Wednesday, March 05, 2008

German soldiers unfit for some reason

Talk about fat and sassy. A German parliamentary report has determined that 40 percent of all German army personnel are overweight, compared to 35 percent in the same civilian age group, and that 8.5 percent of these soldiers are grossly overweight, as well, which is just plain gross. They are also unfit, smoke too much, never clean up their rooms and fidget around whenever you speak to them.



"To put it simply: Our soldiers are just too fat and they don't get enough exercise,” said armed services lawmaker Reinhard Robbe at a news conference in Berlin, visibly angeekelt (disgusted) by the report he was being forced to read. “And I don’t just mean military exercise, either. What we ought to do here is actually have our soldiers do something from time to time. You know, like go to war and shoot at people, get shot back at, stuff like that. Otherwise this overweight business could eventually lead to some serious health issues.”

The rest of the German parliament quickly thought differently however, shoved Robbe out of the room and then asked German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung and a few top level Bundeswehr generals, fine specimens of physical fitness themselves, to set a good example for the troops and lose a few pounds by taking part in a revolutionary new physical fitness program recently introduced by the Indiana University physical education department.

Jung and co. could not be reached for comment as their mouths were full right then.

Neue Helden braucht das Land.

Kommentare auf Deutsch? Selbstverständlich.

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1 - Excellent work, thank you very much :)
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Written by: Anonymous at 2008/03/05 - 08:27:56
2 - What´s the problem. One order is enough: ".. nach hinten wegtreten! Marsch! Marsch! Bewegt Euch Ihr faulen Säcke! Or are the times of
Befehl und Gehorsam in the German army also over?
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Written by: Anonymous at 2008/03/05 - 09:11:41
3 - Owing to this line near the end of the link I wonder if this event truly was inspired by the German military because it just sounds so British. "It's a sexless event, but it is stil extremely demanding..." And there is even a reference to Monty Python when "You'll see a lot of cadets walking funny Monday morning." (Comment this)

Written by: Pat Patterson at 2008/03/05 - 12:08:14
4 - On the battlefield, the last thing you want to be is a big target. (Comment this)

Written by: Indeterminacy at 2008/03/05 - 14:23:20
5 - German soldiers probably weigh more than the public because they have all that SEXY MUSCLE! Fat is lighter-weight. Soldiers are building muscle mass.

Your site is really interesting!
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Written by: Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood at 2008/03/05 - 23:14:57
6 - Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood; Sorry the percentage of fat was checked by calipers using skin folds and in some of the heavier cases the soldiers went into the tank to measure fat by water displacement. Besides all those double knits and Eisenhower jackets make all the soldiers at least look ten pounds heavier. (Comment this)

Written by: Pat Patterson at 2008/03/06 - 00:29:22
7 - Pat/Jaden, I guess this gives the term body armor a whole new meaning. (Comment this)

Written by: clarsonimus at 2008/03/06 - 08:34:26
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