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

[CaptDave]

ORIGINAL: sprior

My favourite railway station in the world. It has always brought me home.

In the Harry Plopper films they called it Kings Cross, which is a dump.

Well, you can go into St. Pancras and walk inside to Kings Cross -- close enough for moviemakers! FWIW, I agree that St. Pancras is at least one of the finest in the world (definitely best in the UK, but I haven't seen much of the rest of the world, yet).

[sprior]

Watching 28 Days later, a fine film.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Home Alone?

Well, Sprior, I'm flattered that you'd ask, but I'm expecting Mrs. Chickenboy and the kids any time. Thanks for the thought, however I'm spoken for.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Watching 28 Days later, a fine film.

Yes. Speaking of pissed off monkeys, what's going on with your New Zealand troops?

ETA: Kidding! I'm a fan of the Kiwis and delight in all manner of their terpsichorean martial movements.

[sprior]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: sprior

Watching 28 Days later, a fine film.

Yes. Speaking of pissed off monkeys, what's going on with your New Zealand troops?

ETA: Kidding! I'm a fan of the Kiwis and delight in all manner of their terpsichorean martial movements.

They're primates too.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

My favourite railway station in the world. It has always brought me home.

In the Harry Plopper films they called it Kings Cross, which is a dump.

If it is the terminus for the Eurostar from Gare du Nord, I've been there.

There was perfectly harmless looking fellow with no luggage going down the hall with me and my kids. He was surrounded immediately by 3 uniformed officers. Seemed kind of unsporting to me. He could best be described as a 4th rotor, B-37, 3rd from bottom.

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

My favourite railway station in the world. It has always brought me home.

In the Harry Plopper films they called it Kings Cross, which is a dump.

Beautiful indeed. Nice blend of Victorian and sleek modern sights that somehow compliment each other. Amazing what you can accomplish with a little $800 Million reno.

[Chickenboy]

Cap'n:

This AAR is instructive in the ways of man and the game.

Allow me to return the favor and suggest a learning tool for your medical staff: STD cakes. Plus you get to eat them afterwards! I'm getting hungry already.

[Cap Mandrake]

Uhoh, someone caught the boat up.

[Cap Mandrake]

I may have told this story already...but...what the Hell.

At Harbor General in Torrance (an LA County Hospital that was at least a step or two above Killer King) there was an infection control nurse by the name of Chancre.[:)]

Technically, I never met her, but she was paged overhead a thousand times...."Nurse Chancre to the STD clinic please". It may have been a gag, but it lasted for 3 years, which would make it an epic effort. I was in the camp which believed she really existed and was fantastically attractive, the mere sight of her causing insatiable sexual desire in the victim, leading almost unalterably to a tragic outcome, like a 20th Century Siren. One resident offered to lash himself to a support beam and page her to the cafeteria. Tragically she never showed and he was mistaken for an escaped psych patient.

[sprior]

We once got a sprog QM to pipe "D'ye hear there, Seaman Stains report to the bedding store"

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

We once got a sprog QM to pipe "D'ye hear there, Seaman Stains report to the bedding store"

Cool! Is the bedding store sort of like Ikea?

[khyberbill]

Hmmm, are there crabs in IKEA?

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

We once got a sprog QM to pipe "D'ye hear there, Seaman Stains report to the bedding store"

One wonders if Seaman Stains met his demise in the ship's Laundry ...

When I was the officer in charge of the passenger terminal at a Canadian airbase we managed the list of standby passengers, mostly dependents, for seating on the military flights if space was available. Non-military passengers were addressed as Mr., Mrs., Miss and .... Master for boys. You can imagine what happened when we had to page Mrs. Bates and her young son. [:'(]

[Cap Mandrake]

There was a kid at my high school named Bob Bader. I am here to tell you that Master Bader was a very angry individual. Evidently there were no guns at home.*



* As I was a compassionate soul, at least then, I never engaged in mockery of the poor lad. I may have, in retropsect, chuckled a few times.

[Cap Mandrake]

I also never called the aged nun (60'ish) with stretchy connective tissue who taught 3rd grade at St Andrews "Pruneface"....at least not unitl that saggy bitch slapped me right across my taught, unsaggy face in front of the whole class for a harmess gag about her abusive homework assignments.

Saggy Pruneface biotch. <makes Dominican baseball player good luck sign to make up for outburst>

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I also never called the aged nun (60'ish) with stretchy connective tissue who taught 3rd grade at St Andrews "Pruneface"....at least not unitl that saggy bitch slapped me right across my taught, unsaggy face in front of the whole class for a harmess gag about her abusive homework assignments.

Saggy Pruneface biotch. <makes Dominican baseball player good luck sign to make up for outburst>

[:D] That good luck sign is not sufficient atonement for irreverance to a Reverend's "biotch". You have to do at least 5 "Hail Marys". Got a football??

[Argos]

Our high school had a James T Kirk as a student when I was there as well as a janitor who was always Richard Hertz over the PA.

[sprior]

Flight deck, HMS Galatea. Families day. QM's caboosh:

The lovely Monica: Hi, I'm here to see Grant Lawrence
QM: I'm sorry we don't have a Grant Lawrence on board.
TLM: Yes you do, he's my boyfriend.
QM. Sorry no. Which mess did you say he's in?
TLM: 3L mess I think
QM. Oh, the greenies. Let me get one of them up here.

Two minutes later...

Our hero: Hello, can I help you?
TLM: I'm looking for Grant Lawrence, he's my boyfriend
Me: I'm sorry we don't have anyone called Grant in our mess
TLM (nearly in tears): But I write to him here and everything. Grant Lawrence!
Me: Lawrence? Are you Monica?
TLM: Yes
Me: Oh, you mean Syd!

[Cap Mandrake]

Wait...<timidly raises hand because of risk of tremendous ridicule>


I don't get it. Was he just embarrased to tell her his real name? Do I need the fourth rotor? I suppose "Syd" is goind to be some unmentionable body part..sort of like "Willie"?