Black Hawk Down/Funny

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Grimes: Why aren't you shooting?
Waddell: We're not being shot at yet!
Grimes: How can you tell?
Waddell: A hiss means it's close, a snap means—
[a bullet snaps right by them]
Waddell: Now they're shooting at us! [fires off long burst from his M60]

  • Yurek, after getting separated from the rest of the squad, accidentally comes across Nelson and Twombley, who have also been separated. Twombley mistakes Yurek for a bad guy and shoots at him, forcing him to scramble for cover. He then realizes that it didn't sound like an AK...

Yurek: Rangers?
Twombley: Who?
Yurek: It's Yurek! You fucking assholes!
[Nelson and Twombley quickly communicate with each other]
Twombley: Dude, we almost fucking killed you! Well, come to us!
Yurek: Fuck you! Come to me!