Forum Overview :: Article Submissions :: Re: writing a joke that writes itself

[quote name="laudablepuss"][quote name="Jerry Whorebach"][quote name="Eli Hodapp"]The United State's involvement in the Vietnam War [lasted less than ten years].[/quote] Try twenty years - just check the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial#Beginning_and_Ending_Timeline">wall</a>. My uncle didn't lose three toes to frostbite when he got lost trying to sneak across the border to Canada so some nerd could belittle his nation's contributions to that great and terrible war >:([/quote] A catchy name that also uses a big round number: the 10,000 day war. Of course, part of that time it was the French fighting and not us. Or I like what F-15 Strike Eagle III called it: America's Longest Air War. Sure okay. Strange distinction to make but whatever.[/quote]