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USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 06 August 2003
Canteen FRiends ~ Radix ~ Society for the Banishment of Burkas
Posted on 08/06/2003 12:22:31 AM PDT by Radix
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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays. Wednesday August 6, 2003 |
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Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data. Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks. We have links, lots of them.
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LIPOGRAMMATIST |
As opposed to pangrammatists, who strive to crowd all the letters of the alphabet into a composition of the very briefest scope, a lipogrammatist systematically leaves one of them out. This ditty from the nineteenth century avoids a certain vowel: A jovial swain may rack his brain, and tax his fancys might, To quiz in vain, for tis most plain, That what I say is right. A lipogram without an e is the most difficult kind to write, since thats the most common letter in English. There have been some celebrated modern examples. In 1939 Ernest Vincent Wright published a 50,000-word novel called Gadsby without a single e in it. The French author Georges Perec produced a 300-page tour-de-force in 1969, similarly without an e in sight, under the title La Disparition. It was translated into e-less English by Gilbert Adair in 1995 as A Void. The word lipogram is from the Greek lipogrammatos, lacking a letter, which derives from the verb leipein, to leave out, plus gramma, a letter. The first part has nothing to do with the modern prefix lipo-, fat, which is from a different Greek stem |
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Happy Birthday Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade!" Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd: Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air, Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd: Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made! All the world wondered. Honor the charge they made, Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred. |
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Lucille Ball 1911
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Robert Mitchum 1917 |
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Andy Warhol 1928
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Geri Estelle Halliwell (Spice Girls) 1972
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Would you like Toast with your pancakes? |
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1960 - Chubby Checker performed "The Twist" on American TV for the first time on "American Bandstand."
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1970 - An anti-war rock festival was held at Shea Stadium in New York. Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Steppenwolf and Johnny Winters were the acts. Lets give them Medals with their Pancakes. |
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Todays Wednesday field trip is to Burkas R US owned and operated by minor49er - franchises available!
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1982 - "The Wall" had its U.S. premiere in New York City. |
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1787 - The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia began. The articles of the U.S. Constitution draft were to be debated. |
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1890 - Cy Young achieved his first major league victory. He would accumulate 511 in his career. |
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1945 - The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed.
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1952 - Satchel Paige, at age 46, became the oldest pitcher to complete a major league baseball game.
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1986 - Timothy Dalton became the fourth actor to be named "James Bond." |
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A Function
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1993 - Morihiro Hosokawa was elected prime minister of Japan |
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Okonomiyaki On Wednesdays
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Pancakes Wednesdays Definitely |
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: michaeldobbs
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:18:50 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(...........................Used BURKAS for sale - Call miner49er at 1-888-555-1212)
To: SouthernHawk
Can I have more jokes please?
To: bentfeather
BRATT CAT
To: tomkow6
Since when am I selling used burkas?
I seem to be doing a lot today that I don't now about.
First the burka and now this.
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:21:55 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(I will NEVER EVER buy a burka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: tomkow6
Why won't you let him have pancakes?
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:24:38 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(............REGULAR clothes for sale-Call Tomkow at 1-888-555-1212..................)
To: tomkow6
That's supposed to be "burka store' not just "burka".
And before you ask...I AM NOT HAVING A BLONDE MOMENT!
I just forgot to type that one word.
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:26:23 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(............REGULAR clothes for sale-Call Tomkow at 1-888-555-1212..................)
To: tomkow6; minor49er
tomkow6, I think I know how you can help minor49.
Now you know she does not want to buy a burka, ever.
Maybe you could sign her up for a rental option instead?
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
I'm not Southern hawk, but I got a joke for you:
General McKenzie was in charge of the Navy, and he was visiting his colleague General Marshall, who was in charge of the Army. McKenzie arrives at the military camp and is greeted by Marshall. They both walk around the place, and McKensie asks: "So how are your men?"
"Very well trained, Gral. McKenzie."
"I hope so. You see, my men over at the Navy are so well trained, you could see they're the bravest men all over the country." "Well, my men are very brave, too."
"I'd like to see that."
So Marshall calls private Cooper and says: "Private Johnson! I want you to stop that tank coming here with your body!"
"Are you crazy? It'd kill me, you idiot! I'm out of here!" As private Johnson ran away, Marshall turned to a bewildered McKenzie and said:
"You see? You have to be pretty brave to talk like that to a general."
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:28:33 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(............REGULAR clothes for sale-Call Tomkow at 1-888-555-1212..................)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; tomkow6
I don't think I'm quite ready for the er....responsibility of renting a burka yet. Maybe I'll rent one....NEVER!
LOL!
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:30:06 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(............REGULAR clothes for sale-Call Tomkow at 1-888-555-1212..................)
To: tomkow6; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; SouthernHawk; Radix; HiJinx; Kathy in Alaska; Wild Thing; ...
A Zen master once said to me, "Do the opposite of whatever I tell you." So I didn't.
*** "The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up." --Unknown
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:30:37 AM PDT
by
Soaring Feather
(Good Morning! Meet the Canteen Cheerleader!)
To: minor49er
"but I got a joke for you"
Thanks!
To: bentfeather
Nice to meet you, Canteen Cheerleader!
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:34:07 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(............REGULAR clothes for sale-Call Tomkow at 1-888-555-1212..................)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
You're welcome!
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:34:33 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(............REGULAR clothes for sale-Call Tomkow at 1-888-555-1212..................)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
BTW, I'm still smoke free in 03! HUGH (sic) Congrats brother!
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:34:37 AM PDT
by
Aeronaut
("He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool...shun him.")
To: tomkow6
And by the way, you spelt my name wrong.
It's minor49er.
Not miner49er.
There's an "o" not an "e".
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:36:13 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(............REGULAR clothes for sale-Call Tomkow at 1-888-555-1212..................)
To: bentfeather
Those cats are adorable. They're so cute.
What are there names?
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:42:02 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(............REGULAR clothes for sale-Call Tomkow at 1-888-555-1212..................)
To: LindaSOG
Today's forecast: Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the morning then scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. That sounds really yucky!
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:42:52 AM PDT
by
M0sby
(Proud Marine Corp's Wife!)
To: minor49er
Catch-22 is a military term that is confusing and difficult to describe. In short, its basic meaning is that if there was a rule, no matter what the rule is, there is always an exception to it. It is a mysterious regulation that is in essence a circular argument. This catch keeps Yossarian in the war because a concern for one's own life proved that he is not really crazy, and to get out of combat you have to be crazy. The catch is used by the superior powers to uphold and increase their power, and yet it is harmful to those who do not have power in the first place. It creates situations where, when you think everything is perfect, Catch-22 pops up and makes your plans impossible.
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:43:09 AM PDT
by
Radix
(Clearly, Tom Kow is actually crazy and so therefore Catch 22 does not apply.)
To: M0sby
Good Morning!
To: Radix
I don't get what you're trying to say.
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posted on
08/06/2003 6:45:13 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(............REGULAR clothes for sale-Call Tomkow at 1-888-555-1212..................)
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