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"Who wants to live forever?" (Original Post)
MrScorpio
Jun 2019
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tymorial
(3,433 posts)1. He is immortal and there can be only one
Cue theme song from Point Break
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,782 posts)2. In the matrix...
We all live forever...unless ...you know...programming flaw.
zanana1
(6,129 posts)3. I get bored on rainy days.
What would I do with eternity?
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)4. Hey you forgot to add this.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)5. No, I didn't forget...
I was patiently waiting for you.
mitch96
(13,926 posts)6. Wasn't that a line from the Highlander?? Connery?
Or was that a Marine Corp quote...
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From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood
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One of the most famous quotations in Marine Corps history came during the initial step-off for the battle when First Sergeant Dan Daly, a recipient of two Medals of Honor who had served in the Philippines, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Peking and Vera Cruz, prompted his men of the 73rd Machine Gun Company forward with the words: "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?"[3](pp99100)
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One of the most famous quotations in Marine Corps history came during the initial step-off for the battle when First Sergeant Dan Daly, a recipient of two Medals of Honor who had served in the Philippines, Santo Domingo, Haiti, Peking and Vera Cruz, prompted his men of the 73rd Machine Gun Company forward with the words: "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?"[3](pp99100)
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Codeine
(25,586 posts)8. Later echoed in Heinlein's "Starship Troopers";
Come on, you apes! You wanna live forever?!