Move Over, Beetle Bailey
A National Guardsman from Ohio has legally changed his name to Optimus Prime, a monicker he drew from the old Transformers toys.
He shipped out for the Middle East yesterday, where he'll protect airfields from fires and, one assumes, take abuse from superior officers and everyone else.
Prime told the press: "I got a letter from a general at the Pentagon when the name change went through and he says it was great to have the employ of the commander of the Autobots in the National Guard."
[Link courtesy of Todd Seavey, who edits Health Facts and Fears]
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Shouldn't a National Guardsman be, you know, guarding the nation? One has to wonder about all those Department of Defense employees, as well.
I hope he makes sure Saddam doesn't set fire to the energon cube wells.
Does this mean the new motivational slogan for the War on Terror is "Transform and Let's Roll"?
Why is he still allowed to handle firearms? Klinger's got nothing on this guy.
Please say hello to Star Scream for us, eh?
I think this is a pretty good gag. He seems like a normal enough fellow, so why not? It's probably good for the morale.
As I read that it is on his uniform, his driver's license, and everything else, I couldn't help but think how cool it would be to whip out an ID that says "Optimus Prime, 555 Peachtree Lane, Somewhere, OH."
- Charlie
P.S. Sean, your "more than meets the eye" joke was very funny.
I can hear it all now: National Guard! TRANSFORM (chicka,chicka,chicka)AND ROLL OUT!
I can hear it all now: National Guard! TRANSFORM (chicka,chicka,chicka)AND ROLL OUT!
A shockingly large number of us know enough about the toys to make some pretty sharp jokes about this guy.
Speaking as a veteran, I can attest that this stunt is so *not* atypically juvenile for a man in uniform
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I think there's more than meets the eye here.
Is this what "mechanized infantry" means?
New information has come to light that says that Saddam may have been attempting to sell WMD to the Decepticons.
I thought the reason he did it was cool. I am turning 30 this year and I was a transformer NERD when I was a kid.
Hell, I just bought the DVD movie a couple years ago.
You've got a lot of room to talk, with a name like "Voltron"...
What worries me is that a general at the PENTAGON not only knows that Optimus Prime was the commander of the autobots, but went out of his way to tell this guy he was happy to have him aboard...
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If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.
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