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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
The third comment is "What the hell? Why do American agencies love stupid acronyms?!!" VBIEDs?!! Everywhere else in the world these are known as car-bombs. Just ask any Israeli, British or Spanish soldier or policeman.
Mr Mephisto
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Personally, I've always gotten a bigger laugh out of the military talking about an "entrenching tool," when they mean "shovel," and the following description:
"Writing implement, wooden, graphite-tipped."
Alternatively called a "pencil."