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''Skippy's List'' proves that [[The Loonie]] can be applied to the military as well as [[Tabletop Games]]. The list consists of things that Skippy--an enlisted man in the US Army's psychological operations department<ref>Read: Drawing propaganda posters in [[The Yugoslav Wars|postwar Bosnia]]</ref>--discovered were forbidden in the US Army, generally [[Noodle Incident|without much context]] as to how he found out (although the blog does provide some explanations). It first came to the Internet back in 2001, lists 213 things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The [[Yanks With Tanks|US Army]]. [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|As the site explains, everything on the list actually happened]], either as something [[Truth in Television|Skippy himself did]], [[Or So I Heard|something he saw happen]], something he was [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|spontaneously informed he was not allowed to do]], a [[Loophole Abuse|clarification to one of the above]], or "[[It Makes Sense in Context|I was just minding my own business, when something happened]]."
The original list [https://web.archive.org/web/20131109164111/http://skippyslist.com/list/ can be seen here.] The site also includes other sections with other, smaller lists submitted by "Friends of Skippy".
See also ''[[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]''
▲See also ''[[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]'', which ''Skippy's List'' inspired, as well as "Things I Am No Longer Allowed To Do At [[Harry Potter|Hogwarts]]", which has several different iterations, most commonly numbering one hundred and fifty.
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{{quote|5. Not allowed to get silicone breast implants.}}
* [[Brick Joke]]:
{{quote|113. There is absolutely no need to emulate the people from ''[[The Full Monty|Full Monty]]'' every time I hear the song "Hot Stuff".
131. No dancing in the turret. This especially applies in conjunction with rule #113. }}
* [[Buffy-Speak]]:
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* [[Combining Mecha]]:
{{quote|191. Our Humvees cannot be assembled into a giant battle-robot.}}
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{{quote|80. Not allowed to wear a dress to any army functions.
81. May not bring a drag queen to the battalion formal dance. }}
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* [[Nice Hat]]: "Nice" may not be the correct adjective, but it was doubtless a remarkable hat.
{{quote|163. Take that hat off.}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
{{quote|58. The following words and phrases may not be used in a cadence- Budding sexuality, necrophilia, I hate everyone in this formation and wish they were dead, sexual lubrication, black earth mother, all Marines are latent homosexuals, Tantric yoga, Gotterdammerung, Korean hooker, Eskimo Nell, we've all got jackboots now, slut puppy, '''or any references to squid'''.<ref>Which references [[Refuge in Audacity|a]] [[Pie in the Face|very]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|specific]] [http://skippyslist.com/2007/07/09/cephalopod-surprise/ incident.]</ref>}}
* [[Noodle Implement]]:
{{quote|183. My chain of command has neither the time, nor the inclination to hear about what I did with six boxes of Fruit Roll-Ups. ®
200. My chain of command is not interested in why I "just happen" to have a kilt, an inflatable sheep, and a box of rubber bands in the back of my car. }}
* [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer]]:
{{quote|174. Furby® is not allowed into classified areas. (I swear to the gods, I did not make that up, [[wikipedia:Furby#Classic Furbies|it's actually DOD policy.]])}}
* [[Or So I Heard]]:
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{{quote|1. Not allowed to watch ''[[South Park]]'' when I'm supposed to be working.
6. Not allowed to play ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' with a suction-cup dart pistol and any officer.
16. Must get a haircut even if it tampers with my [[The Bible|Samson like powers]].
18. May no longer perform my now (in)famous "Barbie Girl Dance" while on duty.
29. The Irish MPs are not after [[Notable Commercial Campaigns|"Me frosted lucky charms"]].
49. Not allowed to trade military equipment for [[Jack and the Beanstalk|"magic beans"]].
50. Not allowed to sell magic beans during duty hours.
51. Not allowed to quote "[[Dr. Seuss]]" on military operations.
52. Not allowed to yell [[G.I. Joe|"Take that Cobra"]] at the rifle range.
53. Not allowed to quote ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' at the rifle range.
77. The MP checkpoint is not an [[Star Wars|Imperial Stormtrooper]] roadblock, so I should not tell them [[A New Hope|"You don't need to see my identification, these are not the droids you are looking for."]]
97. [[Ghostbusters|Gozer]] does not dwell in my refrigerator.
99. [[Minesweeper|A smiley face is not used to mark a minefield.]]
113. There is absolutely no need to emulate the people from ''[[The Full Monty|Full Monty]]'' every time I hear the song "Hot Stuff" <ref>(131. No dancing in the turret. This especially applies in conjunction with rule #113.)</ref
128. [[Cannibal! The Musical|"Shpadoinkle" is not a real word.]]
136. Shouting [[Platoon|"Let's do the village! Let's do the whole fucking village!"]] while out on a mission is bad.
181. [[Pokémon]]® trainer is not an MOS.
185. My name is not [[Dune|a killing word]].
202. Despite the confusing similarity in the names, the "Safety Dance" and the "Safety Briefing" are never to be combined. }}
* [[Rule of Funny]]:
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