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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 10:25:18 AM

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New Code Book:

Sandy Shaw = Darwin
Susan = Katherine
Fawlty Towers = Daly Waters
Utwoap = Tennant Creek
Dusty Springfield = Alice Springs

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 3:03:49 PM

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Lord Admiral Sprior
Proprietor Fawlty Towers
and all points South (for now)

My Dearest Spri;

Splendid idea on the new code book. It wouldn't do, would it, to have New Rorke's Drift falling to the Zulus?

I have these observations:

1) Do you not think there might be some mail delivery confusion between Fawlty Towers and Charter Towers?

2) Are we sure the clever Little Yellow bastards won't see through it? After all, it is so clearly a cohesive whole.

Finally, there is the issue of the stop line. If you fall back to Dusty Springfield what is to stop the LYB's from Marching on Normanton (or Normanville or whatever it is called). Additionally, if they choose to stay and build at Utwoap, there is the issue of 4 LYB division equivalents getting back in their war canoes and making mischief elsewhere. What do you think of the idea of trying to stop them at Utwoap to keep them occupied? I think 32nd ID can reach there before the Yellow Hoard.

With the most sincere of feigned warmth;

Fleet Admiral Mandrake
Bronze Medalist 1942 Tongatapu Coed Canoe Derby

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 3:24:56 PM

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Fleet Admiral Mandrake
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My Dearest Mandy,

Thank you for your latest missive, it's always wonderful to hear from out esteemed friends and allies and you Americans chappies too.

We would like to propose a plan so cunning we're going to call it Operation Weasel. It goes something like this:

Reduce Port Hedland and Broome aerodromes to cratered turf.

Land the Australian I Corps at either Derby (note to self: Code Book addendum needed) or Sandy Shaw thus cutting off JJ's retreat.

Win war.

We realise it requires a little fleshing out but my staff are working on it as I write this.

Yours tepidly

Admiral Lord, etc, etc.

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RE: USAAF - 10/19/2010 3:54:21 PM

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ORIGINAL: Moondawggie

Reminds me of a few REMFs I knew a long time ago....Perhaps our good Captain would get better service from the Reincarnation Bureau, the 4th Quonset on the left?

REMF.....Rear Echelon Mother *******?

Sometimes also referred to as "Chairborne Rangers" when the audience may not appreciate expletives

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RE: USAAF - 10/19/2010 4:03:43 PM

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And now caught up on the action.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:10:47 PM

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Addendum:

Line 8. For Derby read Broome

Point 1. No, Fawlty Towers is a fine extablishment in Torquay, Charter Towers is a dump.

Point 2. Any cohesivenss in anything promulgated after Tiffin time is a purely coincidental.

NormanWisdomton/town/ville will need a garrison of somekind.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:32:28 PM

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Have you guys considered the possiblility that the use of code names is actually hurting your cause due to confusion and is aiding the enemy?

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:37:20 PM

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Admiral Lord Sprior;
Teak and Leather Man Cave
Columbo, Ceylon

My Dearest Spri;

So glad to hear of your plan to win war. If I understand correctly, the idea is to feign panic and rout in Northern Australia, draw the Little Yellow Bastards forward into the desert and then land behind them and starve them to death.

I completely concur with your plan even if it does need a little "fleshing out" as you say. Have you thought about the effect the rout and panic business might have on the civilian population of Australia? I suggest free admission to sporting events on holidays and perhaps free propaganda films. We have a few in the works. You know the kind, Little Yellow Bastard with severe overbite and coke bottle glasses who walks with permanent simian crouch and treats prisoners badly but always gets satisfylingly done in by the good guys in the end. Well, let us know if you need help.

Glimmer of realization that Old Joe Stalin may not be so bad;

Fleet Admiral Mandrake
Tongan Breeze Rum and Dive Resort

P.S. Sorry about switching the order on "Lord" and "Admiral". It just seemed to us a Lord would be higher than an Admiral

P.P.S Also, I hope you aren't miffed about the Royal Navy F4F's trapped at La Foa. You know what they say. **** happens.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:41:25 PM

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Have you guys considered the possiblility that the use of code names is actually hurting your cause due to confusion and is aiding the enemy?

I guess not. Maybe we should form a committee or something.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:46:49 PM

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Have you guys considered the possiblility that the use of code names is actually hurting your cause due to confusion and is aiding the enemy?

I guess not. Maybe we should form a committee or something.

After what happened at New Scotland, I don't think you have the manpower for such a committee, its sub-committees and the various panels attached to it...

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:51:40 PM

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MEMORANDUM: IDENTIFYING JAP SPIES AMONG ASIATICS

Please see attached diagrams to aid in identification of Jap spies in China and places like that.

(Reprinted with permission Life magazine, Dec. 1941)

SAN FRANCISCO CIVIL DEFENCE BOARD

Your Japs:

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:52:37 PM

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I suggest Yossarian to head the committee

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:52:50 PM

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Your other Asiatics:

"Never has rosy cheeks"

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:54:09 PM

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He could go to Tongan Breeze Rum and Dive Resort to head it.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:54:14 PM

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*********Tongan Breeze Rum and Dive Resort, Tongatapu, June 1 , 1942******

Befuddled-looking Admiral: Here, send some of these to Admiral Lord Sprior. He is going to need some for Australia.....And get it right...it's "Admiral Lord" not "Lord Admiral"

Aide: But sir, shouldn't a Lord be higher than an Admiral?

Befuddled-looking Admiral: You would think so but I'm here to tell you it's a whole 'nother language. Just do it their way. It's not worth the fight.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 4:55:19 PM

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By the way I didn't realize diving was a big sport yet. I don't believe Mr. Cousteau has invented scuba gear yet

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 5:03:50 PM

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By the way I didn't realize diving was a big sport yet. I don't believe Mr. Cousteau has invented scuba gear yet

I think the "Dive" part refers to the posture one assumes after the rum.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 5:09:27 PM

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That explins it

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 5:25:38 PM

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

By the way I didn't realize diving was a big sport yet. I don't believe Mr. Cousteau has invented scuba gear yet

I think the "Dive" part refers to the posture one assumes after the rum.

Think? Could we have a committe meeting about this?

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 5:35:21 PM

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New Code Book:

Sandy Shaw = Darwin
Susan = Katherine
Fawlty Towers = Daly Waters
Utwoap = Tennant Creek
Dusty Springfield = Alice Springs

Could have sworn that Dusty Springfield stood for "Deep Sh*t Line".....but what do I know.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 5:42:33 PM

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By the way I didn't realize diving was a big sport yet. I don't believe Mr. Cousteau has invented scuba gear yet

SCUBA existed already, he invented the re-breather.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 5:52:51 PM

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ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

Have you guys considered the possiblility that the use of code names is actually hurting your cause due to confusion and is aiding the enemy?

As long as the infamous international imperial spy Rong Ranger is confused, it is worth it.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 7:39:47 PM

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I'd be curious to see the covers of his books.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 8:12:43 PM

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I especially want to see the one for "Rong Ranger vs Godzilla".

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 9:03:20 PM

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By the way I didn't realize diving was a big sport yet. I don't believe Mr. Cousteau has invented scuba gear yet

SCUBA existed already, he invented the re-breather.

SCUBA (Aqualung) not invented until 1943 by Cousteau and Emile Gagnan. Rebreathers existed before this, but were pretty dangerous to use.

EDIT: Rebreather systems around from the 1600s (!!) Self contained ones for single divers since the 1800s, but they got going a bit more in the 1930s in Italy. The Italian navy used them, and the Brits captured some and modified them. The USN also had a rebreather in the early 1940s. Easy to die using rebreathers, though. They worked by reabsorbing carbon dioxide, but if something goes wrong, the user rapidly goes unconscious due to the toxic effects of CO2.

RE-EDIT: Some rebreathers were originally known as SCUBA, but the term eventually got usurped by the open circuit (Aqualung) design.

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 9:15:23 PM

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I especially want to see the one for "Rong Ranger vs Godzilla".

Godzilla = Gojira for the Japanese (as i found out yesterday)

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 9:47:10 PM

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Madre de Dios!

I go to work for a couple of hours and the prace rook rike Gojira attack!

Pick all this crap up right now or you all going without dinner!

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 9:53:51 PM

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Too late, already ate! Ha Ha!

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/19/2010 10:59:50 PM

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Too late, already ate! Ha Ha!

Very crever. NO FISH HEADS FOR YOU! ONE WEEK!

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RE: Lips are sealed - 10/20/2010 12:34:47 AM

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****************June 1, 1942******************

Sandy Shaw: We lost at least 3 fighters trying to defend Sandy Shaw and harrass Wyndham. Somebody needs to tell the USAAF and RAAF we are bugging out. We may need to provide cover for few more days to get the B-17's out. Some Jap DD's raided the harbour and sunk a PT boat but did no other damage. They may have hoped to catch some traffic coming in or out. Beauforts and Vildabeests attacked the retreating Jap DD's but didnt hit anything.

Susan: The B-26's flying from Katerhine are causing quite a bit of disorganization and damage to equipment coming up on Katherine. 24th Inf Regt took quite a pounding from the B-25's and fearsome Wirraways.

La Foa: Hundreds of sorties over La Foa today. First 40-50 plane zero sweeps then the Bettys came over. This is softening up for the next attack.

Norfolk Is.: B-17's hit the airfield at Norfolk which appears to be empty. they will switch to ground attack. This is a good opportunity to have the carriers creep up within fly-off range of La Foa and get the F4F's out. (does somebody know how many hexes away I can be and still get the F4F's out?) The two regiments planned for the Norfolk landing should push off from Suva today. A third regiment is still loading at Auckland. The BB bombardment force will converge from Oz and one BB from the east in about 3 d. Let's hope the boys at La Foa are still free men.

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