Let The Countdown Begin!

[Rani Zemirah]

My love for fishing died when I was a kid and the flopping fish scared me when I reeled it in. lol... But I will say, I can still fish if I needed to.

Maeven!!!  You're a (gasp!)... GIRLY-GIRL!!!  

Last time I went fishing, I caught a drunk.  

Ummm... was he really pale and bloated?

[maeven]

Merlin, please tell me you're going to share that story!

[Merlin the Elder]

About the B-47?

[maeven]

Yeah! How could you have slept through that?

[Mouse]

Men in leather and kilts with axes, swords, guns and attitude (and then there is Mouse, but we let him stay) why would anyone want to go anywhere else?

Thank you for waking me up Fraser!

Drac, I happen to know that Mouse has a rather large sword of his own... 


Of course, I've never seen him actually use it... but our Mouse could be hiding all sorts of talents behind that mild-mannered exterior, you know.  :0



(sorry for the triple post, but the Rodent must occasionally be defended if he is to survive to scurry another day!) 

Wanna hold it?

[crashbot]

Last time I went fishing, I caught a drunk.  

Ummm... was he really pale and bloated?

He was pale. He also had a mohawk and a leather jacket, and thats about all he was wearing. 





I remember going to the gun line once to have a meeting and  seeing a kid sleeping on a cot in between two M109's in a battery firing 6 rounds for effect. Didnt even move.

[Merlin the Elder]

Yeah! How could you have slept through that?

My alarm is within 12 inches of my head. It can ring for over an hour before I wake up. I can sleep through almost anything... The B-47 crash knocked my little brother out of his bed. (I was 8 years-old when this happened, he was 6). This occurred in 1960 in Little Rock, AR.  My dad was in the Air Force at the time and witnessed the breakup of the bomber over Little Rock. He was watching it fly over when it exploded...  When you consider that a bomber crashed in the middle of a city, and only two civilians and three crew members died, it's pretty bloody amazing.

[Rani Zemirah]

Methinks a B-47 has a slight size advantage over a hand grenade...  

Did I tell you the story about the time a B-47 crashed down the street? ...true story...really!...I slept through it...really!

But... but... did your dad throw the B-47 in the water and kill 500 fish at once?!?  I think NOT!    Still... my dad never flew a bomber jet, either, so yours probably wins.    He had a little twin Cessna for a while, though...

Oh, and you DID mention that you were a pretty heavy sleeper...  LOLOL

[Rani Zemirah]

Men in leather and kilts with axes, swords, guns and attitude (and then there is Mouse, but we let him stay) why would anyone want to go anywhere else?

Thank you for waking me up Fraser!

Drac, I happen to know that Mouse has a rather large sword of his own... 


Of course, I've never seen him actually use it... but our Mouse could be hiding all sorts of talents behind that mild-mannered exterior, you know.  :0



(sorry for the triple post, but the Rodent must occasionally be defended if he is to survive to scurry another day!) 

Wanna hold it?

Oh, you know I do, Mouse...   Why... I've never even SEEN a sword that big, before!!!   


Ok, well, maybe once... but I certainly didn't touch it!!! 

[Rani Zemirah]

Yeah! How could you have slept through that?

My alarm is within 12 inches of my head. It can ring for over an hour before I wake up. I can sleep through almost anything... The B-47 crash knocked my little brother out of his bed. (I was 8 years-old when this happened, he was 6). This occurred in 1960 in Little Rock, AR.  My dad was in the Air Force at the time and witnessed the breakup of the bomber over Little Rock. He was watching it fly over when it exploded...  When you consider that a bomber crashed in the middle of a city, and only two civilians and three crew members died, it's pretty bloody amazing.

Well... it was Little Rock.  I mean... it wasn't L.A.!    J/K  You have to admit, though, that if it had hit some other city there would likely have been lots more casualties. 

[Merlin the Elder]

Methinks a B-47 has a slight size advantage over a hand grenade...  

Did I tell you the story about the time a B-47 crashed down the street? ...true story...really!...I slept through it...really!

But... but... did your dad throw the B-47 in the water and kill 500 fish at once?!?  ....

No, but he scared the living $h!t out of a boatload of fishermen...    ... and for the other, he just used dynamite... 

[Rani Zemirah]

Methinks a B-47 has a slight size advantage over a hand grenade... 

Did I tell you the story about the time a B-47 crashed down the street? ...true story...really!...I slept through it...really!

But... but... did your dad throw the B-47 in the water and kill 500 fish at once?!?  ....

No, but he scared the living $h!t out of a boatload of fishermen...    ... and for the other, he just used dynamite... 

Well, dynamite, hand grenade... close enough, right?  In fact... those are really about the only two things where "close enough" really means exactly what it says...   

[Merlin the Elder]

Well... it was Little Rock.  I mean... it wasn't L.A.!    J/K  You have to admit, though, that if it had hit some other city there would likely have been lots more casualties. 

Seriously, it crashed in the middle of the city...literally.  The fuselage hit within a block of Arkansas Children's Hospital. Even in 1960, Little Rock wasn't rural.  Think of the population density of Edmond...that's like the area where it hit.  In all reality, it could have been a horrendous disaster. The wing hit 5 blocks south of my house; engines and crew bodies, 4-6 blocks north. There could easily have been many, many more casualties.

Sorry...too serious. Back to fun!

[Rani Zemirah]

Oh, I have no doubt... and it really IS amazing that so few were killed or injured!  I can imagine the panic in the streets at just the idea that airplane parts were falling out of the sky...


We had a drunk park in our living room, once... on top of my mom's car.  It knocked my little brother and me into the dining room, loveseat and all...    That was quite a surprise!  

[Blue66669]

Jesus... doesn't anyone use fire and bricks anymore? Amateurs.