Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:14 AM

Armstrong joins the list of men who make this face:

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I thought it so interesting that there is a distinct common expression to guys who FUBAR.
(forgot the names of a couple of these jokers)

Armstrong

Sanford:

David Vitter

Weiner

Spitzer

Ensign

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Armstrong joins the list of men who make this face: (Original post)	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	OP
LOL! The FUBAR face.	Skidmore	Jan 2013	#1
That is the I have no answer for my stupidity look.	liberal N proud	Jan 2013	#2
Good one!	HappyMe	Jan 2013	#3
Paul Ryan.	Brickbat	Jan 2013	#4
ohh..thank you!	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#7
the obvious then Vitter, Weiner, Spitzer and Ensign	truebluegreen	Jan 2013	#33
Hi trueblue..thanks!	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#62
Paul Ryan has the added look of I'm so innocent eyebrows and droopy eyes looking up	lunatica	Jan 2013	#14
There's got to be a medical term for "swallowing your own lips." nt	Buns_of_Fire	Jan 2013	#16
This is what Paul Ryan looks like when he's smiling.	sadbear	Jan 2013	#25
No, that's just his normal condescending granny expression	Maven	Jan 2013	#65
About FUBAR....I know it, hard to imagine..Here is a difinition of FUBAR	Stuart G	Jan 2013	#5
Seriously?!?	PotatoChip	Jan 2013	#13
Yup, it's True	NeedleCast	Jan 2013	#18
Oh, I like that one too.	PotatoChip	Jan 2013	#21
As a former serviceman	hogwyld	Jan 2013	#34
Lol!	PotatoChip	Jan 2013	#44
My job often resembles a	lunatica	Jan 2013	#57
We live on Fustercluck farm!	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#63
Serious. That's the definition.	sarge43	Jan 2013	#42
Interesting.	PotatoChip	Jan 2013	#46
Service wide. Sure your dad would know them	sarge43	Jan 2013	#50
I'm going to run some of these by him	PotatoChip	Jan 2013	#51
Certainly you have heard the term "tits-up" with an old Navy man around?? Yes?	Hassin Bin Sober	Jan 2013	#59
You do realize that Spitzer	RoccoR5955	Jan 2013	#6
Point is, the same expression.	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#8
His wife's expression is haunting.	Evergreen Emerald	Jan 2013	#27
I would stand there only if I were wearing a Lorraine Bobbit t-shirt	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#28
haha-- I just choked on my coffee	Evergreen Emerald	Jan 2013	#30
Neither he nor his wife actually look upset.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#55
Richard Nixon	Frank Cannon	Jan 2013	#9
Nixon has the added expression of 'but I'm gonna get em for this'	lunatica	Jan 2013	#15
the poster boy for clamming up about lies.	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#20
LOL	malaise	Jan 2013	#10
David Vitter (R-La.) is #4.	dsharp88	Jan 2013	#11
What happened to the list that the MURDERED madam..............	kooljerk666	Jan 2013	#23
I call him Diaper Dave.	Erose999	Jan 2013	#53
fugg him	spanone	Jan 2013	#12
McChrystal	Jumping John	Jan 2013	#17
Makes watching news and hearings that more interesting,	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#22
Sad To See Armstrong Falls	NeedleCast	Jan 2013	#19
My feelings exactly	derby378	Jan 2013	#43
Yup - It Hits Home From Knowing The Guy As An Individual	NeedleCast	Jan 2013	#49
Oh, THAT face.	Chorophyll	Jan 2013	#24
Petraeus	DanTex	Jan 2013	#26
Wow...another one for the collection	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#32
lol	toby jo	Jan 2013	#29
MMM	Emma45	Jan 2013	#31
I guess I'm a better bicyclist than Lance Armstrong.	CE5	Jan 2013	#35
FUBAR Face...	hootinholler	Jan 2013	#36
Bookmarked. What an interesting observation.	Greybnk48	Jan 2013	#37
One more: Kobe...	WorseBeforeBetter	Jan 2013	#38
Look at the stink eye he is getting from her. oooops.	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2013	#64
LOL I don't remember if that was before or after...	WorseBeforeBetter	Jan 2013	#66
Wait - don't forget these versions! Bush and Dick....	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2013	#39
Brett Favre probably holds the record of number of FUBAR faces	Greybnk48	Jan 2013	#40
Start an account in Photobucket	lunatica	Jan 2013	#60
Ensign of Nevada is the last.	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#41
the lady seems amused in the last one	samsingh	Jan 2013	#45
Where did all the Armstrong defenders go?	snooper2	Jan 2013	#47
I like the guy	jambo101	Jan 2013	#56
LOL	catbyte	Jan 2013	#48
You've heard of the "O" face, this is the "Oh shit, I fucked up" face.	Erose999	Jan 2013	#52
Actually, it's the "Oh fuck, I got caught" face.	sarge43	Jan 2013	#61
Pinching off a loaf of 'apology'.	AtheistCrusader	Jan 2013	#54
these guys are too simple for that	NJCher	Jan 2013	#58

Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:17 AM

Skidmore (29,241 posts)

1. LOL! The FUBAR face.

It needs a name of its own. He gave the FUBAR face.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:18 AM

liberal N proud (43,926 posts)

2. That is the I have no answer for my stupidity look.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:18 AM

HappyMe (12,510 posts)

3. Good one!

Instead of deny, deny, deny he could have come clean awhile ago.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:20 AM

Brickbat (14,557 posts)

4. Paul Ryan.

?1347508946

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Response to Brickbat (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:35 AM

dixiegrrrrl (31,440 posts)

7. ohh..thank you!

shall add it to my collection.
His addition makes me think that the expression is saying " I don't even believe my own BS".

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:06 AM

truebluegreen (1,911 posts)

33. the obvious then Vitter, Weiner, Spitzer and Ensign

Hi, dixiegrrrrl!

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Response to truebluegreen (Reply #33)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:08 PM

dixiegrrrrl (31,440 posts)

62. Hi trueblue..thanks!

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Response to Brickbat (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:01 AM

lunatica (28,953 posts)

14. Paul Ryan has the added look of I'm so innocent eyebrows and droopy eyes looking up

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Response to Brickbat (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:03 AM

Buns_of_Fire (8,360 posts)

16. There's got to be a medical term for "swallowing your own lips." nt

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Response to Brickbat (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:42 AM

sadbear (4,262 posts)

25. This is what Paul Ryan looks like when he's smiling.

What a dipshit!

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Response to Brickbat (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:21 PM

Maven (7,788 posts)

65. No, that's just his normal condescending granny expression

He has no lips.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:24 AM

Stuart G (7,733 posts)

5. About FUBAR....I know it, hard to imagine..Here is a difinition of FUBAR

Some may be too young to to what this means..so here is definition:

FUBAR (fucked up beyond all recognition/any repair/all reason),

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Response to Stuart G (Reply #5)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:00 AM

PotatoChip (1,589 posts)

13. Seriously?!?

Or did you just make that up? That's pretty funny in/of itself.

-As is the OP. Good catch. I would have not noticed the expression had it not been pointed out.

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Response to PotatoChip (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:08 AM

NeedleCast (8,827 posts)

18. Yup, it's True

Originated (as the story goes) in the military, along with some other excellent acronyms like SNAFU (Situation Normal, All Fucked Up)

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Response to NeedleCast (Reply #18)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:17 AM

PotatoChip (1,589 posts)

21. Oh, I like that one too.

That would well describe my job. Yup. SNAFU definitely fits. Especially today. Oy!

Thanks for the interpretation(s).

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Response to PotatoChip (Reply #21)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:08 AM

hogwyld (3,435 posts)

34. As a former serviceman

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Those were some of the first things I learned in boot camp. Another oldie but goodie is:

BOHICA

Bend over, here it comes again.

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Response to hogwyld (Reply #34)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:30 AM

PotatoChip (1,589 posts)

44. Lol!

Someone ought to create a type of dictionary to capture these service-inspired acronyms for DU to use. I bet they'd all come in handy at some time or another depending on the issue.

Funny stuff. Thanks.

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Response to PotatoChip (Reply #21)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:18 AM

lunatica (28,953 posts)

57. My job often resembles a

Cluster fuck.

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Response to lunatica (Reply #57)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:13 PM

dixiegrrrrl (31,440 posts)

63. We live on Fustercluck farm!

Mr. D. named this place after we got the chickens.

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Response to PotatoChip (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:26 AM

sarge43 (17,581 posts)

42. Serious. That's the definition.

Ofter accompanied by SNAFU, situation normal, all fucked up.
Murphy's Law was formulated by an Army engineer.

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Response to sarge43 (Reply #42)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:35 AM

PotatoChip (1,589 posts)

46. Interesting.

My father was in the Navy in the mid/late 50's. I wonder if he would know any of this trivia (including the acronyms) or is it just an Army thing?

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Response to PotatoChip (Reply #46)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:42 AM

sarge43 (17,581 posts)

50. Service wide. Sure your dad would know them

Certainly heard them in the Air Force. Another for your collection: FIGMO, fuck it. I got my orders.

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Response to sarge43 (Reply #50)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:00 AM

PotatoChip (1,589 posts)

51. I'm going to run some of these by him

the next time I see him. Just drop them in a sentence here or there. He always loves an opening to talk about his Navy days.

I'm guessing he never mentioned this stuff only because my mother was strict about not letting him swear when my siblings and I were growing up.

I bet he'll be shocked and impressed that I know these things, lol! Thanks!

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Response to PotatoChip (Reply #46)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:18 AM

Hassin Bin Sober (8,729 posts)

59. Certainly you have heard the term "tits-up" with an old Navy man around?? Yes?

(It means dead, goner. Usually an item. "The motor went tits up")

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:29 AM

RoccoR5955 (6,542 posts)

6. You do realize that Spitzer

was framed by the Bush Administration's Just Us Department, don't you

Admittedly, what he did was wrong, but had he an "R" after his name, they would have pinned a medal on him, made a statue, and even a holiday for him!

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Response to RoccoR5955 (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:37 AM

dixiegrrrrl (31,440 posts)

8. Point is, the same expression.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:45 AM

Evergreen Emerald (10,084 posts)

27. His wife's expression is haunting.

She is so hurt and ashamed and stoic as she stands by her husband who so publicly betrayed and humiliated her.

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Response to Evergreen Emerald (Reply #27)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:53 AM

dixiegrrrrl (31,440 posts)

28. I would stand there only if I were wearing a Lorraine Bobbit t-shirt

I am sure there are reasons why the wronged wife shows up for the press comference
but
I would not be that wife.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #28)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:58 AM

Evergreen Emerald (10,084 posts)

30. haha-- I just choked on my coffee

"Lorraine Bobbit t-shirt."

I agree. I don't think I could stand there either. I wonder how much wives of politicians are conditioned to stand by their husbands and put their needs second to the political career.

Apparently she said in a book: "sex is only one tenth of a marriage and that she was not adaquate so it was her fault."

Wow. She took one for the team!

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Response to RoccoR5955 (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:13 AM

AtheistCrusader (14,588 posts)

55. Neither he nor his wife actually look upset.

If I had to guess, I'd say they had an arrangement of some sort. Not the sort of thing that conservatives like, but I know several married couples with open relationships, or 'outlets', and they are mutually accepting of it.

I just don't see a political career surviving 'so what, we do that, it's our business' in the Puritan States of America.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:45 AM

Frank Cannon (6,207 posts)

9. Richard Nixon

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Response to Frank Cannon (Reply #9)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:02 AM

lunatica (28,953 posts)

15. Nixon has the added expression of 'but I'm gonna get em for this'

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:15 AM

dixiegrrrrl (31,440 posts)

20. the poster boy for clamming up about lies.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:47 AM

malaise (107,111 posts)

10. LOL

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:56 AM

dsharp88 (263 posts)

11. David Vitter (R-La.) is #4.

Longtime solicitor of prostitution - first with Wendy Cortez in New Orleans, then with the Canal Street brothel in New Orleans, then with the DC Madam in Washington, DC. Known for diaper fetish.

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Response to dsharp88 (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:36 AM

kooljerk666 (776 posts)

23. What happened to the list that the MURDERED madam..............

You know Vitters Madam,

sent to ABC news?????????????????

Inquiring minds want to know!

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Response to dsharp88 (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:08 AM

Erose999 (4,425 posts)

53. I call him Diaper Dave.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 08:58 AM

spanone (72,281 posts)

12. fugg him

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:05 AM

Jumping John (930 posts)

17. McChrystal

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:17 AM

dixiegrrrrl (31,440 posts)

22. Makes watching news and hearings that more interesting,

don'tch think?
now that we know the universal expression for "I am feeling guilty as sin".

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:09 AM

NeedleCast (8,827 posts)

19. Sad To See Armstrong Falls

Believe it or not, my dad used to ride with him (casually) in the hill country around Austin Texas and until his career really took off, he was something of a family friend. I'll remember him as a nice guy that was always cool to me and my sister. Sad to see things fall apart for him, but he's only got himself to blame.

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Response to NeedleCast (Reply #19)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:29 AM

derby378 (28,589 posts)

43. My feelings exactly

Part of me wants to shout in his ear about all the children who looked up to him as a role model. Yes, he survived testicular cancer, and that's a wonderful thing, but that doesn't give him a "doping pass." Now the cycling sport is tarnished, not to mention the Tour de France. All because he doped.

He's not a bad man, but he is complicated. A little too complicated. And that complication is of his own making.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:42 AM

NeedleCast (8,827 posts)

49. Yup - It Hits Home From Knowing The Guy As An Individual

And not just a "famous dude." Granted I was like, ages 8-12 when I saw him on a regular basis. He bought my sister her first "grown up" (12-speed touring) bike when she started to show an interest in cycling. Even after he made a name for himself, he and my dad chatted now and then. I watched all his TDF wins. Gave to LiveStrong. Always took his side vs the doping agencies that I saw as out to get him. I'm bummed that its all true.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:38 AM

Chorophyll (5,042 posts)

24. Oh, THAT face.

No, seriously. It's not funny.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:45 AM

DanTex (3,797 posts)

26. Petraeus

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Response to DanTex (Reply #26)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:04 AM

dixiegrrrrl (31,440 posts)

32. Wow...another one for the collection

guilty as sin expressions on all of them...what a significant "tell".

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 09:54 AM

toby jo (491 posts)

29. lol

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:03 AM

Emma45 (6 posts)

31. MMM

Have nothing to say look...

Thanks for the interesting notice.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:12 AM

CE5 (62 posts)

35. I guess I'm a better bicyclist than Lance Armstrong.

I've never cheated in a race.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:13 AM

hootinholler (20,787 posts)

36. FUBAR Face...

It's the anti-duck face.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:20 AM

Greybnk48 (5,181 posts)

37. Bookmarked. What an interesting observation.

The FUBAR Face--thanks.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:20 AM

WorseBeforeBetter (7,752 posts)

38. One more: Kobe...

with beautiful wife by his side.

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Response to WorseBeforeBetter (Reply #38)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:18 PM

dixiegrrrrl (31,440 posts)

64. Look at the stink eye he is getting from her. oooops.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 02:24 PM

WorseBeforeBetter (7,752 posts)

66. LOL I don't remember if that was before or after...

the gazillion dollar ring.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:23 AM

NRaleighLiberal (28,800 posts)

39. Wait - don't forget these versions! Bush and Dick....

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We will call these "The Face" with the evil twist!

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:23 AM

Greybnk48 (5,181 posts)

40. Brett Favre probably holds the record of number of FUBAR faces

but I don't know how to post pics on here with my Mac. Help!

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:26 AM

lunatica (28,953 posts)

60. Start an account in Photobucket

Then you drag and drop the photos onto your desktop. Go to your photobucket account and click on LOAD. It will take you to a box where you can choose what file (I have different files for gifs, misc, Obama Family, etc) to put it in and upload just like you upload anything else.

When you go to your file and choose the photo that you want to insert into DU a box on the right gives you a choice of what kind of link you want to use. Use the Direct Link. You can click on it and the word 'copied' will show up. Then you go to the DU comment and click in the message section and your link will show up. When you choose Preview at the bottom, or Post my reply! it shows the photo.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:24 AM

Sekhmets Daughter (7,433 posts)

41. Ensign of Nevada is the last.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:32 AM

samsingh (10,394 posts)

45. the lady seems amused in the last one

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:39 AM

snooper2 (16,882 posts)

47. Where did all the Armstrong defenders go?

Siesta time

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:16 AM

jambo101 (396 posts)

56. I like the guy

And thought he did a good job,very proud of the man for his achievements in life.
Unfortunate that it turns out he took performance enhancing drugs but that said it seems they were all taking drugs so it was still a level playing field that he won 7 championships in,it wasnt like all you had to do was pop a pill and then go pick up the world championship trophy,to get where he did required years of heavy training and dedication,the drugs i suspect may have given him some slight advantage over some one who was drug free but its all about the winning and he did what most every one else was doing and handed them their asses 7 times.
I just dont get why everyone is so gleefull and happy to so readily tear to pieces
An American hero.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 10:39 AM

catbyte (4,010 posts)

48. LOL

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:06 AM

Erose999 (4,425 posts)

52. You've heard of the "O" face, this is the "Oh shit, I fucked up" face.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:26 AM

sarge43 (17,581 posts)

61. Actually, it's the "Oh fuck, I got caught" face.

They really believe they didn't fuck up. You know, that responsibility thang.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:11 AM

AtheistCrusader (14,588 posts)

54. Pinching off a loaf of 'apology'.

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Tue Jan 15, 2013, 11:18 AM

NJCher (15,493 posts)

58. these guys are too simple for that

FUBAR is a little too complex for some of these guys, especially the republican ones.

"Repair?" They don't think that far down the road.

I think it's just this simple:

I was caught.

I am sad.

Cher

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