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| - Skippy's List proves that The Loonie can be applied to the military as well as Tabletop Games. The list consists of things that Skippy--an enlisted man in the US Army's psychological operations department--discovered were forbidden in the US Army, generally without much context as to how he found out (although the blog does provide some explanations). It first came to the Internet back in 2001, lists 213 things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The US Army. As the site explains, everything on the list actually happened, either as something Skippy himself did, something he saw happen, something he was spontaneously informed he was not allowed to do, a clarification to one of the above, or "I was just minding my own business, when something happened."
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| - Skippy's List proves that The Loonie can be applied to the military as well as Tabletop Games. The list consists of things that Skippy--an enlisted man in the US Army's psychological operations department--discovered were forbidden in the US Army, generally without much context as to how he found out (although the blog does provide some explanations). It first came to the Internet back in 2001, lists 213 things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The US Army. As the site explains, everything on the list actually happened, either as something Skippy himself did, something he saw happen, something he was spontaneously informed he was not allowed to do, a clarification to one of the above, or "I was just minding my own business, when something happened." The original list can be seen here. The site also includes other sections with other, smaller lists submitted by "Friends of Skippy". See also Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG, which Skippy's List inspired, as well as "Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do At Hogwarts", which has several different iterations, most commonly numbering one hundred and fifty.
* Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking:
* Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving: He actually got commended for some of these, specifically:
* Awesome McCoolname:
* Because Destiny Says So:
* Black Magic:
* Body Paint:
* Breast Expansion:
* Brick Joke:
* Buffy-Speak:
* Calvin Ball:
* Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys:
* Combining Mecha:
* Cross Dresser:
* Dead Baby Comedy:
* Dirty Communists:
* Dude, Not Funny: In-Universe
* Duel to the Death:
* Everything Is Big in Texas:
* Exact Words:
* Flat Earth Atheist:
* Full-Frontal Assault:
* Genre Savvy: Eventually, his COs caught onto his looniness.
* Gilligan Cut:
* "Have a Nice Day" Smile:
* I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
* It's Raining Men:
* Jumping on a Grenade
* The Loonie
* Loophole Abuse:
* Monster Clown:
* Nice Hat: "Nice" may not be the correct adjective, but it was doubtless a remarkable hat.
* Noodle Incident:
* Noodle Implement:
* Not Making This Up Disclaimer:
* Or So I Heard:
* Our Lawyers Advised This Trope: Why we can post at least part of his list.
* Patriotic Fervor:
* Perfectly Cromulent Word:
* Reference Overdosed:
* Rule of Funny:
* Running Gag: The inflatable sheep.
* Sarcastic Confession:
* Schmuck Bait:
* Sex Sells:
* Snipe Hunt: Even provides the page quote:
* Sound Off: Naturally, there are several things Skippy is not allowed to use in this context.
* Suspiciously Specific Denial:
* Take Over the World:
* Take That:
* Technology Marches On / Life Imitates Art: Chem-Light batteries now actually exist.
* Team Dad:
* Team Mom:
* The End of the World as We Know It:
* Too Soon:
* Wholesome Crossdresser: One story, "The Battalion Dance", relates Skippy and his fellow soldiers being forced to attend a dance they didn't want to. Skippy initially tries attending wearing a dress, but before the dance, someone rats him out and he is not allowed to. Then he meets a transvestite...
* Your Soul Is Mine
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