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In reference to the aforementioned Vinnie Jones, I gotta share this: he has one of the best lines in any movie I've ever seen. This is from Snatch, in which he plays a professional torpedo by the name of "Bullet Tooth Tony", in London...

SCENE: Tony, seated at a table in an otherwise empty pub, has three goons pointing pistols at him and demanding his surrender. He just keeps at his pint and says...

"The fact that you've got "Replica" written down the side of your gun. (draws his own gun) And the fact that I've got "Desert Eagle point five O" written on the side of mine, should precipitate your ba**s into shrinking, along with your presence. Now... F**k off!"

It's a classic.

[Alkhin]

Has anyone mentioned the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/Maturin series? I have just recently purchased number 16 in the series, and I LOVE his books, despite the fact that I have had no edcuation in military or naval history...I just love a good story with good characters and history.

Am still catching up on the thread, so if these books have been mentioned, my apologies.