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RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:14 pm
by crsutton
I will be in Oslo this week giving my Nobel prize acceptance speech....again.

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:50 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: crsutton

I will be in Oslo this week giving my Nobel prize acceptance speech....again.

Will anybody be listening though? Apart from the pigeons? [:D]

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:39 pm
by PaxMondo
ORIGINAL: Cribtop

Do NOT change to the cheaper formula at 2 months. You were all warned!
I can confirm this. Very BAD mistake to skimp on the formula.

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:41 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: crsutton

I will be in Oslo this week giving my Nobel prize acceptance speech....again.
Uh huh....I see. Will your wife Morgan Fairchilds also be attending? [:D]

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:42 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

ORIGINAL: Dixie

I'm off to <TOP SECRET>.  I was (sort of) on the BBC news, and Sky News and several others though [;)]

And second man on balcony too! [:D]
[&:]

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:14 pm
by USSAmerica

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 5:04 pm
by jeffk3510
ORIGINAL: Cribtop

As a Texan, cows in the yard is fairly common (ok, not at my house, but at my buddy's ranch it happens all the time). We actually had a herd of buffalo in the yards of our neighborhood once. And, before you laugh, this is a pretty durn nice neighborhood with 3,000 sq ft houses. We just had a buffalo ranch nearby with a fencing issue.

I recently had to use "crying baby" as an excuse to Cuttlefish. However, that one was, sadly, very real. Do NOT change to the cheaper formula at 2 months. You were all warned!

Agreed....I will pay whatever it takes to keep baby happy.

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:08 pm
by DivePac88
Once had a weird excuse over getting the return of the first turn (which I never received) from a well-known troll. They wanted me to explain some of my opening plans as the Japanese, also my political views, and my personnel relationship details.

When I told this person that I just wanted to play the game, and not bare my soul to them. They refused to return the first turn, until I supplied the details they wanted... weird methought.

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RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:24 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: DivePac88

Once had a weird excuse over getting the return of the first turn (which I never received) from a well-known troll. They wanted me to explain some of my opening plans as the Japanese, also my political views, and my personnel relationship details.

When I told this person that I just wanted to play the game, and not bare my soul to them. They refused to return the first turn, until I supplied the details they wanted... weird methought.

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How long have you been having this problem with intimacy? [:'(][:)]


I don't think "wierd" is the right word. Perhaps "creepy"

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:27 pm
by Cap Mandrake
<dials Texas Child Protective Services>

"Yeah...there is some guy named Cribtop trying to torture his kid by feeding him Maomart brand formula.....no, no last name..just Cribtop"

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:00 pm
by Dixie
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Sardaukar

ORIGINAL: Dixie

I'm off to <TOP SECRET>.  I was (sort of) on the BBC news, and Sky News and several others though [;)]

And second man on balcony too! [:D]
[&:]

I quote here from the British Army ARRSEpedia
This is in fact not a fictional figure. It refers to the Iranian Embassy siege on the 5th May 1980 where the British SAS (or 'Them') kicked arse good style. The operation was launched via a roof and front (and rear) facing assault. The well publicised assault was made from the roof with troopers abseiling down onto one of the balconies on the front of the embassy. Every snooker fan in the country watched the SAS troopers blow their way in. Subsequently every pub walt in the country has claimed either:

To have actually been that second man on the (hic) balcony.
To know, and is indeed bezzers with the (burp) second man on the... balcony.
To have the (hic burp) address of the second... man... on... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

So next time you see a lone man sitting in the corner of the pub, with rolly in his mouth and long droopy 'tache, why not ask him? And then once he has told you his story, ask him to 'Storm the pub regiment style' in five minutes. Get a pint and sit and watch the fun. It's better than watching England lose at footy again.


RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:14 pm
by oldman45
ORIGINAL: USS America

My usual excuse:  [:D]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rhum-Barb ... 5055768609

That works for me. [;)]

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:31 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

<dials Texas Child Protective Services>

"Yeah...there is some guy named Cribtop trying to torture his kid by feeding him Maomart brand formula.....no, no last name..just Cribtop"
New! Improved! Now with more Melamine!

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:16 pm
by crsutton
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: crsutton

I will be in Oslo this week giving my Nobel prize acceptance speech....again.
Uh huh....I see. Will your wife Morgan Fairchilds also be attending? [:D]

Would have, you mean..I have replaced her with a younger woman. But yes, Pippa will be in attendance.

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:18 pm
by crsutton
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: DivePac88

Once had a weird excuse over getting the return of the first turn (which I never received) from a well-known troll. They wanted me to explain some of my opening plans as the Japanese, also my political views, and my personnel relationship details.

When I told this person that I just wanted to play the game, and not bare my soul to them. They refused to return the first turn, until I supplied the details they wanted... weird methought.

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How long have you been having this problem with intimacy? [:'(][:)]


I don't think "wierd" is the right word. Perhaps "creepy"

Not fair at all. I was really only asking for bank account numbers and passwords. Jeeesh, give a guy a break now and then....

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:24 pm
by Cuttlefish
I think that, as of this morning, I can beat a yard full of cows.

From one of my opponents: "The pigs got loose and broke a water line."


RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:49 pm
by mike scholl 1
ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish

From one of my opponents: "The pigs got loose and broke a water line."


"Fish". Have you ever been around a group of rooting pigs? They can be as destructive as a fleet of miniature bulldozers. If it wasn't for how good bacon tastes, they could well be classified as agricultural pests.... [:D]

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:23 pm
by pws1225
ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish

I think that, as of this morning, I can beat a yard full of cows.

From one of my opponents: "The pigs got loose and broke a water line."


I agree, pigs trump cows!

RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:17 pm
by DivePac88
ORIGINAL: pws1225

ORIGINAL: Cuttlefish

I think that, as of this morning, I can beat a yard full of cows.

From one of my opponents: "The pigs got loose and broke a water line."


I agree, pigs trump cows!

I agree too, as the Cows have the possibility of doing damage, where as the Pigs have already done damage.


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RE: Best PBEM Excuses for not Sending a Turn

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:28 pm
by tocaff
You guys should meet my dog who managed to turn on the water full blast.&nbsp; At least when I discovered this the water went down a drain that was near the spigot.&nbsp; Then she loves to dig and.....turn later.