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Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« on: February 12, 2008, 02:37:42 PM »
This is old, so maybe everyone knows about it already, but I just saw that The Onion borrowed our favorite host's name for an article on the military:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bush_bravely_leads_3rd_infantry

Hey, I thought it was funny.

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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2008, 02:55:27 PM »
Definitely not an accident - Tom was a contributing writer for The Onion.

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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2008, 03:01:55 PM »
Hey, Jon Benjamin gets a mention too.

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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2008, 03:22:29 PM »
Definitely not an accident - Tom was a contributing writer for The Onion.

I knew that.  I just thought it was funny that they gave him a shout-out like that.

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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2008, 03:50:04 PM »
The Onion also did a feature on a guy named Roger Dittman, who looks eerily similar to our Mr. Scharpling.


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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2008, 03:52:29 PM »
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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2008, 03:55:42 PM »
The Onion also did a feature on a guy named Roger Dittman, who looks eerily similar to our Mr. Scharpling.

Ha!  Do you have a link to the article to which that photo corresponds?

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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2008, 04:12:12 PM »
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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2008, 09:58:08 PM »
Damn, Tom stays busy
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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2009, 11:02:40 PM »
I just stumbled on this today myself.

This is awesome.

The Onion also did a feature on a guy named Roger Dittman, who looks eerily similar to our Mr. Scharpling.




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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2009, 08:50:24 AM »
I didn't know he wrote for the Onion.  Is here anything he can't do?  I suggest that no, there is not.
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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2009, 11:49:52 AM »
I just stumbled on this today myself.

This is awesome.

The Onion also did a feature on a guy named Roger Dittman, who looks eerily similar to our Mr. Scharpling.






He's totally making the "area man" face, too.
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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #12 on: August 31, 2009, 02:23:53 PM »
Teehee

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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #13 on: August 31, 2009, 05:48:08 PM »
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Re: Pvt. Tom Scharpling, U.S. Army, 3rd Infantry
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2009, 12:17:48 PM »
I choose to believe this last paragraph is a Best Show reference:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_majority_of_newspapers_now