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Old 10-26-2007, 05:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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"bad"countries need a new form of marching

although i may disagree with their economic and social policies, i have to say that the nazi's were the best dressed people of world war 2, they were extremely stylish. (hugo boss designed the uniforms. yes, THAT hugo boss).

so of course all the "bad" countries who want to spread their evil want to emulate the nazis' strenght, power, and panache, and they do so with their marching. i am talking about the goose step.

i was watching the news and saw footage of iran's army, they were goose stepping. i think north korea goose steps.

i'm no doctor, but i honestly don't think the goose step is all that healthy. it has to put unneeded strain on the knee, and if you ever had a knee injury, you know that's just horrible.

how are you gonna fight a war with a bum knee? these countries need to think of these things.

i think the world health organization, with help from the u.n., should outlaw the goose step on grounds of unnecessary health risks.
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Old 10-27-2007, 03:38 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I was wondering that precise thing. is there some kind of manual or code on how to march if your government is tending towards the totalitarian in character?

Of course, this may be the "display" or "ceremonial" march used only for intimidating viewers on television and film. Their normal cross-country march may be quite similar to the shuffle that our troops, and the Brits and Americans etc use to get around.

How did the goose step get its name? I never see geese walking in this manner. The only explanation that I can come up with is that depending on the closeness of the formation, the marcher is in constant danger of gooseing the fellow in front of him...
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Old 10-27-2007, 05:58 AM   #3 (permalink)
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How did the goose step get its name? I never see geese walking in this manner. The only explanation that I can come up with is that depending on the closeness of the formation, the marcher is in constant danger of gooseing the fellow in front of him...
most geese don't walk this way, however, back in pre-WW2 germany, a small group of socialist geese started walking this way to show their superiority, they were trying to control a bunch of lakes and were looking, ultimately, for total world lake domination. hitler was at a picnic at one of these lakes, saw these geese and kinda stole it.
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Old 10-31-2007, 05:26 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Imagine how different the world would be if he was picnicing in Canada. The Canada geese are not as well known for their goose-stepping as they are for their shitting all over the place....
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Old 10-31-2007, 06:19 AM   #5 (permalink)
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The goose step has lost its impressiveness. I think they should switch to high-stepping, like this:



That outta intimidate!
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Old 10-31-2007, 06:38 AM   #6 (permalink)
 
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most geese don't walk this way, however, back in pre-WW2 germany, a small group of socialist geese started walking this way to show their superiority, they were trying to control a bunch of lakes and were looking, ultimately, for total world lake domination. hitler was at a picnic at one of these lakes, saw these geese and kinda stole it.
Apperently those geese stole it from the russians. They must have been vacationing on the shores of the black sea in the 19th century.
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Der Stechschritt [1], commonly known in English speaking countries as "the Goose-Step", is a special form of the equal step, which is usually demonstrated in solemn military parades and passes in review of closed units. The marching troops swing their legs from a vertical leg to a nearly horizontally-extending one, bringing it down with a loud simultaneous stepping noise and continuing the cycle in unison. It emerged from Prussian drilling regulation during the early 19th Century.
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Old 11-03-2007, 04:26 AM   #7 (permalink)
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They goose step in most of Eastern Europe too... I have seen them march this way in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary.

To me, it's an impressive form of marching... and that's kind of the point of a military procession. To impress.
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Old 11-03-2007, 05:15 AM   #8 (permalink)
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i don't see it as impressive, just an unnecessary strain on the knees.
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Old 11-04-2007, 03:48 AM   #9 (permalink)
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hope these countries have one of these:

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