My new boss is obsessed with military archaeology. Half the office library is devoted to guns and battlefields. One of the sites produced a 17th century pistol a while ago and he's still printing pictures of it for he walls.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jars - Sep 11, 2007 4:45:55 am PDT #9635 of 10001
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2007 4:45:58 am PDT #9636 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The US did use Springfields in WW1. The Springfield is not a machine gun. It was some other machine gun that the US had but didn't use.
Info on the Springfield: [link]
Nora Deirdre - Sep 11, 2007 4:52:28 am PDT #9637 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Happy Birthday Trudy!
Congrats on the house, Vortex!
Frankenbuddha - Sep 11, 2007 4:58:24 am PDT #9638 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh yeah - congrats on the house Vortex! I know it's been a long time in-process.
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2007 5:00:17 am PDT #9639 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I am really tired. Kathy, I hope my last post didn't come across too surly....
Gudanov - Sep 11, 2007 5:01:51 am PDT #9640 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
I did not know that Mel Gibson has his own church.
The church - which offers a daily morning mass in Latin - follows an antiquated ideology of Catholicism dating back to the 16th century.Female followers of Gibson's church must abide by a strict dress code, requiring them to wear veils over their hair and long skirts, with a ban on pants for women.
Catholics will be glad to know that Gibson's sect is not recognized by the Catholic church so it really is Gibsonism I guess. Looks like Mel could give Tom Cruise a run for his money in the nutty actor business.
Happy Birthday Trudy! Happy Houseday Vortex!
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2007 5:05:28 am PDT #9641 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Speaking of religion - this amused me:
In case you'd been wondering why Scientology is such a silly crock, you should know — it wasn't. Before it was corrupted by the people running the show, Lafayette Ron Hubbard's technology and philosophy actually worked. We just need to return to the primal purity of the original Scientology vision. And that's why Freezone has split from the Church of Scientology™, and proudly displays a picture of a goofy fathead in a nautical cap on their web page.
It's going to be interesting to see how the fascist goons of the Church of Scientology™ deal with heresy. If it cuts into their profits, anticipate a religious war.
Jessica - Sep 11, 2007 5:07:20 am PDT #9642 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
the primal purity of the original Scientology vision.
Ah yes, the eternal questions of "Why Are We Here?" "What Is The Meaning of Life?" and "Can a second-rate pulp sci-fi author win a bar bet to start a religion?"
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2007 5:09:34 am PDT #9643 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ah yes, the eternal questions of "Why Are We Here?" "What Is The Meaning of Life?" and "Can a second-rate pulp sci-fi author win a bar bet to start a religion?"
It's nice that at least one of these questions has been answered conclusively....
Gudanov - Sep 11, 2007 5:11:05 am PDT #9644 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
And perhaps we are all here to make bar bets.