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Erni
05-10-2017, 20:03
Recomendation for a nirth Denver or online vendor for a woobie?

Gag gift to my HS son for graduation, he always gets cold.

Thank you.
Great-Kazoo
05-10-2017, 21:50
Not sure what a woobie is.
A search says they are poncho liners
https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=woobie&tag=mh0b-20&index=aps&hvadid=3527171168&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_9dbgsk61qr_p
KevDen2005
05-10-2017, 23:22
Old Grouch had a sale on them for a while
TheBelly
05-10-2017, 23:54
Not sure what a woobie is.
A search says they are poncho liners
https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=woobie&tag=mh0b-20&index=aps&hvadid=3527171168&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_9dbgsk61qr_p

same same.

woobie is the term of endearment for poncho liner.
KevDen2005
05-11-2017, 00:55
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIFEmlhDqdA
CS1983
05-11-2017, 05:45
Recomendation for a nirth Denver or online vendor for a woobie?

Gag gift to my HS son for graduation, he always gets cold.

Thank you.

Most practical, best gag gift ever.
Martinjmpr
05-11-2017, 07:49
Surplus store at Broadway and Hampden?
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EDIT: North Denver so the one at Pecos and the Boulder Turnpike maybe (is that one still there?)
KevDen2005
05-11-2017, 08:25
I got one for my graduation gift too.


My Dad didnt buy it though. My uncle Sam did.




woobie is what the army guys call them, in the real military we call them ponch liners.

Uncles Sam gave me one too....he seemed to be so worried about me on those freezing ass nights
KevDen2005
05-11-2017, 08:27
Surplus store at Broadway and Hampden?
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EDIT: North Denver so the one at Pecos and the Boulder Turnpike maybe (is that one still there?)

It's still there but I every time I go in there it's less of a surplus store and more of a crappy sporting goods store. Not sure if they have any but when they did have them they were way over priced.

OP is in Longmont, JAX I know for sure had them, but I again I think over priced.

I have several around. I keep one in my room, one near the TV, one in the Jeep. My kids love them.
OneGuy67
05-11-2017, 09:22
Since my retirement from the Guard, my wife has "adopted" both my two woobies (one extremely worn and one relatively new) and sleeps every night with them instead of the bed comforter. When I make fun of her and tease her about stealing my shit, she gets very defensive.

Be wary the power of the woobie!
KevDen2005
05-11-2017, 09:52
Since my retirement from the Guard, my wife has "adopted" both my two woobies (one extremely worn and one relatively new) and sleeps every night with them instead of the bed comforter. When I make fun of her and tease her about stealing my shit, she gets very defensive.

Be wary the power of the woobie!

I once said it was the best piece of equipment ever issued. My LT. said to me, "That's not a very infantry thing to say, you're rifle should be the best piece of equipment" and I responded by telling him that I have never fired my rifle in anger but I sleep every night.
Batteriesnare
05-11-2017, 13:10
Midway USA has nice ones.
LX470
05-11-2017, 19:55
Pricey...but you get what you pay for...

https://store.kifaru.net/woobie-p72.aspx
ChadAmberg
05-11-2017, 21:49
I got a nice one off of Amazon a couple years ago, and it's on my lap right now...
brutal
05-11-2017, 23:04
I got one for my graduation gift too.


My Dad didnt buy it though. My uncle Sam did.




woobie is what the army guys call them, in the real military we call them ponch liners.

I never heard it called a woobie when I was in.

ETS 1987...
Irving
05-11-2017, 23:09
I never heard it called a woobie when I was in.

ETS 1987...

Tinnitus is a bitch.
TheBelly
05-12-2017, 05:42
I got one for my graduation gift too.


My Dad didnt buy it though. My uncle Sam did.




woobie is what the army guys call them, in the NAVY we called them ponch liners.

FIFY
OneGuy67
05-12-2017, 09:13
Back in the 80's in Germany, we would take a poncho liner (woobie) and have it sewn into the issued wet weather top to make what we referred to as a "Graf jacket". Precursor to the wet weather gear issued in the 90's and beyond. It was warm and kept us dry! Woobies had a lot of uses!
68Charger
05-12-2017, 09:20
so did Mr. Mom get the term woobie from the Army, or the other way around?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET1wqQ2t1XM
68Charger
05-12-2017, 09:23
I never heard it called a woobie when I was in.

ETS 1987...


Tinnitus is a bitch.
WHAT?

oh, I SEE what you did there..
CS1983
05-12-2017, 09:47
so did Mr. Mom get the term woobie from the Army, or the other way around?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET1wqQ2t1XM

My guess would be the popular culture brought it into the Army.
68Charger
05-12-2017, 11:10
My guess would be the popular culture brought it into the Army.

my guess too, since that movie was out in 1983
CS1983
05-12-2017, 11:17
my guess too, since that movie was out in 1983

possible scenario:

"Sergeant, I forgot my poncho liner! What am I gonna do?!"

(Sergeant, who was mentored by hardcore Vietnam vets), "Awww, whatsamatta pwivate, you miss your woobie?"

Platoon starts using term, guys PCS... eventually, "woobie".
KevDen2005
05-12-2017, 12:17
so did Mr. Mom get the term woobie from the Army, or the other way around?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET1wqQ2t1XM

The next thing you know you're out on the street trying to score an electric blanket or maybe a quilt.

What a great movie.