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Did this Marine go too Far
On the lighter side, A Marine reportedly caused a bit of an international stir, prompting this reaction.
"Another bloody American trying to educate the world," a Nightcliff resident said. "Mate, look at your women in the US - Rosanne (Barr) to Britney (Spears). At least we have a bar to raise." Another reader wrote: "Leave your opinions in the USA. PS: You didn't vote for Bush by chance?" full story here. US Marine Tells Australian Girls To Cover Up, Offends Nation
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Looks like the whole thing was either a prank or a hoax.
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No marine would ask a reasonable-looking woman to put on MORE clothing. Hoax!
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HUH????? If true, the captain is not good major material.
Did anyone ask one of the USMC NCO's their opinion, I mean really.
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If it's real, I'd say he votes against "bush", if ya know what I mean.
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Another in agreement...gotta be a hoax.
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I was a Marine from '88-'93. I saw a lot of Marines do a lot of stupid things. I never saw (or even heard tell of) one asking a reasonable (or less) looking woman to put on MORE clothing.
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...and all this happened in a territory called Darwin? How appropriate...
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^^ They're both named after the same guy- not a coincidence.
i call hoax too. and considering its summer and temps would be over 40 degrees celsius, who in their right mind would put on more clothing? I struggled in winter temperatures in Darwin.
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I was in Darwin when I was in the Marines but I never saw anything like that. I might have stayed.
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I clicked through those links and didn't see the original letter....hmmm...
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I definitely met Marines like this guy. John Glenn was the same such, too--remember The Right Stuff?
Anyway, kind of takes away from the reputation which is useful, you know?
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Most of the ones I have known were not above going "hogging" and it is simply not credible one would do this. It is a link to Huffington Hoax John Glenn was like that in the 50's and 60's, when everybody was.
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I live in Darwin, its bloody hot most of the time.....temps in the 90's at the moment and very high humidity for about half the year. You can watch your grass gow at the moment. A cold day here is around 80F
We are blessed with an outdoor, laid back lifestyle, multi-cultural population (something for everyone  ) and we have amongst the highest beer consumption per capita of anywhere in the world! Oh and did I mention the back packers Not unusual too see the girls strolling around in their bikinis......Sometimes less is more  Any Pelicans heading this way, look me up for a beer.......
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DD74 - NZ generally not as hot as Oz in summer but we are a big country (slightly less than Nth America) so it depends where you go! Tasmania has a pretty cool climate.
I suspect a hoax as well but no one here has taken it too seriously
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Parts of NZ look a lot like British Columbia.
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