Okay, so you’re an Islamic rebel group and want to endear yourself with the non-Islamic world. Hmm.. tough crowd. But picking the right acronym is certainly a great start! I was listening to NPR this morning and heard a story on what is now my favorite rebel group - the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. That’s right, the MILF! Now there’s a group I can get behind! *
I was laughing out loud in my car on this one. News anchors will generally turn the acronym for a group into its own word for brevity’s sake, as opposed to spelling out the letters. But not this morning. No, the newsman was careful to call them the “M”-”I”-”L”-”F” throughout the segment. I can only hope that thousands of people like me (you know, that “smart enough to listen to NPR but still really fucking immature” demographic) were laughing simultaneously this morning as our esteemed anchor recounted the latest MILF headlines. If I find the clip in the NPR archives, I’ll post it. In the meantime, we can at least have some fun with the Yahoo article I found. Evidently, the MILF has “waged a decades-long insurgency in the south Philippines.” Awesome, because the “naughty nurse” role-play routine was getting a bit stale!
“The 12,000-strong MILF said late last year that the talks were on the brink of collapse over its demands for economic control..” Which translates to “withholding sex because we won’t buy them that new outfit they saw last week”.
“Last month, MILF guerrillas backed by members of the..” Stop. You had me at “MILF guerillas”! Hottt!
“The MILF has admitted it was behind the ambush but said it only launched the attack because the military had crossed into its territory.” … and because they didn’t appreciate the “baby weight” comment.
* Note to Bush’s Domestic Surveillance Program - I don’t actually support this group. Please don’t put me on your Terrorist Watch list.
October 10th, 2007 at 6:27 am
I have to say, that I could not agree with you in 100% regarding My Most Favoritist Rebel Group, but it’s just my opinion, which could be wrong :)
March 15th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Okay, once again, I’m right there with you, Justin. I love NPR (I’m a closet Prairie Home Companion listener, too. Garrison Keillor could so be my DILF…now that sounds like a hand-held appliance) and am totally juvenille. I would’ve wrecked my car, laughing. I bet it sounded even better with every enunciated syllable. Where was the inflection?