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'Dang-it-Dolls' help troops with stress

cnn.com — A South Carolina grandmother has become a sensation among stressed-out U.S. military men and women around the globe by sending the most incongruous of gifts: pliable, google-eye dolls.

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  • rlray216, on 05/15/2008, -5/+1These are awesome - I need one of these!
    • misguidedmonkey, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2This is a rip off of the damn-it doll. Totally unoriginal and she still makes headlines. That's great.
      I think I'm gonna make it big by inventing what I call the television. It's basically a radio with pictures.
      And I'm gonna help corruption flourish and help rig elections with it.
  • WaxenPith, on 05/15/2008, -5/+21How about some kevlar siding for 20,000 humvees?
    • assassinmaids, on 05/15/2008, -2/+15I don't think the Grandmother has any kevlar in her fabric cupboard.
      • apmtt, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0If the dolls were made ot kevlar they sould just stick them all over the sides.
  • eatsleeptrumpet, on 05/15/2008, -1/+6Osama Bin Laden sighting: Bottom left
  • Wartyboskfapped, on 05/15/2008, -2/+8Quite excellent and a brilliant idea. This is the sort of insightful compassion that will guide the human race forward, not the kill-em-all mentality.
  • asphinx, on 05/15/2008, -4/+13bang-it-dolls would be better
  • goonerzilla, on 05/15/2008, -7/+5I want the kind that says,"***** the RIAA" when I press it.
    • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3ZOFG, you should get a billion diggs.
      /sarc
  • OisinT, on 05/15/2008, -5/+5I hate it when people say 'dang-it'... it's so lame.
    • mickstephenson, on 05/15/2008, -0/+5I think they're worried God might be listening with his massive CCTV system in the sky
  • bjornski, on 05/15/2008, -4/+10Know what else our might help our troops?

    ........ah ***** it. I'm really getting to the point of not giving a ***** anymore.
    • latinjones, on 05/15/2008, -5/+5Poor thing. Clearly, you've been through so much.
      • bjornski, on 05/15/2008, -4/+7No. I just figure that the troops smart enough to realize what they got suckered into deserve some sympathy. The rest of them that sign up deserve what they get.

        Many sign up with great visions in their head of "protecting the nation". Yeah, well, Exxon values your efforts. You don't get ***** for compensation if you're injured, and may have to pay back that "advance" if you can't fill out your contract, but Lee Raymond thanks you.

        Maybe once these soldiers return, they can ask for medical care from the companies they've helped enrich. Or Blackwater, since the money that SHOULD have been going to the soldiers is going there instead.

        It's like Linux users bitching about lack of game support. You knew what you were getting into when yo signed up.

        The people that got sucked in at the beginning of this *****, I feel sorry for. Anyone who enlisted AFTER the Iraq invasion? Well, ***** 'em.

        They knew what they were getting in to. They deserve no sympathy.
        • unclebuck, on 05/15/2008, -2/+5Please go to the airport, and say that to a group of Soldiers or Marines just returning from Iraq. And have a friend along to shoot the video and post it on youtube.
          • bjornski, on 05/15/2008, -3/+3I'm just saying they should be looking for sympathy from those they enriched, not those that were billed for it, and sure as ***** didn't get anything positive out of it.

            Those guys weren't busting their asses protecting me. They didn't do a ***** thing for me.

            They should ask Lee Raymond for their benefits and sympathy. Not me.
        • latinjones, on 05/17/2008, -0/+1This isn't a story about feeling sorry for the troops. It's about a lady who sends them dolls. You can stop with your rant now. If they didn't enlist: you, me, and everyone else commenting on this story from the US over the age of 18 very well could have been drafted into that pile of *****.

          Do you think the soldiers who enlisted after the invasion felt like getting their asses blown off for the oil industry? Maybe not everyone has your keen insight...

          We've been subjected to fear mongering and manipulation at the hands of this administration and there are a lot of reasons why you should at least empathize with the soldiers fighting over there. Stupid as it may seem to you. Many of them might feel like they are protecting us and the people of Iraq.

          They fight, and fortunately we don't have too. This is not a war I support or agree with but at least I can still make that choice. You should at least be thankful for that.
  • mickstephenson, on 05/15/2008, -10/+4What a bunch of big girls blouses, I can see the next Call of Duty now a bunch of yanks prancing around in tutus clutching their 'Dang It Dolls' sucking their thumbs while proclaiming "Woo we're gonna kick your rag head asses, America ***** Yeeah!" Only to retire to there camp to beat up there dolls, scream along to some Linkin Park and maybe cut themselves a bit before they cry themselves to sleep.
    America you fail at soldiering next time perhaps you might want to stay home and leave wars to the real men.
    • wtrwlkr, on 05/15/2008, -2/+6riiiiiiighhhtt.........why don't you travel over to Normandy and visit the American cemetary and tell that to the graves of the Americans who helped save the Brits from Hitler. I'm by no means trying to insult all Brits, as i've met some really awesome ones, but your comment, sir, reeks of ignorance.
      • mickstephenson, on 05/15/2008, -2/+4I have been to Normandy and have seen the American graves, those Americans didn't run around with dolls or listen to Linkin Park, they were real soldiers doing a job under difficult conditions I don't meant to insult those men. Iraq is a little bit different.
      • mickstephenson, on 05/15/2008, -1/+4And another thing, get the idea out of your head that Britain would have fell to the Nazi's, America helped Britain save Europe from the Nazi's it has been agreed by many military historians that Hitler would have failed to invade Britain had he tried, which is why he never did. Don't forget the Russians beat the Allies to Berlin also.
        • OisinT, on 05/15/2008, -1/+5Yeah, I'm really sick of this whole world's saviour act from the Americans. Get over yourselves and lets try to get along with other countries.
          • shutaro, on 05/15/2008, -2/+1Your mom gets along with other countries!
  • Zippo, on 05/15/2008, -1/+7Back in the day, troops had pin-up girls. The name "Dang-it-Dolls" is terribly misleading.
  • TheEmpire, on 05/15/2008, -2/+3Are they "Washboarding" durable?
  • zerocool1990, on 05/15/2008, -2/+3Silly me I thought they were some kind of sex dolls.
  • CrimsonFlash, on 05/15/2008, -1/+4I always thought they were called "Damn-it Dolls"
    I guess CNN has to protect everyone from a minor swear-word.
  • kittnerrules, on 05/15/2008, -1/+3These are old, ..my grandmother had one for years before she passed. They're called "dammit dolls" and come with a poem on the belly ... something pretty clever, I can't quite remember, but it ends in "dammit dammit dammit."
    • misguidedmonkey, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0Here you go chap..

      Whenever things don't go so well...
      And you want to hit the wall and yell...
      Here's a little dammit doll
      That you cannot do without.
      Just grasp it firmly by the legs
      And find a place to slam it
      And as you whack the stuffing out
      Yell, "DAMMIT! DAMMIT! DAMMIT!"

      According to CNN, Yell Dang it! Dang it! Dang it!
  • n1eb, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1Also goes:
    When you want to kick the desk or throw the phone and shout. Here's a little dammit doll you cannot do without. Just grasp it firmly by the legs, and find a place to slam it. And as you whack it's stuffing out, yell, "dammit, dammit, dammit!"
  • redmannine, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4These probably would be a good idea to give to Soldiers Returning from Iraq that are suffering from PTSD and other issues and need something to unload their anger on
    • mstoneburner, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2PTSD isn't anger related, it's stress related.
  • lhbaker, on 05/15/2008, -2/+2So that video of the soldier throwing a puppy over the cliff was just a 'dang-it dog?'
  • lhbaker, on 05/15/2008, -1/+2If your fourth deployment's been a bad one
    and you've seen your buddy's brains
    and you're pinned down by insurgents
    and you don't know who to blame
    grab this little dolly
    that someones mommy made
    and toss it toward the terrorists
    after inserting your grenade
  • stonewaljacksn, on 05/15/2008, -1/+1thought it said bang it doll.
  • ProvocateurCrow, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service. - Albert Einstein.

    soo do I support uncreative people who thought they had no choice but to join forces with The Man. no
  • Yage2006, on 05/15/2008, -0/+1I Think it would have been more helpful if she sent a different type of doll.
    You know the ones that inflate ? :)
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