A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

********DISASTER********


No, it-ah not one of carriers. SG I have big fight with GF and want to move back from San Diego.[:-][:(]

That-ah too bad. He's not assuming that he can come back home is he?

SG I tarking about enristing in Navy.

Hai! Encourage! Traver worrd over! Reave San Diego! Hai! Hai! [&o]

Mandrake-san wondah if SG I rearize that would be given rots of orders and be subject to rots of rures...rike no smoking in magazine..no spitting in officah mess...no drink torpedo juice on duty..that-ah kind of thing.

Shut-ah up! You no have to terr him this! Ret him figure out for serf. It-ah sound rike he need some time in birge with bucket to straighten him out. About 2 years oughta do it.

[Disco Duck]

Didn't know if you had heard this or not. As a Land Rover owner, I would be terrified too. Until the Range Rover came out, they were not something you drove fast on the road.

http://news.yahoo.com/queen-elizabeth-o ... 14592.html

[Cap Mandrake]

Daughter of Mandrake-san send rist of wedding venues and pranning for guest rist of 200. 5 hr. hosted bar???!! Hory crap! That-ah crazy! Any Irish-mens not-ah make desert course.
Mandrake-san not-ah sure know names of 200 peopurh, even incruding names of Presidents.

Mandrake-san have to refinance home with rice paper warrs. It-ah arr on Mandrake-san because of prenuptial agreement. Damn-ah rawyers.

[Cap Mandrake]

Mandrake-san need hosted bar in Seaside Virra...and not-ah even noon yet.

[Lecivius]

Hosted bar does not mean a fully stocked bar. One keg and a kid on the hand pump outta do it [;)]

[HansBolter]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I once took spam on a backpacking trip. Everyone mocked me for carrying the extra weight but after a couple of days of rehydrated pablum, jerkey and onion soup with 3mm noodles, you need a drool bib when you start frying up Spam.

+1

I used to take my best friends kids on stargazing campouts and they refused bacon and demanded I bring spam to fry up for them.

There is something nostalgia invoking about the smell of spam frying outdoors

[Cap Mandrake]

News Frash

NEWS: ARGENTINE PRESIDENT MAKES DIPLOMATIC GAFFE, TWEETS ABOUT CHINESE 'LICE AND PETLOLEUM'
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, on a tour of China to strengthen ties as the economy teeters on the brink of a recession, appeared to commit a diplomatic blunder on Wednesday by poking fun at how the Chinese speak.

Haha. What-ah dinosaur. Argentina-womans make stupid joke from 1940's about China-mens.

[Cap Mandrake]

Mandrake-san give up fight and agree to have wedding for daughter at hoterh near Der Mar. Hoterh-womans who make reservations have MBA. Mandrake-san ask if have-ah someone with Associate Degree from Fresno St to see if cheaper. Now, have to find money. Any ideas for business opportunites?

[Cap Mandrake]

Definitery best daughter out of two but stirr not sure worth that much money.

Probabry spend just as much money on othah daughter on car repairs and automobire insurance. Oh werr, rook rike Mandrake-san not-ah go to Paris and Normandy this year. Maybe Brisbane nice prace to visit. [:D]

[Argos]

Have you considered brinksmanship? suggest that the two bundles of hundreds you happen to have with you would fund a wonderfully romantic eloping? otherwise the two bundles of hundreds will have to go to the MBA to hold the venue and no one will ever see them again...

the other option is trying the over-involved parent driving them to eloping- but that has a dangerous risk/reward curve.

[Cap Mandrake]

Well, the first of 26 cousins (on my parents side) had this fantastic wedding in Sun Valley at a massive home on the Big Wood. Fantastic band, scotch and cigar bar, rivers of alkyhol.

I'm afraid the gauntlet has been thrown. She is the second cousin to "fall". The arms race is on.

[Lecivius]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Well, the first of 26 cousins (on my parents side) had this fantastic wedding in Sun Valley at a massive home on the Big Wood. Fantastic band, scotch and cigar bar, rivers of alkyhol.

I'm afraid the gauntlet has been thrown. She is the second cousin to "fall". The arms race is on.

Man, this is gonna get expensive [:D] I think you need to invite the forumites as well, just for head count [;)][:'(]

[Chijohnaok2]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Well, the first of 26 cousins (on my parents side) had this fantastic wedding in Sun Valley at a massive home on the Big Wood. Fantastic band, scotch and cigar bar, rivers of alkyhol.

I'm afraid the gauntlet has been thrown. She is the second cousin to "fall". The arms race is on.

You are entering an unmapped minefield, without the benefit of a mine detector.

Move carefully through that.

The arms race of the Cold War bankrupted one side (The Soviets) and created a lot of (political) dissent on the other side (United States).

The only factor that may work to your benefit is timing.

The cost of each wedding will likely escalate, in the effort to one-up to previous one.
Try to get "your" wedding in earlier rather than later, so as not to be caught in the ever increasing costs.
Either that or see if you can schedule "your" wedding immediately after the wedding your Cousin Eddie throws.



Even if yours does not match up to some of the prior weddings, it will look good in comparison with the most recent one. [;)]

[Cap Mandrake]

Mandrake-san standing outside of party tent in Sun Varrey and 18 year ord nephew comes up with ear to ear grin and brushing of face...and obvious etiorogy...rock grass furr of scotch.


Nephew-san: Hey, uncurh Mandrake-san how to drink this?

Mandrake-san: Srower. [:)]

[Chickenboy]

Captain-san,

You-ah rand in San Francisco yet? What-ah happening in this war?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Well, the first of 26 cousins (on my parents side) had this fantastic wedding in Sun Valley at a massive home on the Big Wood. Fantastic band, scotch and cigar bar, rivers of alkyhol.

I'm afraid the gauntlet has been thrown. She is the second cousin to "fall". The arms race is on.

I think the way birds send off their young is better. Think it over.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Captain-san,

You-ah rand in San Francisco yet? What-ah happening in this war?

We have-ah week off. One of Arried officahs go on camping trip, probabry get taken by sartie

[sprior]

Surery not?

[Chickenboy]

One-ah wonders where they get so many rabia as to be abre to open supahmarket! [X(]

[Cap Mandrake]

Mandrake-san go to rabia supermarket once. Auntie Wong's Dance Emporium in Bangkok. Pretty fun.