by Army!Navy!Air-force!Marines! January 16, 2010
Get the Send the Marines mug.When recounting a "tall story", the response "Tell it to the Marines" implies, "Go and tell your sea-story to some gullible landlubber, because no sailor will believe you".
Dates back to the before the Napoleonic wars, in the Royal Navy.
Dates back to the before the Napoleonic wars, in the Royal Navy.
Pilot #1: "I lost the starboard engine on the base leg, but I still managed to bring it it for a perfect three-point greaser"
Pilot #2: "Tell it to the Marines"
Pilot #2: "Tell it to the Marines"
by eighthofseven August 31, 2010
Get the Tell it to the Marines mug.a term used to describe the obvious presence (or lack thereof) of the United States Marine Corps.
categorized by surgically placed rounds, a lack of any trace other than possibly a smoke grenade seconds before evac, and the attempt to give away their own food and water to enemies and non-combatants alike (especially Charms candy). the area has been cleared of tangos, and all weapons, ordinance, and contraband have been removed. it is now safe for the rest of the military and can now be made into an airstrip or supply depot.
also describes a situation in which enemy soldiers are neutralized from impossible distances without any landscape or structures nearby.
what the enemy says when they tie their shoe and look around to find they are now the only combatant standing- and now they're not.
this does not describe an are bullet-riddled with misplaced ordinance, and children searching through empty MRE trash. you will not see any trace of the U.S.M.C. after they have left because no one is left behind. ever.
categorized by surgically placed rounds, a lack of any trace other than possibly a smoke grenade seconds before evac, and the attempt to give away their own food and water to enemies and non-combatants alike (especially Charms candy). the area has been cleared of tangos, and all weapons, ordinance, and contraband have been removed. it is now safe for the rest of the military and can now be made into an airstrip or supply depot.
also describes a situation in which enemy soldiers are neutralized from impossible distances without any landscape or structures nearby.
what the enemy says when they tie their shoe and look around to find they are now the only combatant standing- and now they're not.
this does not describe an are bullet-riddled with misplaced ordinance, and children searching through empty MRE trash. you will not see any trace of the U.S.M.C. after they have left because no one is left behind. ever.
pogue #1: "did you hear we're off 24/hr patrol, fire watch and can take off our flack jackets??? we even have a 72!!!"
pogue #2. "that's because the Marines were here dumbass. now there's nothing to do but find square yards of flightline and count cans of squelch. here, hand me that BA 1100N with a Sierra Tango ring.'
tango: "hey did guys see?" ... silence... no other tangos are standing. " oh shit." immediately followed by a zip and a thud.
pogue #2. "that's because the Marines were here dumbass. now there's nothing to do but find square yards of flightline and count cans of squelch. here, hand me that BA 1100N with a Sierra Tango ring.'
tango: "hey did guys see?" ... silence... no other tangos are standing. " oh shit." immediately followed by a zip and a thud.
by Marines is capitalized. January 22, 2011
Get the The Marines were here mug.Kicking back with friends and dishing up gossip. You have a really juicy piece of dirt on somebody and after a good martini or two you tell everything you know or heard whether it's true or not.
A friend confides in you that her man might be cheating on her and tells you to keep quiet about it. You're hanging out with friends and get a good martini in you. You blurt out to the whole group what is going on. Or you go home and start calling everyone you know to tell them the secret. You give them The Martini.
by passionflowers December 30, 2012
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Metal-1 aka our handsome talking robot brother: Send in the Marines!
Metal-1 aka our handsome talking robot brother: Send in the Marines!
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