Why The Hell Not

I’ve seen this on Facebook two or three times now so what the hell, why not share?

Bonus points if you know what is missing in this equation.

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40 Responses to “Why The Hell Not”

Strike-Hold says:

January 4, 2015 at 02:47

550 cord and 100mph tape.
Tim says:

January 4, 2015 at 03:01

Learned great tricks with the spoon and radio…. Really surprised MacGyver didn’t have one with his Swiss army knife…
todd says:

January 4, 2015 at 03:04

pencil eraser…
adam says:

January 4, 2015 at 03:06

Some 100mph tape and a CVC
Kevin says:

January 4, 2015 at 03:11

Me throwing it because SINCGARS dropped the fill…..again.
- Chuck says:
  
  January 4, 2015 at 04:17
  
  Change your hub battery. Spit on your o-rings. Curse the commo guy.
  - Alan says:
    
    January 4, 2015 at 15:05
    
    Both of these replies brought back a bunch of memories. Thanks!
    - 11b says:
      
      January 5, 2015 at 01:15
      
      Always that damned hub battery, at the worst possible moment.
Kevin says:

January 4, 2015 at 03:13

Electrical tape. However the previous small white spoons where better!!
parapyropig says:

January 4, 2015 at 03:32

A PRC-117 & antenna wire.
zach says:

January 4, 2015 at 03:37

PAL’S
TexasKrypteia says:

January 4, 2015 at 03:42

Di Pole antenna.
Rick says:

January 4, 2015 at 03:43

All wrong. The correct answer is a ziplock bag.

Rick
CPT Mike says:

January 4, 2015 at 04:13

Spit on your pinky
Mark says:

January 4, 2015 at 04:16

A PRC77, antenna wire and some sticks to complete the jungle antenna.
Z43 says:

January 4, 2015 at 04:56

77 or 25 set and antenna wire for a field expedient antenna.
Brad says:

January 4, 2015 at 05:19

While 550 cord, 100MPH tape, electirical tape etc. worked, I always had extra retaining bands handy to use in this situation.
Adam says:

January 4, 2015 at 05:57

Field expedient way of hooking it on your gear after you break the clip on the back.
blehtastic says:

January 4, 2015 at 06:00

Right, because violating the Buy American act to ask Baofeng to build some radios is totally not worth it. No, casualties are far preferrable. Let’s not update a thing from that vietnam era crap.

Keep worrying about camo and the warthog, SSD, because apparently grunts are nothing more than meat for the grinder.

Repeal the NFA and GCA etc.

Federalize Appleseed and fund the CMP again.

Let the commercial marketplace drive innovation instead of relying on monopsonistic failures.

Or, you know, have some country music stars shill for wounded warrior while Obama uses it as a front to disarm our most patriotic veterans. Whatevs.
- Rick says:
  
  January 4, 2015 at 06:07
  
  Ill have whatever this guy is having.
  - MED says:
    
    January 4, 2015 at 08:37
    
    Yeah. Large bore IV drip please.
    - eddi says:
      
      January 4, 2015 at 09:16
      
      I don’t know, guys. That stuff is making him pretty cranky. Better to trade it in for some of Colorado’s Best Medical Grade.
- PNW_Tree_Octopus says:
  
  January 4, 2015 at 16:21
  
  Wat.
- D says:
  
  January 4, 2015 at 21:45
  
  SSD comment of the year and it’s only 4 January.
- The Captain says:
  
  January 4, 2015 at 23:17
  
  I think these same things everytime I read SSD.
Top says:

January 4, 2015 at 07:49

I private to strap it to!
Garrett says:

January 4, 2015 at 12:49

Harris 152: 8prg, general config, audio config, side ptt “enabled”, speaker “enabled”. Problem solved. Or get peltors. Hope that dude was joking about baofeng. No one has died because their handset couldn’t stay on their kit. I feel your pain comms guys. Take a wrap off.
Flight-ER-Doc says:

January 4, 2015 at 13:27

Sure. Baofeng, because we want our commo built by an enemy….
- PNW_Tree_Octopus says:
  
  January 4, 2015 at 16:22
  
  When was China declared an enemy? What did I miss?
  - Craig says:
    
    January 4, 2015 at 17:57
    
    Korea. When they helped the North.
    - PNW_Tree_Octopus says:
      
      January 4, 2015 at 18:35
      
      Different leaders. Different world. A globalised world.
      - the other guy says:
        
        January 5, 2015 at 03:11
        
        If only China viewed it the way you do.
Cory says:

January 4, 2015 at 15:40

A boot blowser
Lance says:

January 4, 2015 at 15:41

wire and a radio…
chainsaw says:

January 4, 2015 at 16:18

A Boot band
iExpresso says:

January 4, 2015 at 18:58

shears from my CLS bag…
FG42 says:

January 4, 2015 at 20:14

Missing 100mph tape to turn that spoon into a clip for the handset, it’s clip always broke off.
DJ Urbanovsky says:

January 4, 2015 at 20:42

Both of them will fail when you need them.
- Lance says:
  
  January 4, 2015 at 22:34
  
  Hahaha
B Harris says:

January 5, 2015 at 03:06

A butter bar wondering how he will eat and looking for his RTO to call over the 1st Sgt. to ask him what to do next.