I am a member of the Canadian Navy and was wondering if I could use my dogtags as an advantage, or would I end up looking like an idiot. Anyone been in this position before? Or just have some constructive criticism coming from a war-hardened veteran?

RAZZI

When I served in the US Army, my wings and I wore them out gaming all the time. We were stationed in a military town so our occupations were of no surprise to any targets. We wore them partly because we were too lazy to take them off, and partly because they made for perfect lock-in props. We used to go to those military surplus stores and get them made (excluding our social security numbers) by the dozens for next to nothing. This was towards the birth of Facebook and the fall of myspace so even if we didn't close that night, the girls would add us the following day. Throw some online game her way, get a number, follow with solid text game, and then the day 2 was as easy as could be. My advice here is to wear them under your shirt. Wearing them outside of your shirt is ghetto and screams of desperation. I've been out of the military for a few years now but sometimes I still take a set out gaming with me. I have a lot of DHV-laced stories from my time in Iraq that I use and then follow up by locking them in with the tags. Ideally you should be getting your props back after sleeping with her. "You're not a thief are you?"

Okay, understood. I wore them outside of the shirt and got called out on it in a negative way. I'll tuck them in next time. Thanks for the advice though.