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To: kabar

99.99999% of all military Vets here know that a kabar is The Famous Marine Corps Fighting knife.

And never would choose it because it means "news" in Bahasa Indonesian.

I am a good troll and you aren't.


112 posted on 10/03/2004 9:11:47 PM PDT by usmcobra
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To: usmcobra
99.99999% of all military Vets here know that a kabar is The Famous Marine Corps Fighting knife.And never would choose it because it means "news" in Bahasa Indonesian. I am a good troll and you aren't.

Someone else mentioned the knife business to me some time ago. I served nearly eight years as a naval officer (1965-72) and never knew about the Kabar knife until FR. I even served two years on the USS Iwo Jima with a Marine batallion aboard and never heard about the kabar knife. I must be that .000001%.

I studied Indonesian and lived in Jakarta for two years after I left the military. One of the standard greetings in Indonesia is Apakabar? or What's up or new?

118 posted on 10/03/2004 9:33:10 PM PDT by kabar
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