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Grifter
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by Grifter 11 Jan 2006, 04:38
In the book, soldiers are carrying M&Ms, apparently for when they are wounded. Is there any particular reason for this or is it simply a source of comfort? Why M&Ms?
Jedi Master
Posts: 1364 Joined: 11 Feb 2004, 14:32Location: Melbourne, FL
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by Jedi Master 11 Jan 2006, 04:53
Perhaps for the sugar? Since M&Ms are tough and don't melt easily, they're easily transported intact when out in the field. So if you get wounded, perhaps an intake of sugar helps you out?
The Jedi Master
KODIAK
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by KODIAK 11 Jan 2006, 08:32
Can't say I've heard of that, so probably just a comfort thing IMHO.
It is not the technique that wins a fight, but the more furious mind - Kodiak WOF
PanzerMeyer
Posts: 4798 Joined: 10 Feb 2004, 08:54Location: Miami, Florida
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by PanzerMeyer 11 Jan 2006, 08:55
I wonder if the German Army in WWII carried Marzipan with them for the same reasons? LOL
I have learned from experience that a modicum of snuff can be most efficacious - Baron Munchausen
Hammer
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by Hammer 11 Jan 2006, 10:33
looks like the question is even part of a literature or english course:
http://www.csun.edu/~alr2303/TTC1.html
anyone know why? (i do...99% sure) i believe this book is fiction, correct (although based in fact for the most part)?
Helmut
KODIAK
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by KODIAK 11 Jan 2006, 11:32
Maybe they're NOT M&Ms afterall . . . . . . . maybe they're something else! :shock: :lol: Spooky . . . .
It is not the technique that wins a fight, but the more furious mind - Kodiak WOF
Softball
Posts: 3325 Joined: 29 Jun 2002, 18:11Location: San Antonio, TX
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by Softball 11 Jan 2006, 11:56
I might have to get/read this book, sounds good. I now have a "mission" at lunch.
M&Ms? Hmmmm, maybe because they taste good and it diverts the soldiers attention of their injury? *shrug*
"SILENCE, I KILL YOU!!" - Achmed the Dead Terrorist
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PanzerMeyer
Posts: 4798 Joined: 10 Feb 2004, 08:54Location: Miami, Florida
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by PanzerMeyer 11 Jan 2006, 12:14
Softball wrote: I might have to get/read this book, sounds good. I now have a "mission" at lunch.
I always have a "mission" during my lunch hour. It involves watching movies or tv shows on my portable dvd player.
I have learned from experience that a modicum of snuff can be most efficacious - Baron Munchausen
Grifter
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by Grifter 11 Jan 2006, 16:00
I've never read it either, sounds like a good summer read. It's more of a tear jerker than just a war book I think. The title tells it all, it's about the things that men carry into war and their significance.
