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Cap Mandrake -> RE: Operation "Clean Sweep" (8/16/2007 12:26:15 AM)

Editor's Note:

Except among certain isolated rural populations and graduates of public schools, "tentative" is the correct spelling. Thank you for your cards and letters.


Margin Note: Can't somebody proofread these damn things before they are published? Do I have to do everything around here? Also, remind me to get that new Bolo Bat I promised for that cretin at 1600 Pennsylvania.

Ge. Marshall


PS...If I ever use the expression "little yellow bastards" again, please substitute "Japanese".

PPS...If I say "little yellow bastards" but put it in parentheses, you can leave it in because it will have an ironic or colloquial meaning.

PPPS..If I use the expression in correspondence to that dumb ass primadonna, Patton, you can leave it in.

PPPPS..If I use the expression "that dumb ass primadonna, Patton" please substitute "that great American, Gen. Patton" unless I am corresponding with that dumb ass primadonna, Montgomery, in which case you can leave it in.



kaleun -> RE: Operation "Clean Sweep" (8/16/2007 12:52:24 AM)

[:D]



BrucePowers -> RE: Operation "Clean Sweep" (8/16/2007 2:51:16 AM)

What's the going rate for proof reading?[:)]



Cap Mandrake -> "Huzzah" (8/17/2007 4:40:38 AM)

I did some etymological research on the origin of the word "huzzah". It seems the earliest written reference is probably in the Kama Sutra [1] where it was advocated as a command to aid in the achievement of mutual sexual climax. It was apparently derived from the ancient Sanskrit word "huzzu" meaning "hurry up" or "better hurry". The near palindromic character of the word was felt to be symbolic. The word is thought to have spread westward with the Roma people and was in use in the English Isles before the 2nd century BC where it began to acquire a more general meaning of something good about to happen. Upon the arrival of Christianity in England, the original ribald meaning was replaced by the somewhat sacriligious utterance of the names of religious figures during carnal activities. The more general meaning did remain; however, becoming the 18th and 19th century English phrase "Huzzah". Ironically, this meaning was carried back to India during the British colonial period and was the source of much amusement to indiginous servants when the phrase was used by both English men and women at public sporting events.


[1] The Kama Sutra: Chapter 412, "What to do when the kids are at grandma's hosue for the weekend", pp. 1234-1256



Cap Mandrake -> Idaho plates (8/17/2007 4:45:21 AM)

BTW, a car pulled up slowly toward me today with Idaho plates. Whew....no gun rack.

Turned out it was a car from Idaho parking. Duh.



BrucePowers -> RE: Idaho plates (8/17/2007 5:22:46 AM)

I've heard of Idaho. I've even been there twice. Where the heck is Idaho parking?[:D]



kaleun -> RE: Idaho plates (8/17/2007 6:40:25 AM)

huzzah! huzzah! huzzah!



bobogoboom -> RE: Idaho plates (8/17/2007 9:36:56 AM)

[:-].bad cap.......it's ok i am currently taking 20 minutes to make sure certain people are not sitting outside at my favorite watering hole.



BrucePowers -> RE: Idaho plates (8/17/2007 6:35:53 PM)

So, how go things in Australia?[:)]



Cap Mandrake -> RE: Idaho plates (8/17/2007 7:39:42 PM)


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ORIGINAL: bobogoboom

[:-].bad cap.......it's ok i am currently taking 20 minutes to make sure certain people are not sitting outside at my favorite watering hole.


Well...somene did ask about "huzzah" [:)]

Not to worry. John-san is back from celebrating the Emperor's B'day. We are off again. Spam content should be dropping. [:'(]





Naskra -> RE: Idaho plates (8/17/2007 8:45:20 PM)

I think you are the victim of a fanciful etymology for "huzzah".   Gypsies in 2nd century BC Britain? Palindromic symbolism?   Really dubious stuff.



Cap Mandrake -> Chapter and verse (8/17/2007 9:48:07 PM)

Editor's Note:

A number of astute readers have questioned the presence of the Roma people in Britain in the second century BC. We are investigating this interesting question. Possibly the author misspoke and meant to say Romans. In that case, however, the date mentioned also seems to predate the arrival of this group.

Of interest is the recent large discovery of ancient paisley tablecloths in West Sussex which date to 20 AD to 240 BC by radiocarbon dating.

Margin Note: Good God Almighty! "Chapter 412, "What to do when the kids are at grandma's house for the weekend"?? Come on people! My credibility is on the line here. I have a PLAN to write. We are talking legacy here. Can't someone find me a nice co-ed from Bryn Mawr for the Summer to proofread this stuff? Look at the interns Bolo Boy has at the White House, for Christ's sake.

Gen. Marshall

PS...Please, please! Stop putting the margin notes in the text!




Cap Mandrake -> Dear Diary (8/18/2007 10:06:36 PM)

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kaleun -> RE: Dear Diary (8/19/2007 5:50:47 PM)

[:D][:D]



Cap Mandrake -> The List (8/19/2007 8:11:12 PM)

I knew I foreswore spamming, but I found this list on the horse trail this morning. I took off the phone numbers and deleted the last name of Amy but otherwise it is a good copy.

A party invitation list..no guys..hmmm?
A page from a little black book?
Possible nannies?
An Adrian Messenger type thing..in which case there are two crossed off [X(]?
And who is the Egyptian Girl?

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Terminus -> RE: The List (8/19/2007 8:24:29 PM)

The thot plickens...



BrucePowers -> RE: The List (8/20/2007 2:13:24 AM)

Call in the OSS..[:)]



tabpub -> RE: The List (8/20/2007 2:23:32 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I knew I foreswore spamming, but I found this list on the horse trail this morning. I took off the phone numbers and deleted the last name of Amy but otherwise it is a good copy.

A party invitation list..no guys..hmmm?
A page from a little black book?
Possible nannies?
An Adrian Messenger type thing..in which case there are two crossed off [X(]?
And who is the Egyptian Girl?

[image]local://upfiles/7983/3130CE86150245C495E44ECCE88694EA.jpg[/image]


Some poor pregnant mare dropped her list of potential names for her colt...boohoo.
Eygptian Girl would be a shiznat name for a racehorse, by the way.

Now, back to the war and quit spamming our own thread; the others do QUITE well at it without your assistance.
Will be calling tonight for our bi-weekly planning and chortling session; don't forget....



Cap Mandrake -> RE: The List (8/20/2007 6:18:19 PM)

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ORIGINAL: tabpub


Some poor pregnant mare dropped her list of potential names for her colt...boohoo.
Eygptian Girl would be a shiznat name for a racehorse, by the way.



Hello. I think you may be onto something. Horse trail..lots of things get dropped there......



At the top of the stretch it's My Rosita by a length but HERE COMES EGYPTIAN GIRL!....



Naskra -> RE: The List (8/20/2007 6:57:18 PM)

Egyptian Girl was a Brazilian bred foal of 1986 by Rio Bravo out of Devils Magic.  She has a 5x5 cross to Nearco, who as you know, was the tail-male grandsire of Naskra.



witpqs -> RE: The List (8/20/2007 7:24:49 PM)

Am I reading that right? Are you related to Egyptian Girl?



Naskra -> RE: The List (8/20/2007 7:49:50 PM)

It's not something the family brags about.

You may remember Rio Bravo as the winner of the 1971 Oaklawn Handicap.



Cap Mandrake -> Alfalfa break (8/21/2007 6:49:06 AM)

Rio Bravo is one of my brother-in-laws favorite movie along with Spencer's Mountain and that one with John Wayne and Maureen O'hara in Ireland (whatever that is called). Oh, I forgot, Big Trouble in Little China. His tastes seem somehat uneven but he is so earnest I can't bring myself to say anything.

Speaking of Little China, the Burma Road is now well and mightily severed. After a seesaw battle where 2 Chinese divisions evicted a Jap brigade from the Salween River crossings, and the RAF and the Emperor's flyboys tangled in some major furballs, the coup de gras was the appearance of two full Jap divisions which had marched over the mountains. A bit too late as the battle of Yenen is now over, but still, Stillwell is ticked

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Terminus -> RE: Alfalfa break (8/21/2007 12:23:12 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
...and that one with John Wayne and Maureen O'hara in Ireland (whatever that is called)...


That would be The Quiet Man.



Cap Mandrake -> RE: Alfalfa break (8/24/2007 5:18:49 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Terminus


quote:

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
...and that one with John Wayne and Maureen O'hara in Ireland (whatever that is called)...


That would be The Quiet Man.


Yes! I remembered that in the middle of the night. I, somewhat ironically, sat bolt upright and yelled "The Quiet Man!"


Free Darwin Anitpersonel Bomb recipe card to the first with the correct answers.





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Terminus -> RE: Alfalfa break (8/24/2007 12:31:31 PM)

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VSWG -> RE: Alfalfa break (8/24/2007 1:53:19 PM)

"Nagasaki - Bright Light in sky." Now this is just MEAN, Cap Mandrake. [:D]

I just spent several hours catching up on this AAR - now my tummy hurts from too much laughter! [:)] Fortunately, as an experienced reader of this AAR, I refrained from eating or drinking while reading - lest I need a Heimlich Maneuver (this is the first time I've used "lest", I hope I've done it correctly [Coming to think of it, it is also the first time I've used "Heimlich Maneuver" - this is so exciting! [:)] But I digress...])

So M&M ventured into shipbuilding... Will they expand this business? If they could get hold of a list of ships that have so far sunken in this war, they should be able to identify shortages. Of course 'shortage' is just another word for 'scarcity'. And we all know what the color ouf scarcity is...



Cap Mandrake -> The "Curve" (8/24/2007 5:16:04 PM)

Dang, that felt good! [;)] It is the curve, you see.

In fairness, though, that was a dang good effort.
BTW..I was serious about the arrows. How did you do those?

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Terminus -> RE: The "Curve" (8/24/2007 9:08:47 PM)

I can see what the other three should have been, now:

Myitchina -> Little China
Foochow -> This tastes like dog food
Haa'pai -> Something..in..my..throat

And the arrows are standard Paint.Net arrows. They come out as three-point objects, which can be curved and stretched and shaped and coloured to your heart's content!

BTW: 70% gets a C??? B- at least!



Cap Mandrake -> RE: The "Curve" (8/25/2007 1:14:35 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

I can see what the other three should have been, now:

Myitchina -> Little China
Foochow -> This tastes like dog food
Haa'pai -> Something..in..my..throat


Well done! Expect to receive your free Darwin Antipersonel Bomb recipe soon.

quote:

And the arrows are standard Paint.Net arrows. They come out as three-point objects, which can be curved and stretched and shaped and coloured to your heart's content!


I shall check it out.
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BTW: 70% gets a C??? B- at least!


Oh, alright already, but don't expect any more favorable treatment just because of the Terminus Family Foundation Gaming Lecture Hall.



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