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I think there was something nicknamed "Pink's War", after Air Commodore Pink - who tried to bomb the afghanistans into submission. The RAF aircrew used to carry "gooley chits" with them - if they were shot down by the tribesmen, then they were supposed to wave this at them, roughly saying: "please do not chop my gooleys off as you will get paid for me". Or something like that, my memory is fading, and my reading was a long time ago. Wonder if they carry anything similar today when they go to bomb the Iraqis? Or is it just a pair of nylons and a packet of fags? If we're bombing people, why haven't we declared war? ----- Original Message ----- From: "david.bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 02 December 2000 14:24 Subject: Re: asteroid to hit earth > Kent > > you're interrupting my Christmas shopping. > > I saw the movie too. Was it a black hole caused the big wave? But I did like > some of Robbie the Robot's speeches, like 'Be not afrayed: my head is full > of noises'. And 'noses' too if you ask me, some makeup job that. > > I just remembered t'other day: the RAF did a first rehearsal for the Gulf > war back in the 1920's, didn't they? > > david > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kent johnson <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 1:05 PM > Subject: Re: asteroid to hit earth > > > > David said: > > > > >Oh Kent haven't you ever read The Tempest? > > > > No, but I saw the movie. The part with the big wave turning the boat over > at > > the end is pretty awesome. But the rest of it sucked. > > > > On another note, here's a good one: > > > > Q: Why has the US never had a coup d'etat?? > > > > A: No US embassy. > > > > > > Kent > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > _________ > > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : > http://explorer.msn.com >