You know your an FNG when......

you know u r a fng ,when u ask--i didnt know they had alligators this far north--(on the central route in wv when they heard to watch for the gators on the road)

the Shadow

You know you are an FNG when you can't believe your eyes at all the people who truly support our troops. When those people come out and stand along the freeways, line the streets and work hard to present the Run with moments of pure joy. Yeah; nothing like being an FNG. Can I go away and come back as FNG again? No; but I can watch the wonder in a 2011 FNG and know in my heart what they are experiencing is shared by all who participate: Love for the mission.

Bubblegum

G'day Commodog, I hadn't read anything sinister into any of Caliber1's comments - I looked at his curiosity to be more about the nature of what the button was for, rather than making any judgements on the colour pink & whatever perceived "baggage" that it brings with it. 2009's FNG badge was a pink camo, 2010 from the photos I've seen was a musty green/white Camo, I guess you'll find out what colour 2011 will be when you rock up to registration.

I think that it's Thursdays on the run that you'll see some participants wear pink baseball caps/bandannas/T-shirts & all their doing is trying to raise awareness of the need to better fund breast cancer research. Fridays it's red, to show support for the troops that are out in harms way defending our freedoms.

I'm comfortable enough in my masculinity to wear pink for a worthy cause, just as I'm ok with wearing a red clown nose to work once a year in support of S.I.D.S. research, (although it makes me look like a bit of a clown) or going bald once a year for the "shave for a cure" crew.

Australia, No, the one with the kangaroos, you idiot!

you know u r a fng --when every one tries to hug u--and u go--whow--back off abt ten there-

the Shadow

Yeah, no worries. Not concerned about what color a button is, just hadn't heard about a button at all.

Cargochute, thanks for the reminder about the red shirt, wear one every Friday here, but just added it to the packing list for the run.

I do have a pink t-shirt I got for doing a mile walk for the cure a few years ago.

Edited by caliber1 - Apr-22-2011 at 6:50am

RED is on Fridays....

Edited by Redcatcher - Apr-22-2011 at 8:56am

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caliber1 wrote:

I had red work shirts made just for Fridays. If I'm not mistaken, my Brother has one that I gave him. Until now I had not heard about pink on Tuesdays.

The one upside in all this is that from what the Doctors are saying, is if we could only throw enough cash at this partiular cancer, we'd have it solved in 5 to 10 years & that they could move onto solving the more viralent types in a type of cascading domino effect. In the meantime, raising awareness about the need for examinations & mamograms could prevent so many unnecessary deaths.

Australia, No, the one with the kangaroos, you idiot!

Raven wrote:

How do you know it is RED? Big smile

Shhhhhhhhhh, if you keep that up, he'll start to twig that it's not- his wife & brother are in on the joke, so for now just nod your head and agree it's red....... it's funnier that way

Australia, No, the one with the kangaroos, you idiot!

Just for your comfort the FNG Buttons let other folks know that it is your first run. Now I figured this was so my Brother could find me but in reality it lets those that have been there before know who need to be looked after. I mean my first year when there was free gas in KS I went and got mine, then told my brother about it, he was not an FNG but he had never been past Colorado so I sort of got to look after him. Anyway the button thing is actually an honor. You will find out. Now for the shirt thing of course his is red, and I will stick to that story

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ALL the other stuff! Big smile

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