When you see KIA, what comes to mind? Edited to add a third choice

[Ptah]

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9 votes, 5 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	An automobile
	7 (78%)
	A high school classmate
	1 (11%)
	A family member
	1 (11%)
	5 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Killed in Action.

[Fla Dem]

4. Me too! Immediately came to my mind. Too many during the Vietnam war.

[Ptah]

7. Looking back, I see that it was an ill formed poll.

When I see KIA, I remember two high school classmates.

Killed In Action should have been a choice.

[lapfog_1]

2. if the options listed were meant as some sort of joke

There are a number of us that watched the non-descript car with the two men in dress uniform come rolling up the driveway looking for the parents.

now, nearly 60 years later, it still hurts.

[Ptah]

3. Not meant as a joke.

I am saddened by your loss.

[malthaussen]

5. Killed in Action. n/t

[debm55]

6. I thnk of the car.

[True Dough]

8. It's also a Maori word

Meaning "when".

Kia oti ngā mahi, ka whakatā tātou. / When the jobs are completed we'll rest.


Disclaimer: That's Google knowledge. Not something I knew before this thread.