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tahunua001 · June 13, 2013, 09:15 AM

if it helps, the no 4 dropped the S and just went to MLE, during WWI, the brits called their rifles 'Smellies'(SMLE). during WWII, they just started calling them Emily(MLE). I call my number 4 Emily all the time. gives other people the redass cuz they have no idea what I'm talking about

June 13, 2013, 09:15 AM	#8
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	if it helps, the no 4 dropped the S and just went to MLE, during WWI, the brits called their rifles 'Smellies'(SMLE). during WWII, they just started calling them Emily(MLE). I call my number 4 Emily all the time. gives other people the redass cuz they have no idea what I'm talking about __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin