is this stolen valor?

[kimporter]

company i work for goes thru temps like a hot knife thru butter,they come and go so much we dont even learn their names,well last night we got one that made me laugh all night.a few of us are vets and we sit together at lunch and breaks and shoot the breeze,well this new guy hears us and decides to join in, starts by telling about his army experience's, tells us when he joined up he got to choose what unit he wanted because his ggg-grandfather was a general in the civil war and later died fighting indians,well this got my interest and i had to ask,"wow who was your ancestor",and without missing a beat he replyed,George A Custer,well i bout spewed coffee everywhere as everyone else was ohh-ing and ah-ing,as he left break room one coworker asked me what the heck was so funny about him being related to GAC,so i told him, the custers had no children

 

[gm272gs]

Now that is funny.

It's not technically stolen valor under the law (I think) unless this mook talks about medals he has (supposedly) earned. I haven't really read the law, just the summary.

 

[snubbyfan]

I would have said, "yeah, well my ggggrandfather was the Indian that killed him.

 

[feralmerril]

Hate to get technical, I believe there was a book title something like "Son of morning star" that said he had a indian mistress that had a son by him.
I have no idea if it was truth, fiction or just rumor. I know that him and his wife libby didnt have children.

Kind of reminds me of the story of some general that retired and wanted to keep his orderly. Told him he wanted to keep things just like when they were active. The first morning the orderly came in and woke the general up, slapped the generals wife on the butt and said its back to the village for you baby!

 

[moe smith]

Either way, it would probably be a good idea to try and keep him out of management.

 

[zzzippper]

That's more sad than stolen valor. Apparently his story is well practiced.

 

[MOONDAWG]

My GGGGGrand Father was an Old Indian fighter.

He only fought Old Indians.

 

[handejector]

is this stolen valor?

No, it's just BS.

 

[amazingflapjack]

Yeah- I got to go to A.I.T. infantry at Ft McClellan, Al. (Tiger Land) because my GG Grand father was a POW in the civil war-oh wait-he was in the Confederacy. Never mind...

 

[Jessie]

Hate to get technical, I believe there was a book title something like "Son of morning star" that said he had a indian mistress that had a son by him.
I have no idea if it was truth, fiction or just rumor. I know that him and his wife libby didnt have children.

Kind of reminds me of the story of some general that retired and wanted to keep his orderly. Told him he wanted to keep things just like when they were active. The first morning the orderly came in and woke the general up, slapped the generals wife on the butt and said its back to the village for you baby!

I'm sorry, but unless Libby Custer was barren, I couldn't think of any other woman I would like to father a child with!

 

[Retired LTC USAR]

He's not stealing valor, just showing how ?????? he is.

 

[UncaGrunny]

Ancestor can be a slippery term.

"ggg-Grandfather" is specific enough that he'd really have to be a direct descendant for his story not to be bullfeathers, but I've many times run into people who talk about "ancestors" that were relatives but not directly in their line of descent.

Case in point from my own family; my paternal grandmother swore up and down that Admiral Sir Henry Morgan was an ancestor of ours. But the man famously had no children.

Turns out we're related via Henry's brother, Charles. So he's a "relative" but not precisely an "ancestor."

 

[16thVACav]

Childlessness is usually hereditary. If your parents had no children, chances are you won't either.

 

[old bear]

Either way, it would probably be a good idea to try and keep him out of management.

Why? That clown would fit right in with a few management types I've had to deal with over the years.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

And if B.S. was dollar bills he would be the richest man in the world.

 

[snubbyfan]

Why? That clown would fit right in with a few management types I've had to deal with over the years.

Sad but true.

 

[Mike McLellan]

I used to claim descendancy from Gen. George McClellan, until I found out what a bone-head he was.

 

[shouldazagged]

I would have said, "yeah, well my ggggrandfather was the Indian that killed him.

Oh, I do wish you had had the chance to do that!

For some odd reason his story reminds me of a scene from a play which strangely enough was never performed. A French physician arrives home as dawn is breaking, and his wife asks him, "Was it a difficult delivery, dear?" He answers, "Yes, but it was all worth it. You see, the baby's name was...Victor Hugo."

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

More like "Born with Dumb ***"

 

[snubbyfan]

Hate to get technical, I believe there was a book title something like "Son of morning star" that said he had a indian mistress that had a son by him.
I have no idea if it was truth, fiction or just rumor. I know that him and his wife libby didnt have children.

Kind of reminds me of the story of some general that retired and wanted to keep his orderly. Told him he wanted to keep things just like when they were active. The first morning the orderly came in and woke the general up, slapped the generals wife on the butt and said its back to the village for you baby!

Don't nobody mention this to that clown. I get enough people coming up to me and telling me they're 1/16 Cherokee. They're usually blond and blue eyed and it's always Cherokee.
Them Cherokees musta been one heck of a busy tribe. Now I do know some people of Cherokee descent but they look it despite having very light skin.