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:Removed it because it's indeed silly. --[[User:Sanity|Sanity]] 22:33, 29 August 2006 (CEST)
:Removed it because it's indeed silly. --[[User:Sanity|Sanity]] 22:33, 29 August 2006 (CEST)


==Reverse annotation==
"Too short for this shit" is also a line said by Junior in Conflict: Vietnam to refer to the fact that he is "short" - that his tour of Vietnam is about to be finished. --[[Special:Contributions/81.108.80.54|81.108.80.54]] 15:33, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
"Too short for this shit" is also a line said by Junior in Conflict: Vietnam to refer to the fact that he is "short" - that his tour of Vietnam is about to be finished. --[[Special:Contributions/81.108.80.54|81.108.80.54]] 15:33, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
:This, however, is even more recent. "I'm too short for this shit, man" is a quote from ''Platoon'' (1986), quoting any number of actual GIs in Vietnam. ("Too short" meaning too close to the end of his tour.} See also the [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/men-at-arms.html APF], p224. --[[User:Old Dickens|Old Dickens]] ([[User talk:Old Dickens|talk]]) 18:58, 30 November 2013 (GMT)

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In this case, "a W-" is a quote, but that seems like too much of an in-joke for an encyclopedia. If it's really supposed to avoid spoilage it's too cautious. Her species isn't a secret from the readers. ..Old Dickens 15:20 EST 29 Aug 2006

Removed it because it's indeed silly. --Sanity 22:33, 29 August 2006 (CEST)

Reverse annotation

"Too short for this shit" is also a line said by Junior in Conflict: Vietnam to refer to the fact that he is "short" - that his tour of Vietnam is about to be finished. --81.108.80.54 15:33, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

This, however, is even more recent. "I'm too short for this shit, man" is a quote from Platoon (1986), quoting any number of actual GIs in Vietnam. ("Too short" meaning too close to the end of his tour.} See also the APF, p224. --Old Dickens (talk) 18:58, 30 November 2013 (GMT)