April 28, 2004

OTOFTC , a.k.a. Operation Take One For The Country, is a "virtual organization" made up of like-minded women, "We believe US service men and women deserve our support and we are willing to make caring choices about making them happy". SO TO SPEAK! < stands and salutes, and hands all of the like-minded women a banana >

"It [OTOFTC] was back in February of 2003, when a lot of troops were leaving Ft. Benning. My girlfriends and I were partying at a bar frequented by soldiers. At some point one my friend leaves with a young soldier. The next day we questioned her and commented that the soldier didn't seem her 'type'. My friend just shrugged and said, 'Hey, his unit was going to ship out in a few days, so I decided to take one for the country', I knew right then and there that this was an incredible idea, so I started Operation Take One for the Country". < wipes tear > Beautiful... just beautiful.

posted by jim_t 20 years ago
  • was waiting for this one. /dons camos & blackeye - heads for cover
  • [ folds up ten foot pole, backs away ]
  • These women have a stange view of sex, which is unfortunate. They seem to see it as a sacrifice of some sort. Don't they enjoy it for what it is? I guess I've been lucky enough to have never dated a woman like this. I'd much prefer that a woman enjoy sex as a means of fulfilling her own needs, and not as a means of 'doing me a favour'.
  • Well, the US is heading back to the Victorian era. Next thing you know, we'll be cutting holes in bedsheets so bodies don't have to actually touch during sex. I'm sure this would make people a little happier about the draft.
  • I wonder what Dubya would think of this, as they are his supporters. No doubt Slick Willy would have given all them medals!
  • i was waiting for this link to be posted! interesting stuff. wonder if it's real. i emailed barb over at snopes to see if she's heard anything about it. there was nothing in the nexis news database. you'd think if this was really going on some reporter somewhere would have written about it by now.
  • tracicle: Don't you know that girls have cooties? Cooties are an actual medical condition! The primary method of transfer is non-genital sexual contact! By using 'the sheet' you offend not God nor the body. When is somebody going to invent 'kissing kondoms'? I like kissing, but not the icky fluid transfer that sometimes results. Won't you help me, Jebus? Say... is that an ankle showing?
  • The links says "Service Not Available" now, by the way. Anybody got a google cache?
  • The Google cache link, that is. Filthy little minds you have, yes?
  • well... um. "Fellatio Friday" isn't such a bad idea
  • I don't know. A nice memento for some guy that might know no other pleasant moment for the rest of his (perhaps way too short) life? Or a misguided, demeaning gesture from the girl, that romanticizes the whole militaristic atmosphere? ("You don't have to die for your seven virgins: Join Now!") With the possiblity of sexual diseases and unwanted pregnancy, to boot? And it seems this is hardly something new, as this BoingBoing comment points. Mmhh... history&#039;s wheel is indeed round, it seems.
  • "Fellatio Friday" is a much better idea than that "Flash Friday" thing they do over at mefi. Reminds me of another great idea.
  • On this topic, I give to you Pantoja or, for the more literary among you: Pantoja (Mild spoiler) Soldiers stationed in the jungles of Peru keep raping locals. By Peruvian law, if the woman becomes pregnant, the rapist may either marry her and avoid prosecution or face the court. Nobody is happy about this, so the generals hire Pantoja, a efficiency expert and stand up soldier to create a "Special Service" of prostitutes to boat up and down the river visiting the bases. Problems arise when Pantoja does his job too well and the amorous jungle heat starts working its magic. Llosa forever.
  • "...where they ate 72oz steaks while <bleeeep> from their significant others." I heard of that day, but haven't read the faq. Eeeww.. I mean, those two things, OK. But one after the other, please! "Oh, I see you're really enjoying your steak, Sir" "Oh, sure, it's... it's... oh GOD, it's GREEAAT!!!"
  • yeah the strip club here makes food a big part of their promotions. Wimmen and meat, man - wimmen and meat.
  • I, for one, think everyone's missing the point. This is the greatest new excuse eveh! for hitting on hot, buff, inappropriately younger guys. Whot?
  • I'm starting to like Space Cougar Kitty.
  • Heh. He said "slick willy".
  • Space Kitty, meet Slick Willy...
  • *d'oh!* must learn not to post EVERY random thought on monkeyfilter!
  • Ladies, ladies. Need I remind you that those 'special' troops are from the bottom 10% of last year's graduating class? Or rather, the seniors from last year's special ed. class. Booyah! /No need to look any further, cuz I got yer buff alpha-male 'serviceman' right here.
  • rocket88: I disagree. On the contrary, I think this is an excuse for more good ol' casual sex, same as it ever was. :) This is just a means of rationalization. (Sure, there are women who don&#039;t enjoy sex as much as the next guy and who do consider it a &quot;sacrifice&quot;, but these aren&#039;t those women.)
  • iguanapolitico: What I see is a disturbing attitude among some women that sex is a gift, or reward, to be offered to men when they deserve it, and withheld from them when they don't. If you ever see this attitude in a partner, get the hell out of the relationship and don't look back.
  • rocket88: Perhaps you're reading a little too much into the statement. Of course in a long-term relationship, it would be hell if a woman considered sex as a part of her weapons arsenal in the war of the sexes. /tortured metaphor However, if she said, "Let's give every serviceman on his way out a big hug!" That would sound all right, wouldn't it? She isn't planning on marrying the chap, so the argument of sex being a gift or reward doesn't quite stand here. It's just a way of showing support, I suppose, as one might give out kisses or flowers or hugs. Disclaimer: The above statements do not necessarily reflect my actual attitudes towards sex. So there.
  • Then they should rename it "Operation Give One for the Country" "Take One" makes it sound like a sacrifice of some sort...like there's nothing in it for them. If they did that then it'd be a fabulous idea!
  • MonkeyFilter: I got yer buff alpha-male 'serviceman' right here. (and also, 'take one' is funnier. I can't explain it, it just is)
  • hoax! via boingboing
  • rocket88 - I agree 100% that using sex as a gift/reward/weapon/other is Very Bad. You and I are just interpreting this (hoax?) differently. I see it as women who are just making up a title for their like-minded group of people who are looking for an excuse to sleep with more guys. ;) I mean, roughly. The whole "reward" aspect, I had thought, was more ... their so-called rationalization. ("Yeah, we're sleeping with certain guys because ... because ... they're fighting for our country! Yeah, that's it! We'll sleep with servicemen as a ... a reward!") Whether that's really the case, er, in the minds of the women or in the minds of the hoaxter, I don't know. :)
  • A hoax? But I wonder if it will cease to be, now that the idea is out there.
  • hoax! Foiled again, jim_t.
  • I'm starting to think it's deliberate. If so, you're a genius and a legend, jim_t.