Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[witpqs]

Torres Strait?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Torres Strait?

Cortes Strait is the codeword [;)][:o]

[witpqs]

Doh! My lips are sealed.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Doh! My lips are sealed.

See to it!


No sense getting all maudlin over the mortal peril to 50,000 Allied troops. Let me tell you the story of my neighbor up the street (right next door to the guy who has a Mazeratti AND a prius). His wife passed away. Really sad. They were retired and did everything together....even 11 Super Bowl games in person.




Here is what happened the first Super Bowl after she passed away. Touching. I dare you not to be moved.


He had two of the best tickets for the Super Bowl. He sits down and
soon another guy comes along and asks if anyone is sitting in the seat
next to him.

"No", he says, "the seat is empty."


"This is incredible!" said the other guy, "who in their right mind would have
a seat like this for the Super Bowl, the biggest sporting event of the
year & not use it?"

He says, "Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. My wife was supposed
to come with me but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we
haven't been to together since we got married."

"Oh... Gees ..I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible. I guess you
couldn't find someone else, a friend or relative or even a neighbor to
take the seat?"

The man shakes his head...


"No. They're all at the funeral."

[VSWG]

[:D][:D]

[Smeulders]

That punchline was visible from miles away and yet I didn't see it coming. Well played good Sir.

[Kwik E Mart]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: witpqs

Doh! My lips are sealed.

See to it!


No sense getting all maudlin over the mortal peril to 50,000 Allied troops. Let me tell you the story of my neighbor up the street (right next door to the guy who has a Mazeratti AND a prius). His wife passed away. Really sad. They were retired and did everything together....even 11 Super Bowl games in person.




Here is what happened the first Super Bowl after she passed away. Touching. I dare you not to be moved.

something in me moved, but i won't say which body part it was...

[Mynok]

A classic joke, re-skinned for modern readers. [:D]

[Scott_USN]

Great AAR one of the best like reading a good book good aggressive play also.

Unfortune no 6th and 7th Australian divisions in Australia (couple of the best), it is always hard to make the choice to take them out of India/Burma operations. But still even bad things like crazed highly experienced Japanese divisions running wild in the outback leaves open a good chance to destroy them completely unless they end up drinking Saki on the beautiful south australian beaches.

Think they will be happy with all the north though

[LoBaron]

For your convenience I´d suggest using the additional codenames Beer a´ Week, Amy, Adam Sedgwick and Del Piero Straight for the current operation.
Respective for Daily Waters, Katherine, Darwin and Torres Straight.

Oh, see that its Cortez Straight already, too bad. [:D]

[sprior]

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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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[Cap Mandrake]

[font="Courier New"]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[/font]

[sprior]

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Fleet Admiral Mandrake
Lei-Z Bar
Friendly Islands

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.
[/font]

[thegreatwent]

quote:

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 [;)]

[thegreatwent]

And now caught up on the action.

[sprior]

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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.

[/font]

[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?[:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

[font="Courier New"]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. Shit happens.[/font]

[Cap Mandrake]

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?[:D]

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

[VSWG]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

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?[:D]

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...