Actually that's not a dumb thing to say at all; moving when injured (as in trying to get to a bathroom or a first aid kit, etc) can aggravate certain injuries, so if someone is nearby and is getting ready to help it's the right thing for them to say.

>> ^P1ggy:

Why, whenever someone gets hurt and is down on the ground, is there some annoying busy body shouting "Stay there, Don't Move!" WTF is the person going to do, get up and do jumping jacks?

Why, whenever someone gets hurt and is down on the ground, is there some annoying busy body shouting "Stay there, Don't Move!" WTF is the person going to do, get up and do jumping jacks?

I agree with others and say that while it wasn't the best, for a live mic feed of probably a live show it wasn't that bad. I think people don't realize that when they listen to a live performances that have these intricate dance numbers they are barely hearing the artist from the live feed at all... maybe 10% of the final mix. The reason is for hiding the mic spurts (as your heard in this video) and because it's damn hard to sing and do dance moves that can greatly impact a person's singing ability. You try to sing well and consistently doing jumping jacks... cause that's basically what they're doing.

For more intimate moments or songs you will hear more of the artist, but there is still obviously a back-up mix going on. Face it, when you go to a live show you're basically watching a glorified music video.

>> ^deathcow:

Cant believe it! I mean the guy radiates parkour am i right?


That was my initial thought; a little too out of shape for jumping jacks, let alone jumping around on stuff. Still, I think he racked himself up royally.

Good lord, was this guy doing jumping jacks while filming?

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Iraqi, army, training' to 'Iraqi, army, training, jumping jacks, exercise, fail' - edited by EDD

I know exactly what I'd do if I ever bought a town. I'd start up a crime lottery. Certain arbitrary, overly specific infractions would be met with an unreasonable punishment. But these laws wouldn't be recorded anywhere - they're kept secret.

So in practice:

Officer: "You there! Stop!"

Citizen: "Excuse me?"

Officer: "You've won!"

Citizen: "Won what?"

Officer: "You've just been caught watering your garden of tulips while whistling the Ghostbusters theme on a Wednesday afternoon. You've won 30 years of incarceration for your entire family as well as 300 lashings!"

Citizen: "Oh my sweet gerbils, no! I didn't even know that was a law!"

/scene

Also every Thursday would be "Do a jumping jack at every intersection" day.

Maybe this is a communication/coordination issue? Though, hell, it ALMOST looks like they're having fun. Maybe the instructions were to do jumping jacks, but to do so creatively and with their own personal sense of style.

Yea, I don't think they've ever been formally introduced to the jumping jack. Its totally cultural, I'd assume.

True. Who is more at fault though? The Iraqis who can't do a jumping jack; or the US army who assumed it would be easy, despite cultural gaps as fundamental as this one, to occupy and win over a country?

Hilarious vid with great replay value... watch each one: they've all got their own version!

How can you not do a jumping jack? Not much info about who these guys actually are however. The guy sixth from the left is my favourite.

Hahaha LMFAHS!
That's f#@%ing hilarious. "Pussies." "Bombs go here." Hehehe.

>> ^twiddles:
Hey that green space north of us Amercans is not uninhibited. Theres polar bears there!

Yeah, they are not uninhibited at all. I once heard they do jumping jacks wearing g-strings in public. Total free spirits.

This is everyday at high school for me. I was the only one who could pull off jumping jacks in the routine.

There is something different about this Run DMC video that I can't quite figure out.

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He thinks the movie "Jumping Jack Flash" portrays modern technology...OK I'm done.

I wonder what the oh-so physical competent farmer ...erm soldier boys would look like if they should perform a correct buddhist Lotus position for the first time.

Umm....pretty sure assuming the Lotus position isn't exactly the most difficult of physical activities ever. Not that I disagree with you about your point. Anyhow, your argument is actually in line with the point of this sift - if this is in fact their first times trying a jumping jack....guess how much longer they actually need to be trained?