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.
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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.
Not sure what a woobie is.
A search says they are poncho liners
https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...l_9dbgsk61qr_p
Old Grouch had a sale on them for a while
same same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
woobie is the term of endearment for poncho liner.
Most practical, best gag gift ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erni
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?)
Uncles Sam gave me one too....he seemed to be so worried about me on those freezing ass nightsQuote:
Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinjmpr
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneGuy67
Midway USA has nice ones.
Pricey...but you get what you pay for...
https://store.kifaru.net/woobie-p72.aspx
I got a nice one off of Amazon a couple years ago, and it's on my lap right now...
I never heard it called a woobie when I was in.Quote:
Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck
ETS 1987...
Tinnitus is a bitch.Quote:
Originally Posted by brutal
FIFYQuote:
Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck
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!
so did Mr. Mom get the term woobie from the Army, or the other way around?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET1wqQ2t1XM
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Originally Posted by brutal
WHAT?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
oh, I SEE what you did there..
My guess would be the popular culture brought it into the Army.Quote:
Originally Posted by 68Charger
my guess too, since that movie was out in 1983Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
possible scenario:Quote:
Originally Posted by 68Charger
"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".
The next thing you know you're out on the street trying to score an electric blanket or maybe a quilt.Quote:
Originally Posted by 68Charger
What a great movie.