Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Dave Korn wrote:
..snip..
>> Certainly. Just stand still right here for just one minute........
>>
>> ****KER-SQUELCH-SPLAT-SMACK****
>> [sound of massive slap round face with a very wet kipper]
>>
>> <brushes dust off hands> That'll learn 'im!
Ha, I've never seen a kipper more than a few ounces, now a fresh cod can
easily be over ten pounds....
And has a harder^W more educational consistency.
> Umm, this reminded me of a passage in a book I'm reading:
>
> "You. Name a test to determine whether a recruit is
> fit to become
> a marine."
> The dwarf scratched her trimmed beard. "The recruit is tied--"
> she hastily corrected herself "--the recruit /volunteers/ to be
> tied to a sabre-toothed tiger and shut up in its cave. If the
> recruit comes out, she passed. If the tiger comes out, she
> failed. If she comes out riding the sabre-toothed
> tiger, make her
> a corporal."[*]
>
> I just felt that this sums up the whole volunteering bit nicely.
> Though perhaps it's time to TITTTL...
> Igor
> [*] With apologies to Mary Gentle.
Did she write 'Grunts!' ? There was a book I felt a bit uncomfortable
laughing at...
but I spent a lot of time laughing.
Bill
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