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the numpty cocksplat Trump just called Pompeo a "calvary" officer (Original Post) Exotica May 2018 OP
Geez, I didn't know Mike was that old. grumpyduck May 2018 #1
"Numpty cocksplat!" LOL! The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #2
+1 dalton99a May 2018 #4
a young Pompeo rolls the dice................ Exotica May 2018 #5
"an experience of usually intense mental suffering" unblock May 2018 #3
Is he the guy that offered Jesus the vinegar sponge-on-a-stick? dawg May 2018 #6
Okay. Maybe he mispronounced Cavalry Captain_New_York May 2018 #7
The commander in chief of the most powerful armed forces in human history Exotica May 2018 #9
Gee, ya think? OldHippieChick May 2018 #11
Well, we British-raised cannot wrap our heads around your spelling Exotica May 2018 #12
covfefe Takket May 2018 #14
Not Trump's fault left-of-center2012 May 2018 #8
Reccing solely for "Numpty Cocksplat." Didn't get past that. :P n/t Decoy of Fenris May 2018 #10
You had me at "numpty cocksplat," MineralMan May 2018 #13

unblock

(52,220 posts)
3. "an experience of usually intense mental suffering"
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:33 AM
May 2018
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calvary



maybe he stumbled on some truth.

i know my brain hurts whenever i listen to him....

dawg

(10,624 posts)
6. Is he the guy that offered Jesus the vinegar sponge-on-a-stick?
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:43 AM
May 2018

'Cause I hear some people say that guy got a bad rap

Captain_New_York

(161 posts)
7. Okay. Maybe he mispronounced Cavalry
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:47 AM
May 2018

The armor community is divided into heavy armor that with infantry and artillery take and hold objectives and Cavalry that scout and report Mike Pompeo served as a CPT in the 2/7th Cavalry Regiment

 

Exotica

(1,461 posts)
9. The commander in chief of the most powerful armed forces in human history
Wed May 2, 2018, 12:00 PM
May 2018

doesn't even know cavalry from Calvary. That is just madness.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
11. Gee, ya think?
Wed May 2, 2018, 12:25 PM
May 2018

More likely he doesn't know the difference. Just learned the word and was trying to show off. Can't pronounce "aluminum" either.

 

Exotica

(1,461 posts)
12. Well, we British-raised cannot wrap our heads around your spelling
Wed May 2, 2018, 07:10 PM
May 2018

of aluminium, let alone the American pronunciation

Lolol

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
8. Not Trump's fault
Wed May 2, 2018, 11:54 AM
May 2018

Not Trump's fault,
Trump showing his ignorance of the military.

Trump would have been a great 'warrior',
except for that unfortunate heel spur.



MineralMan

(146,298 posts)
13. You had me at "numpty cocksplat,"
Wed May 2, 2018, 08:23 PM
May 2018

which autocorrect changed to "humour cocktails." I'm not sure which is funnier.

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