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

[Cap Mandrake]

*******Aboard YMS-85, 18th Naval Battle of Horrycrappo-jima, 08:20, May 20, 1943(c)********

Lt. JG Oliver Hazard Perry V: <Standing on top of bridge, holding onto radio mast> THIS IS FOR YOU, COMMODORE! SPARKS! RADIO FLEET THIS MESSAGE. "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS...<a huge pagoda style superstructure emerges from the mist>...HORY CRAP!

[Cap Mandrake]

Snicker

[Cap Mandrake]

*********Shinto-boy temple, Osaka***********

<A beautiful egret lands on a nearby pine branch, the color of Mt Fuji...oh, the bird, not the pine branch>

Student: How rong egret rive, mastah?

Mastah: Ressah egret or greatah egret?

Student: Does it mattah, mastah?

Mastah: No, just want to say that. I take crass at Haha-jima. One time, egret take two dericious koi at pond at Mr. Chang's house. Mr. Chang come outside, see egret wis fat berry, get rearry mad, these expensive koi. Mistah Chang proud of koi, turn red, want to kirr egret wis bare hands-ah. Egret see Mistah Chang coming, fry off and poop what-ah reft ovah from koi on shouldah Mistah Chang. It rearry, rearry funny. Berieve me.

Mistah Chang now even more mad. He put net on pond-ah. Egret come back, stick head through net, eat koi. Haha! Finarry, when koi gone, Mistah Chang give up. Now pond just hav-ah frogs. Egret come back every 3rd Sunday of month for 18 years. Broody amazing. Egret rand on roof, rook at pond. Nevah see koi again but stir come back. Egret probabry raughing egret raugh.

Student: So egret rive at reast 18 years?

Mastah: What erse? You think egret post on youtube?

[Cap Mandrake]

So this 4 1/2 year old boy is looking through the stack of gift stickers at the end of the visit....Nemo (the fish)...naaah....various cool car stickers from Cars......nah......assorted Disney princess stickers.....Jasmine.....naaah....Belle....naah.....Ariel...BOINNNNG!

"OOOOOOOOHHHHHHH" he says. He takes two stickers of Ariel. All the adults laugh. Either he likes gingers or he wants to dress up in a mermaid costume.

[Cap Mandrake]

Personally, I think Pocahantas is the hottest Disney Princess. I think it's the Johnny Weismuller shoulders.

Jasmine is pretty hot too. I was glad Disney decided to skip the burkha for her.

[sprior]

Help, I'm stuck in this room with a loon!

[witpqs]

This kind?

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Help, I'm stuck in this room with a loon!

[:D] If it makes you feel better I made up the bit about the Bully beef. Also, none of this would happen if they kept sending the turns. [:)]

[sprior]

No, this:

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

No, this:

OK, in the interest of the trans-Atlantic alliance I'll get one. Does it come in khaki?

[witpqs]

No, but it comes with one of these.

[sprior]

Bratz doll gone bad.

[sprior]

This is a bit like me and the Cap; no idea how we got here, no clue where to go next, but the view is good.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: sprior

This is a bit like me and the Cap; no idea how we got here, no clue where to go next, but the view is good.

I blame the wee Jap dobbers for fighting back and taking away all the easy footholds.

[zuluhour]

[:D]....at least you guys have the view.

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: sprior

This is a bit like me and the Cap; no idea how we got here, no clue where to go next, but the view is good.

[:D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

This is a bit like me and the Cap; no idea how we got here, no clue where to go next, but the view is good.

Couple of old goats. One hornier than the other. Yup. Sounds about right.

[Cap Mandrake]

Regarding the view...not so sure about. The lower beast has to look at the nether regions of Two-Socks.

[Cap Mandrake]

Tragically, it seems, Admirar Nerson was kicked in the head by a Pony Express pony and had to rest the night at the Tombstone Hotel and Livery...so there is no turn yet.[:(]

[Cap Mandrake]

**********Pranning for the Kuriles/Sakhalin***********


Amchitka is too far for B-24's to hit Onnekotan-jima or Paramushiro-jima. We need a field at either Shemya or Kiska. Shemya has zero port but could be built to a level 7 airfield. Word has it the night life is pretty rousy on both isrands. Maybe a breastaurant will be needed. Should make for some good peanut smuggling. No troops of any description there yet.

I found 2 VD squadrons and 12 boxes of penicillin. They can operate from Amchitka and the PB4Y-1P's can provide recon over the Northern Kuriles from there. Of course, the recon can't start until the landing force is spotted.

Another discovery...SBD's can reach Shimushiri-jima from the Aleutians.