Hadn't thought about this for a while (don't get out much these days), but ran into an old pal in a rather HT saloon over the weekend, who challenged me in full voice. I responded in full voice.
So, "Are you a Turtle?"
(I was initiated ca. 1968.)
Any Turtles around here?
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Bob K
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Any Turtles around here?
"Youth and skill are no match for age and treachery." Unknown
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
"Oderint dum metuant." ("Let them hate, so long as they fear.") Accius
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
"Oderint dum metuant." ("Let them hate, so long as they fear.") Accius
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Bob K
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Re: Any Turtles around here?
Chris, with all do respect, I don't think you get it.
"Youth and skill are no match for age and treachery." Unknown
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
"Oderint dum metuant." ("Let them hate, so long as they fear.") Accius
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
"Oderint dum metuant." ("Let them hate, so long as they fear.") Accius
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Flintlock Tom
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Re: Any Turtles around here?
You bet your sweet ass, but I think I lost my card on my last deployment.
If time, chance and random process can produce a platypus why not an ammo tree?
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Rod
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Re: Any Turtles around here?
You bet your sweet ass I am. Think I was double recruited, once after making sergeant, the other by my father in law right after I married "She who must be obeyed."
one can be a Democrat, or one can choose to be an American.
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
Good acting requires an imagination; reality requires a person not getting lost in their imagination.
"It's better to have a gun if you need it". Felix's opthamologist
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Fivetoes
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Re: Any Turtles around here?
Bet you sweet ass I am, got the card around '75.
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Bob K
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Re: Any Turtles around here?
Chris,
Sorry, some days I'm just a little slow. When I was sworn, the presumption was every one had a jackass. "Diabetic donkey" just flew right past.
Sorry, some days I'm just a little slow. When I was sworn, the presumption was every one had a jackass. "Diabetic donkey" just flew right past.
"Youth and skill are no match for age and treachery." Unknown
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
"Oderint dum metuant." ("Let them hate, so long as they fear.") Accius
“A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity.” Sigmund Freud
"Oderint dum metuant." ("Let them hate, so long as they fear.") Accius
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Aaron
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Re: Any Turtles around here?
Or I was jimmying the lock to the CO's officer when he showed up and I had to leave it there to get away in time.
I've heard that one, and still don't know what a damn turtle is.
Anything like a shellback?
I've heard that one, and still don't know what a damn turtle is.
Anything like a shellback?
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Dedicated_Dad
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Re: Any Turtles around here?
You bet your sweet ass I am!
I realize many here are not aware of my previous extensive work as a rapper in Hindi musicals.
Some of my best work and my last film, here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf_j9_Hg-hI
Little known factoid about Bollywood...
We all wore at least two hats on any given movie.
I also played the the spurting tree. (no speaking lines, easy part).
Had to draw the line when the producer gave my part as the male lead to his girlfriend halfway through production and expected me to clean up the sets as my 'second hat' function. The tree goo and colored dust were bad enough but that dancing elephant god was just too much, (literally). Ganesh, as it turns out, is full of crap.
While cleaning up one truly epic mess, I strayed to close to the source of same and was buried beneath tons of Ganesh-blessings and nearly died, however I was thankfully rescued by a midget dressed as a British saheeb and rushed to the local clinic. When I awoke, I found my wallet and card were gone, along with all rhytmic ability to rap Hindi.
I wandered - penniless and poor - for many miles and many years before finally landing a gig doing hand choreography for a minor potentate name Clarence Wiggles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHA_UOzqiiY
It soon became obvious Mr Wiggle's career wasn't going anywhere soon but I managed to parlay the connections into a new gig - I got in on the ground floor of what I thought would be a guaranteed global phenomenon.
While I may have over-estimated the global appeal of the sitar, the association led me to a warehouse full of Martini Henrys.
Fell into gunrunning and ended up here.
So now you know...
PS: In addition to being a shameless liar, I am also a plagiarist. H/T to Dragons Dad - a damn fine bloke and the real star rapper...
I realize many here are not aware of my previous extensive work as a rapper in Hindi musicals.
Some of my best work and my last film, here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf_j9_Hg-hI
Little known factoid about Bollywood...
We all wore at least two hats on any given movie.
I also played the the spurting tree. (no speaking lines, easy part).
Had to draw the line when the producer gave my part as the male lead to his girlfriend halfway through production and expected me to clean up the sets as my 'second hat' function. The tree goo and colored dust were bad enough but that dancing elephant god was just too much, (literally). Ganesh, as it turns out, is full of crap.
While cleaning up one truly epic mess, I strayed to close to the source of same and was buried beneath tons of Ganesh-blessings and nearly died, however I was thankfully rescued by a midget dressed as a British saheeb and rushed to the local clinic. When I awoke, I found my wallet and card were gone, along with all rhytmic ability to rap Hindi.
I wandered - penniless and poor - for many miles and many years before finally landing a gig doing hand choreography for a minor potentate name Clarence Wiggles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHA_UOzqiiY
It soon became obvious Mr Wiggle's career wasn't going anywhere soon but I managed to parlay the connections into a new gig - I got in on the ground floor of what I thought would be a guaranteed global phenomenon.
While I may have over-estimated the global appeal of the sitar, the association led me to a warehouse full of Martini Henrys.
Fell into gunrunning and ended up here.
So now you know...
PS: In addition to being a shameless liar, I am also a plagiarist. H/T to Dragons Dad - a damn fine bloke and the real star rapper...
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