On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:18:18 -0700, Stephen Trapani
wrote:


that Bush isn't to blame for Islamic extremists and even gentle liberal
lefties need to wipe them off the face of the earth before they do the
same to us.

Stephen

I am confused.

When Americans state "In God we trust", which God are they referring
to? Obviously not the Christian God. Sounds more like Camaxtli, the
Aztec god of war.

Do you propose that the Christian extremists get the same treatment?

What about the gun-totting, survivalist, anti-government extremists of
places such as Montana?

Do you propose to invade China, Russia, Venezuela, Pakistan (suggested
by some at present) and any other country that you consider poses a
threat to US interests? What about Cuba? Oh, I forgot. You tried that
once and lost.

Your response is unreasoned, abusive and blustering, typical of
someone who cannot accept Vail criticism and who has no other means of
refuting the statements.

Peter

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:34:13 +1000, Herodotus
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:55:06 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:



To true!

By the way, the "F word" is an English (the little island off the
coast of France) expression and notably prevalent also in Australia
where it is commonly used as a sort of preamble to most sentences;
alternating with "bloody" which seems now to be a phrase used in
polite conversation, regardless of its rather unappetizing origins.

IAh, the wonders of English - "'ave another stubby, then 'n throw
another cat on the barby, mate".

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Hi Bruce,

I had been told once the "F" word originates from the charge laid in
English courts of "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" but it could be
another urban myth.

Myth. I had a look and the word was used as early as 1500 and seems to
come from Anglo-Saxon or German. Perhaps old Dutch.

As to English usage in Australia. They do tend to swear a lot, even
the women, and not just the cheap floozies at a bar. When I first
moved to Sydney from N.Z. to do a software debugging project for one
of the investment banks, I was sitting in a senior manager's meeting,
everyone wearing business attire, and someone said "Oh, we could ****
that off". I was shocked as there were women in the meeting. Nobody
but me batted an eyelid. Apparently it means to get rid of something.
Later came "There are a ****load of errors" - meaning a lot of errors.
It was explained to me later in my catatonic state that these were
acceptable professional terms as was "****can of errors" - much more
than a ****load. As we left the meeting, one of the women remarked to
those about her that "Frankly, I'm completely buggered" I could only
hope that she enjoyed the experience.

Also," that little island off the coast of France" was for many years
only an anchored American aircraft carrier.

BTW I have to do some work after I arrive home on Thursday including
zipping across to Sumatera by patrol boat for a meeting. I was looking
at Air Asia and was floored at the cheap flights to Kuching, Vietnam
and Thailand. I knew that they were cheap but not that cheap. I might
zip over to Labuan and stay with a friend for a day or so and take the
kids as well.

My regards to Mrs Bruce and any Brucelets

cheers
Peter


the youngest "Brucelets" are passing forty. It is now the third
generation.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

"Herodotus" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:18:18 -0700, Stephen Trapani
wrote:


that Bush isn't to blame for Islamic extremists and even gentle liberal
lefties need to wipe them off the face of the earth before they do the
same to us.

Stephen

I am confused.

When Americans state "In God we trust", which God are they referring
to? Obviously not the Christian God. Sounds more like Camaxtli, the
Aztec god of war.


In God we trust. All others pay cash.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:26:01 -0500, Dave wrote:

Wives are like that. When you end up with egg on your face they want to
make you feel better.

only really insecure types worry about losing face...but your pithy
comments about my grammar have been most entertaining...but not nearly so
as your lack of response to the content

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:15:14 -0700, Stephen Trapani wrote:

snip

that's some pretty funny stuff there...not only are you full of star
spangled horse****, you're as dumb as a bag of hammers.

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:48:51 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:06:51 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

I don't care what you call me, but I won't wear a dress.

Altar boy? Choir boy? Priest? Bishop? How do those jobs pay?

Casady


Why do you want to know? LOL

When I was a choirboy it paid an ammount equal, maybe greater than the
paltry allowence I got. Importantant dough, in other words,.Three
bucks a month. This when cigs, paperbacks, magazines were a quarter.

Casady

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:24:48 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:48:51 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:06:51 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

I don't care what you call me, but I won't wear a dress.

Altar boy? Choir boy? Priest? Bishop? How do those jobs pay?

Casady


Why do you want to know? LOL

When I was a choirboy it paid an ammount equal, maybe greater than the
paltry allowence I got. Importantant dough, in other words,.Three
bucks a month. This when cigs, paperbacks, magazines were a quarter.

Casady


Must be some modern sort of thing. when I was a lad, Altar Boy was
considered by those who were as an honor position and done for the
benefit of your soul, not for filthy lucre :-)

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:35:15 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:24:48 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:48:51 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:06:51 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

I don't care what you call me, but I won't wear a dress.

Altar boy? Choir boy? Priest? Bishop? How do those jobs pay?

Casady


Why do you want to know? LOL

When I was a choirboy it paid an ammount equal, maybe greater than the
paltry allowence I got. Importantant dough, in other words,.Three
bucks a month. This when cigs, paperbacks, magazines were a quarter.

Casady


Must be some modern sort of thing. when I was a lad, Altar Boy was
considered by those who were as an honor position and done for the
benefit of your soul, not for filthy lucre :-)

I was an unpaid Altar Boy at one time. It was the choir that got paid.

Casady

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:09:21 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:



I was an unpaid Altar Boy at one time. It was the choir that got paid.

Union?

--Vic

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:09:21 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:35:15 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:24:48 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:48:51 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:06:51 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

I don't care what you call me, but I won't wear a dress.

Altar boy? Choir boy? Priest? Bishop? How do those jobs pay?

Casady


Why do you want to know? LOL

When I was a choirboy it paid an ammount equal, maybe greater than the
paltry allowence I got. Importantant dough, in other words,.Three
bucks a month. This when cigs, paperbacks, magazines were a quarter.

Casady


Must be some modern sort of thing. when I was a lad, Altar Boy was
considered by those who were as an honor position and done for the
benefit of your soul, not for filthy lucre :-)

I was an unpaid Altar Boy at one time. It was the choir that got paid.

Casady

Goodness. When I was young the choir was also voluntary - of as much
as a spotty teen ever got to volunteer which pretty much consisted of
Mother saying to the Choir Mistress that "Bruce will be trying out for
the choir". I didn't pass the test and so rather then choir practice I
had some time for sin and games :-)

Had they paid perhaps I'd a sang on tune :-)

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)