Michael Emrys Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by Joe Shaw: I'm off to California...Do you suppose that they'll let you in? I hear they are watching the borders more closely since whatsisname stole the governor's mansion. Maybe you can pay someone to ship you in one of those containers. Maybe this time they will even open it up and let you out before you die of dehydration. That would be a great tragedy. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by dalem: See? It's stuff like this that makes me wonder if people are crazy when they get all dreamy-eyed over saving jungles and rainforests - don't they know what's in there?But, dalem, we're saving those jungles so you'll have a place to go when you get old. Just think how relaxing it will be to feed the animals. The carnivorous ones, I mean. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moraine Sedai Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Joe Shaw: I'm off to California...Do you suppose that they'll let you in? I hear they are watching the borders more closely since whatsisname stole the governor's mansion. Maybe you can pay someone to ship you in one of those containers. Maybe this time they will even open it up and let you out before you die of dehydration. That would be a great tragedy. Michael </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 A manly squeeze of your shoulder, Leeo. You were luckier than you know to have had such a mother. Carry on as she would have wished for you. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by Moraine Sedai: You are insidious, Mr. Emrys. Insidious, I say. Hey, I think you're kind of cute too. Wanna see my tattoo? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Leeeeeeo, Condolences to you and the rest of your family. Gain comfort from your loved ones and your friends...and even the motley bozos of the Peng Challenge Thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Leeo, Sorry about the passing of your mum. After a while that 'empty spot' in your heart gets smaller and smaller - the fine memories help fill that void. Mace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: Wanna see my tattoo?The one on your forehead? We can all see it. Mace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moraine Sedai Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by Mace: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael Emrys: Wanna see my tattoo?The one on your forehead? We can all see it. Mace </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Condolences, Leeo, sorry to hear the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiram Sedai Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by Leeo: My Mother, Nancy, trod this Earth with a determined will and powerful mind. She did many things to change many peoples lives for the better. She was also among my best friends, and I love her dearly. She died peacefully early yesterday morning with me holding her hand. Nancy, April 24, 1939-December 6,2004. Turns out eventually. Lee, it was good that you were there for her. I'm sorry that she passed. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Leeo my sincerest condolences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted December 7, 2004 Author Share Posted December 7, 2004 "Can someone please tell me what kind of a world we live in where a man dressed up as a bat gets all of my press?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moraine Sedai Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Originally posted by dalem: "Can someone please tell me what kind of a world we live in where a man dressed up as a bat gets all of my press?" I can name that tune in 3 notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rleete Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Originally posted by Seanachai: All I need do is walk into the woods and simply demand that the deer walk up and lie down. And they do.Prove it, you preaching ponce. Edit: Leeo, sincerest sympathies. [ December 07, 2004, 05:28 PM: Message edited by: rleete ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Anchors Dan Rather and Peter Jennings, NPR Reporter Cokie Roberts, along with a U.S. Marine assigned to protect them were hiking through the Iraq desert one day when they were captured by Iraqis.They were tied up, led to a village, and brought before the leader. The leader said, "I am familiar with your western custom of granting the condemned a last wish; so, before we kill and dismember you, do you have any last requests?" Dan Rather said, "Well, I'm a Texan; so I'd like one last bowlful of hot spicy chili." The leader nodded to an underling who left and returned with the chili. Rather ate it all and said, "Now I can die content." Peter Jennings said, "I am Canadian, so I'd like to hear the song 'O Canada' one last time." The leader nodded to a terrorist who had studied the Western world and knew the music. He returned with some rag-tag musicians and played the anthem. Jennings sighed and declared he could now die peacefully. Cokie Roberts said, "I'm a reporter to the end. I want to take out my tape recorder and describe the scene here and what's about to happen. Maybe someday someone will hear it and know that I was on the job till the end." The leader directed an aide to hand over the tape recorder and Roberts dictated some comments. She then said, "Now I can die happy." The leader turned and said, "And now, Mr. U.S. Marine, what is your final wish?" "Kick me in the ass," said the Marine. "What?" asked the leader. "Will you mock us in your last hour?" "No, I'm not kidding. I want you to kick me in the ass," insisted the Marine. So the leader shoved him into the open, and kicked him in the ass. The Marine went sprawling, but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9mm pistol from inside his cammies, and shot the leader dead. In the resulting confusion, he leapt to his knapsack, pulled out his M4 carbine, and sprayed the Iraqis with gunfire. In a flash, all the Iraqis were either dead or fleeing for their lives. As the Marine was untying Rather, Jennings, and Roberts, they asked him, "Why didn't you just shoot them? Why did you ask them to kick you in the ass?" "What," replied the Marine, "and have you three assholes call me the aggressor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 And then what happened? Did they get rescued? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 And do you really think the Iraqis would not have searched him for weapons and removed them? That was a truly banal story. I didn't find it especially amusing the first time I heard it, and that was months ago. Just dumb. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moraine Sedai Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Having friends and family members who were/are Marines AND in light of recent events, I find the irony amusing in a warped and twisted way. And since I'm warped and twisted myself, it's safe to assume I found it damned amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Originally posted by Boo Radley: And then what happened? Did they get rescued? Actually Dan Rather married Peter Jennings, and Cokie Roberts ran away with Abu Musab al-Zarkawi, you can read about it here. The Marine and Emrys have actually spent the last few months discussing the cyclic rate of fire of the M-4 carbine, and whether or not the Browning 9mm automatic is better than the 1914-A1 45 cal automatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shaw Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Actually the reference letter and interview descriptions were pretty much spot on ... I may get the job anyway, stranger things have happened. Btw, Herr Obrest ... damned fine job, that was a keeper. Leeo my deepest condolences, I've been there, down to holding the hand. You may take some comfort in knowing that Mace is quite right. Here's to mothers everywhere. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Radley Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Originally posted by Nidan1: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Boo Radley: And then what happened? Did they get rescued? Actually Dan Rather married Peter Jennings, and Cokie Roberts ran away with Abu Musab al-Zarkawi, you can read about it here. The Marine and Emrys have actually spent the last few months discussing the cyclic rate of fire of the M-4 carbine, and whether or not the Browning 9mm automatic is better than the 1914-A1 45 cal automatic. </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikkypixie Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Originally posted by Boo Radley: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Nidan1: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Boo Radley: And then what happened? Did they get rescued? Actually Dan Rather married Peter Jennings, and Cokie Roberts ran away with Abu Musab al-Zarkawi, you can read about it here. The Marine and Emrys have actually spent the last few months discussing the cyclic rate of fire of the M-4 carbine, and whether or not the Browning 9mm automatic is better than the 1914-A1 45 cal automatic. </font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37mm Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 . [ December 08, 2004, 08:03 AM: Message edited by: 37mm ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Had them all tied up and not only does he miss them, he lets them go. I demand Nidan fix or do somfink! Oh, wait a minute, that's how Nidan plays CM too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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