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Meh, it's nothing a little march through Poland won't cure. Shed those pounds, Fritz.

Posted by heywhatsit | March 6, 2008 12:13 PM
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Perhaps it's time for a new reality show--German Soldier Fitness Challenge? Can we get Dustin Diamond in it somehow?

Posted by dpa | March 6, 2008 12:13 PM
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That is a great idea #2 the Germans even have a word for it:

deutschsoldatfitnessherausforderung

Posted by Mike | March 6, 2008 12:21 PM
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Posted by some dude | March 6, 2008 12:38 PM
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"Chair force." That's funny.

So what are the French? The Eclair Force?

Posted by flamingbanjo | March 6, 2008 12:41 PM
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who do they need to defend themselves from? the Danes?

Posted by vooodooo84 | March 6, 2008 12:53 PM
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Doesn't Germany have compulsive military service (like Israel)? I bet we'd have a lot of fat soldiers, too, if we required the Xbox Generation to hop off to boot camp at age 19....

Posted by Phred Meijer | March 6, 2008 1:41 PM
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The Germans' definition of obesity is quite a bit stricter than ours. Even so, they're smoking less and eating more, so perhaps they're thickening out.

But, in general, German soldiers are in good shape. Hot, even. And there's this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr5l1b2EOY8&feature=related

Posted by Simac | March 6, 2008 1:58 PM
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@8: At least they aren't throwing puppies off of cliffs and laughing about it!!! I'd take goofy german soldiers over psychopath american soldiers any day!

Posted by Kristin | March 6, 2008 11:11 PM

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