{"id":3806,"date":"2003-03-26T20:22:05","date_gmt":"2003-03-27T01:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2003-03-26T20:22:05","modified_gmt":"2003-03-27T01:22:05","slug":"operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/03\/26\/operation.html","title":{"rendered":"Operation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heh.  After all the complaints I was making about bad ones before, how could I <i>not <\/i>link to this <a title=\"Ftrain.com: \"American Military Operation Name Generating Device\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ftrain.com\/cgi-bin\/l_operation.cgi?num_ops=10\">American Military Operation Name Generating Device<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>A few faves that came up:<\/p>\n<p><i>Operation Irascible Chick Pea<br \/>\nOperation Frenzied Mullah<br \/>\nOperation Ejaculating Hammer<br \/>\nOperation Massive Shrub<br \/>\nOperation Temperamental Rottweiler<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I like it.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfad.org\/julia\/blog\/archive\/001380.shtml\">Julia<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heh. After all the complaints I was making about bad ones before, how could I not link to this American Military Operation Name Generating Device? 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