How can they release WWI era secrets of the CIA when it didn't exist until after WWII? Are the CIA secret possessors of a time machine?
Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
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.
sumi - Apr 20, 2011 7:37:57 am PDT #4262 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
DavidS - Apr 20, 2011 7:41:40 am PDT #4263 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Okay, why was there a puddle of butter in my desk, and why was my phone in it?
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Bwah! Too bad that's not quite COMMable, because it's certainly worthy.
DavidS - Apr 20, 2011 7:42:09 am PDT #4264 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Are the CIA secret possessors of a time machine?
In the warehouse with the Ark of the Covenant.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2011 7:44:36 am PDT #4265 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In the warehouse with the Ark of the Covenant.
And we know where that is now!
Which is a spoiler for that show. You know, that one. That I like. With the charisma. And the chemistry.
Jesse - Apr 20, 2011 7:46:33 am PDT #4266 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Well, it's the CIA releasing them, but of course you're right:
The six documents were first held by the Office of Naval Intelligence during World War I, and at least one was obtained from the French.
But, as the CIA said Tuesday, the intended recipients of all this secret stuff are not always clear.
One document listing seven formulas is on Department of Commerce letterhead, and a chemist at the Bureau of Standards recommends that some of the invisible ink solutions be used with a quill pen rather than a steel pen because of the risk of corrosion.
Another document in the collection was intended to teach U.S. postal inspectors how to detect secret ink. The pamphlet, listing 50 possible scenarios in which invisible ink could be employed, was prepared by a handwriting expert in San Francisco.
-t - Apr 20, 2011 7:47:51 am PDT #4267 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's just cover for the time machine, which is still classified.
Daisy Jane - Apr 20, 2011 7:51:30 am PDT #4268 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
This may be relevant to our interests. Mini-crossbows [link]
tommyrot - Apr 20, 2011 8:05:46 am PDT #4269 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DavidS - Apr 20, 2011 8:07:10 am PDT #4270 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This may be relevant to our interests. Mini-crossbows [link]
Oh god, Emmett's going to go nuts when he sees that.
DavidS - Apr 20, 2011 8:09:19 am PDT #4271 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Baby Laughs Hysterically at Dog Eating Bubbles
...and Matilda will want to watch that about 19 times in a row.