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dcdulce
11/10/08

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why hasn't anyone posted the photo?

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BlondeGrlz
11/10/08

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I love this photo. I have a giant framed version in my bedroom. It helps that I've re-enacted it myself several times with Mr. Blondegrlz, as he is a US Navy sailor. Sadly, he just got promoted and no longer wears the crackerjacks - but we still have them if anyone wants to borrow them for a weekend.
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badmutha
11/10/08

@BlondeGrlz is having a BlondeBoyz!: Heh, heh. I don't think Mr. Badmutha is putting on a sailor suit for me. But thanks for the offer! And congrats on your baby boy!
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KittenFluff
11/10/08

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I thought they identified the man in the photo but Shain refused to believe it was him even though his story was corroborated by others. I can't remember where I read this.
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morninggloria
11/10/08

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At least the assailant had the common decency to support the back of her neck with his wrist, thus preventing whiplash.
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andBegorrah
11/10/08

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There would be no problem tracking down the sailor in the photo if the government just eliminated its repressive policy of Don't Ass-grab, Don't Tell.
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Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka
11/10/08

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Me and Clive recapture this picture every other Sunday. That's when he puts on a costume of my choice.
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badmutha
11/10/08

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Check out her platform nurses shoes! Awesome old lady award indeed!
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MegSpencer
11/10/08

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Whether it's true or not, she definitely wins an awesome old lady award.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
11/10/08

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I just love that photograph. And the above one is just too damn cute!
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DangerMouse
11/10/08

@BrutallyHonestBabes: I know! Are those orthopedic platform shoes??!!!
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
11/10/08

@ejc.yippee.skippee!: I know!!

But you know, I kinda wish they had re-created it with a current, real sailor.
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AuntieEm (robots from the year 2000 > zombies)
11/10/08

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awww she's adorable
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Sukie in the Graveyard
11/10/08

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Everyone was in that photo. It's classic, all encompassing joy. We are all there.

Now, which one of your sailors is going to dip and kiss me? I'm ready.
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blackbirdfly
11/10/08

@Sukie in the Graveyard: Always good to put out for patriotism.
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So Irish
11/10/08

@blackbirdfly: No joke: I actually had a fella use the 'do it for your country' line on me. FAIL.

(p.s. this was pre-9/11, and we were not at war, and he'd been trying to get in my pants since we were 14) ;P
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BeckySharper
11/10/08

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Anyone else find that Eissenstaedt picture a little disturbing? It always looks to me like the woman's just been manhandled and she's too stunned to react.
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ItchykooParker
11/10/08

@BeckySharper: No. I never got that from that pic. I always imagined her feeling something like...well, like I felt when Obama won! I would have been more than ok with a euphoric kiss from a stranger on that night!
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BeckySharper
11/10/08

@ItchykooParker: If you look at the picture, her arm is down by her side, not touching him or returning the embrace, and it almost looks like he's got her in a headlock. I mean, she doesn't look like she's reciprocating at all.
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ItchykooParker
11/10/08

@BeckySharper: I guess we just disagree on this one. I don't find it disturbing at all.
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PhDork
11/10/08

@BeckySharper: Never liked the picture. Tuesday night was amazing, and the feeling of community was remarkable, but that doesn't mean that I'd be okay with a strange man grabbing and putting his mouth on me just because he was an Obama volunteer. I would get cock-punchy.
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NefariousNewt
11/10/08

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I think that picture not only encapsulates how people felt on V-J day back in '45, but maybe a part of it resonates with how many of us felt on Election Day '08.
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JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
11/10/08

@NefariousNewt, Serving at the Pleasure of the President-Ele...: Read my mind, much? Also, those bodies in there aren't mine. I'm storing them for a friend.
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NefariousNewt
11/10/08

@JessicaLovejoy is confused by this feeling of pride: Bodies, what bodies? I don't see any bodies... nope... not here...
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CrossWord
11/10/08

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I am Spartacus!
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andBegorrah
11/10/08

@CrossWord: HA!
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