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

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Aide: Right, I make those as idiosynchratic code words, probably operationally speciific. "Dodah" appears to be a geographic location. "The whatsit" could be a military unit.

Cmdr. Rochefort: Agreed. Let's get cracking on this. I want a cross reference of major unit movements in the last two weeks on JN-25.

That will take a while to crack this code. Better get moving, for it will take all the 'Dodah' day. I'll bet my money on the location being a 'bay' somewhere. At least somebody bet on the bay. [;)]

[spleen reaches up through neck and strangles Chickenboy before he can pun again...]

[Mynok]

Mynok helps spleen strangle Chickenboy.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Mynok


I take it Desperation Otter is a joint brown and green job op?

That is "Operation" to you....and I think it's "Stoat" now...but it may have to be changed now that I let it out.


As for the compostion, it is all very hush-hush but, based on prep, my guess is this:

Broome: Entire Aus. I Corps (minus the HQ), some additional SWPAC-flagged Aussie arty (both of these group are Digger, of course)

Perhaps some US Army tank destroyers and engineers (Green Jobs)

Port Headland: 2nd Br. Div (Brown Jobs)

East Africa Brigade (We may have to come up with another term here)


US 32nd ID may be in a second wave or something.

[Cap Mandrake]

***********Mess Tent, Bivoac, King's African Rifles, Perth, Sept. 8, 1942********


Sargeant: You there! Stir that. That is the King's rice you are burning.

Private: I AM IDI AMIN DADA! SOME DAY I WILL BE FIELD MARSHALL!

Sargeant: Is that right? <he seems genuinely interested>

Private: Yes! I am Idi Amin Dada. I am Kakwa.

Sargeant: Well Mr. Dada, when you are Field Marshall YOU can give the orders but right now YOU stir the ******* rice!

[Cap Mandrake]

Check this out. Field Marshal and President for Life (and former cook in the King's African Rifles) Idi Amin Dada has allegedly been dead for 8 years but he still has a Myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/idi_amin_dada

I hope he doesn't come after us for residuals or something. Do you think I should tell him he is in the story and is going to Port Headland where there are 25,000 angry LYB's?

[witpqs]

With a picture of Forest Whitaker!

[Cap Mandrake]

Correction...I thought it was Facebook but it appears he is the last person on Myspace. [:D]

The lure of contacting an allegedly dead person on a dead social media site is now irresistible.

Pretend I don't know anything about social media and only signed up for Facebook so I could spy on my daughter.

How do I contact Field Marshal and President for Life Mr. Idi Amin Dada on Myspace. Do i need a seance or maybe a Haruspex?

[Cap Mandrake]

OK, I signed up for Myspace and tried to send this message. He is apparently doing the deposed dictator gig in London so it should be about 6 PM Sunday. We shall see.

Dear Field Marshall Idi Amin Dada;

I was very pleasantly surprised to find your Mysapce account. We are recounting a history of WWII(c) in an "After Action Report" which details the battles and personal stories of the men (and women) involved in the action.

tm.asp?m=2341315&mpage=163&key=&#58023;&#56430;

As the King's African Rifles have moved to Perth (the one in Australia) and will soon go into battle with Kool-aide crazed Little Yellow Bastards at Port Headland, I thought you might find it interesting to discover that you are a character in the story.

Please be aware that this is WWII(c) so some of the details might differ from your recollections. Also, please feel free to message me on Myspace if you have any suggestions or critiques. I hope you enjoy the story.

Cap Mandrake

[witpqs]

Oh, you might not get a reply. You should have addressed him as "The Last King of Myspace".

[FieldM Idi Amin Dada]

Good Evening;

I am Field Marshall Idi Amin Dada. I am also President for Life of Uganda but I am in exile in London. I received a message from a junior officer that I was a character in this history.

I can tell you that nothing in here is true. I never cooked rice. I was never in Perth and no Sargeant would ever dare to speak to me in such fashion.

I am also very good looking.

[thegreatwent]

OK, who's the wiseguy? New matrix forum member Idi Amin...

showprofile.asp?memId=38986

[FieldM Idi Amin Dada]

Mr. Went;

You are corect. I am known as a wise man in my country.

Here is a picture of me. As you can see I am quite attractive.



Field Marshall Idi Amin Dada

[Cap Mandrake]

Oh Good Lord! What have I done?

[Moondawggie]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Oh Good Lord! What have I done?

As bad as Idi was, I'm just glad that you didn't choose to introduce a certain "Pvt. Jean-Bedel Bokassa" of the Free French Army into this narrative. [:)]

I'd hate to hear an anecdote about him stirring up a special family recipe for "stew" in Perth. [X(]

And Alex, for my next turn on Jeopardy!, I'd like to try Late 20th Century African Dictators for $500...[:'(]

[Cap Mandrake]

<boots up WITP AE to see if there are any Free Fench units>

[Cap Mandrake]

****************Papeete, Sept. 9, 1942******************


Lt. Col Marcel Guidray, CO, Tahiti Detachment: <samples a steaming bowl of stew> Mon Dieux! Zees ees vewy good pwivate...uhhh...

Pwivate: Bokassa, Colonel

Lt. Col Marcel Guidray, CO, Tahiti Detachment: Eet ees vewy good pwivate.

Pwivate: Merci, mon Colonel. Eet ees a famiwy weicpe.

[Cap Mandrake]

Aricraft losses through Sept 42

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Pwivate: Merci, mon Colonel. Eet ees a famiwy weicpe.

This reminds me of the punchline from a Philip Jose Farmer short story: "Mother always did make good soup".

[Moondawggie]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Pwivate: Merci, mon Colonel. Eet ees a famiwy weicpe.

This reminds me of the punchline from a Philip Jose Farmer short story: "Mother always did make good soup".

I'd recommend that any troopers who get assigned to Tahiti diligently stick to their C- and K-rations, rather than "dining on the local economy."

[Wirraway_Ace]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

****************Papeete, Sept. 9, 1942******************


Lt. Col Marcel Guidray, CO, Tahiti Detachment: <samples a steaming bowl of stew> Mon Dieux! Zees ees vewy good pwivate...uhhh...

Pwivate: Bokassa, Colonel

Lt. Col Marcel Guidray, CO, Tahiti Detachment: Eet ees vewy good pwivate.

Pwivate: Merci, mon Colonel. Eet ees a famiwy weicpe.

Wasn't Bokassa rumored to be more of the Hannible Lector type? Dining on his defeated opponents and going so far as to serve them to his guests.