglect of a dependent. She received a 30-year-sentence on the felony neglect charge, 10 of which were suspended. A six-year sentence for feticide will be served concurrently.

    Patel is the first woman in the U.S. to be charged, convicted and sentenced on a feticide charge. Reproductive rights activists are outraged.

    "What this conviction means is that anti-abortion laws will be used to punish pregnant woman," says Lynn Paltrow, Executive Director for National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
    Patel was arrested in July 2013 after she went to the emergency room, bleeding heavily, at St. Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka, Indiana. Despite initially denying the pregnancy, Patel eventually admitted to medical authorities that she had a miscarriage and threw the stillborn fetus in a dumpster.

    According to Sue Ellen Braunlin, doctor and co-president of the Indiana Religious Coalition for Reproductive Justice, Purvi was most likely 23-24 weeks pregnant, although prosecutors argued Patel was 25 weeks along in the state's opening argument. The prosecution confirmed on Monday that the baby died within seconds of being born.

    Patel's lawyers argued that she panicked when she realized she was in labor. Patel comes from a conservative Hindu family that looks down on sex outside marriage, and the pregnancy was a result of an affair Patel had with her co-worker.

    "Purvi Patel's conviction amounts to punishment for having a miscarriage and then seeking medical care, something that no woman should worry would lead to jail time," said Deepa Iyer, Activist-in-Residence at the University of Maryland's Asian American Studies Program and former director of South Asian Americans Leading Together.

    Despite Patel's claim that she gave birth to a stillborn child, prosecutors argued that Patel gave birth to a live fetus and charged her with child neglect. Prosecutors also claimed that Patel ordered abortion-inducing drugs online and tried to terminate her pregnancy, but a toxicology report failed to find evidence of any drugs in her system.


    What the fuck Indiana?

    Oh.

    In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
  • AntinumericAntinumeric Registered User regular
    spacekungfuman wrote: »
    Trace wrote: »
    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indiana-has-now-charged-two-asian-american-women-feticide-n332761
    the state of Indiana sentenced 33-year-old Purvi Patel to 20 years in prison on charges of feticide - an act that causes the death of a fetus - and neglect of a dependent. She received a 30-year-sentence on the felony neglect charge, 10 of which were suspended. A six-year sentence for feticide will be served concurrently.

    Patel is the first woman in the U.S. to be charged, convicted and sentenced on a feticide charge. Reproductive rights activists are outraged.

    "What this conviction means is that anti-abortion laws will be used to punish pregnant woman," says Lynn Paltrow, Executive Director for National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
    Patel was arrested in July 2013 after she went to the emergency room, bleeding heavily, at St. Joseph Hospital in Mishawaka, Indiana. Despite initially denying the pregnancy, Patel eventually admitted to medical authorities that she had a miscarriage and threw the stillborn fetus in a dumpster.

    According to Sue Ellen Braunlin, doctor and co-president of the Indiana Religious Coalition for Reproductive Justice, Purvi was most likely 23-24 weeks pregnant, although prosecutors argued Patel was 25 weeks along in the state's opening argument. The prosecution confirmed on Monday that the baby died within seconds of being born.

    Patel's lawyers argued that she panicked when she realized she was in labor. Patel comes from a conservative Hindu family that looks down on sex outside marriage, and the pregnancy was a result of an affair Patel had with her co-worker.

    "Purvi Patel's conviction amounts to punishment for having a miscarriage and then seeking medical care, something that no woman should worry would lead to jail time," said Deepa Iyer, Activist-in-Residence at the University of Maryland's Asian American Studies Program and former director of South Asian Americans Leading Together.

    Despite Patel's claim that she gave birth to a stillborn child, prosecutors argued that Patel gave birth to a live fetus and charged her with child neglect. Prosecutors also claimed that Patel ordered abortion-inducing drugs online and tried to terminate her pregnancy, but a toxicology report failed to find evidence of any drugs in her system.


    What the fuck Indiana?

    I don't think this is the anti-abortion case the article seems to be making it out to be. This is a woman who gave birth and threw the extremely premature baby in the dumpster. That's awful, and it's more akin to the teenage girls throwing their babies away thing you hear about from time to time than a reproductive rights issue, IMO.
    I wouldn't say it's anti abortion, but it most certainly is anti-woman. This woman had something terrible happen to her and panicked and she got put in prison for a significant portion of her life because of it.

    In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god’s blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
  • simonwolfsimonwolf i can feel a difference today, a differenceRegistered User regular
    Vanguard wrote: »
    i watched an episode of garfunkel and oates

    holy fuck

    this is the worst thing i've ever seen

    I thought I'd seen an episode of this, but I think it was actually Das Boot

This discussion has been closed.
Penny Arcade Forums› Debate and/or Discourse