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From: Eeyore on 4 Oct 2006 22:43 John Larkin wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >John Larkin wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> >I find the humour too juvenile for my taste. It's like finding farts funny > >> >and nothing else. > >> > >> More likely you find it juvenile because you don't get the twists; > >> some of Brooks' stuff is fairly subtle. But there are a lot of > >> Americanisms and Jewish humor and Black (as in African, not as in > >> noire) humor you may not get. > >> > >> What humor meets your standards? > > > >Not much actually. I find much of it pretty banale. I'm not sure you'd know the > >stuff either. Did you ever see Fawlty Towers ( John Cleese ) for example ? At > >least there's a decent chance of that. > > I didn't like FT; Well it is very British. > it was stupid situation/embarassment comedy like "I > Love Lucy" In which case it didn't 'translate' well over your side of the pond. > , nowhere near Monte Python level. Wodehouse is my favorite > comedic writer... I laugh out loud when I read his stuff. I find that dull. > You should laugh more... it might cheer you up. Don't worry. I laugh a bit. There's not a heck of a lot to laugh about these days though ( see thread ). Graham
From: Ken Smith on 4 Oct 2006 22:48 In article <45244EC3.CCE667A1(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > [....] >> >> No, they're not. They're survival manuals. >> > >> >That's a very strange idea. >> >> --- >> Think about it for a while. > >I don't need to. (while taking another bite of pork) -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Homer J Simpson on 4 Oct 2006 23:12 "Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in message news:0cr8i2p5gcd7asiq8nsdlon8b0m6h69l5a(a)4ax.com... > (2) "I _tried_ to get OBL...", just recently interviewed by Chris > Wallace. > > Sounds like the sign of the liar to me ;-) It will be when Bush tries it after his term ends.
From: Kurt Ullman on 4 Oct 2006 23:18 In article <eg1q2n$vr4$1(a)blue.rahul.net>, kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > He was in office for just about 8 months adn for just about 8 months, he > had the Clinton admins advice for going after OBL and ignored it. Clinton > tried to get OBL and failed Bush did not try. Clinton's attempt to get OBL was to lob a coupla cruise missles in his general direction and hope he walked under one. I don't subscribe to the he coulda had him from the Sudan (or wherever) idea, but to say Clinton was fixated or wanting to go after OBL is stretching reality. Nobody took him terribly seriously until 9/11.
From: John Larkin on 4 Oct 2006 23:45
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:46:20 -0500, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote: >On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:11:29 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" ><nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >> >>"Gordon" <gordonlr(a)DELETEswbell.net> wrote in message >>news:mbq5i29hg2qgun7p1rm5fpbdb6fr31ogvs(a)4ax.com... >> >>> Where did the current terrorism financing and materials come >>> from? >> >>From the USA (oil). Unlike most every other conflict, the US is paying for >>both sides in this one. > >--- >I've always thought it would be interesting to see what would happen >if the US sent troops to, say, Honduras to protect them from >Guatemala and to Nicaragua to protect them from Costa Rica, and then >Honduras and Nicaragua decided to declare war on each other. Unlikely. Google "Costa Rica army" John |