Cool Photo: Sesame Street goes to war - Ernie is on our side!

U.S. Army News Service ^ | July 18, 2006 | Sgt. Melissa Thornhill

[68skylark]

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Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Davis Jr., from the 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion, is en route to a humanitarian mission near Tuz, Iraq. This photo appeared on www.army.mil.

[68skylark]

There have been a few reports in the past that indicate Bert has been working with the bad guys.

I'm glad to see that Ernie is fully on our side!

[rhombus]

I'm glad to see that Ernie is fully on our side!

Clearly Ernie is a captive of the evil warmongering Americans. Free Ernie! ;-)

[msg-84]

Oh boy! When PBS sees this, lawsuits will be flying.

If PBS had to go to war, surely they would be part of the resistance! ;)

[KarlInOhio]

I hate it when couples fight.

[Atlantic Bridge]

And - did you know that Bert is evil?

[LIConFem]

Ummm... Sorry, but Bert and Ernie are gay. Ernie has been seen cavorting with Tinky Winkie (of Teletubbie fame) at a leather bar in Frisco.

Don't tell anyone, though. Wouldn't want to see him get kicked out of the service!

Sorry... in a really goofy mood this AM.

[Darkwolf377]

Ernie has been seen cavorting with Tinky Winkie (of Teletubbie fame) at a leather bar in Frisco.

Did you buy him a drink? :P

[null and void]

Did the drink have an umbrella?

[rhombus]

I haven't seen Bert in a while. Hopefully he's being waterboarded in one of those secret European camps.

[Darkwolf377]

Headline tomorrow: "Children's Television Workshop Requests Troops Not Use Sesame Street Characters for 'Propagands'"

'Might damage their effectiveness in normalizing homosexual practices,' says spokesperson

[LIConFem]

"Did the drink have an umbrella?

Huh?

[KarlInOhio]

I haven't seen Bert in a while. Hopefully he's being waterboarded in one of those secret European camps.

The only way to make Bert talk is for the interrogator to stick his hand where the sun doesn't shine.

[Sensei Ern]

My name is Ernie, but I go by the ID, Sensei Ern because I HATE my name.

Most of us, usually when we were kids wanted to change our names because of how cruel the other kids could be. My brother Mark wanted to go by his middle name, David, because he was tired of being called the "Hair Lip Dog".

My dad told him to be grateful his name wasn't...Ernie.

As a cruel joke, my boss makes me share a cubical with a guy named...Bert.

When you hear the name Ernie, you think of Ernie and Bert, Ernest Goes to Camp, and why is it that every child molester on televison is called "Uncle Ernie?

I tried going by my middle name, Leo. I could have just as well changed my name to, "I'll never get a date 'cuz I'm a Dork"

[rhombus]

The only way to make Bert talk...

Make him talk? I thought the goal was to keep him from talking.

[mware]

I don't know about that. Note the similarities.

[Sensei Ern]

I have a Sleepy TIme Ernie, given to me by my daughter. You lay him down and he says, "I'm so sleepy. I need a nap." THen, he sings "Twinkle, Twinkle" and falls asleep, snoring. WHile he is snoring, his belly raises and lowers with his breathing.

WHen you set him up, he says, "I FEEL GREAT!"

He sits on my desk. Every once in a while, he just out of the blue says, "I FEEL GREAT!"

[50sDad]

LOL! When I was a great deal poorer, I made do with broken glasses by snapping my lenses into some black frames from our "shop glasses" at work. My buddy, former Air Force, laughed and told me they reminded him of the "government issue eyeware they got in the USAF, and called them "birth control glasses." You write the rest of the joke!

[Michael81Dus]

Sorry. NOT TRUE! ERNIE AND BERT ARE NOT (!) GAY! This is an urban legend...

http://www.snopes2.com/radiotv/tv/gaymupp.htm

[Sensei Ern]

I HATED Birth Control Glasses! They can take the coolest guy and turn him into a dweeb. THe army docs didn't really worry about making them to your eyesight, just as long as they made it so you could see the 200 yard target on the firing range.

[Spirochete]

I HATED Birth Control Glasses! They can take the coolest guy and turn him into a dweeb. THe army docs didn't really worry about making them to your eyesight, just as long as they made it so you could see the 200 yard target on the firing range.

The same BC frames with dark tinted lenses gives you the "Blues Brothers" look.