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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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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: SouthernHawk; tomkow6
Sounds like a plan to me. Tomkow'll have to hear about this for his burka business.
Hey tomkow!
See post #58 for business ideas!
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posted on
08/06/2003 5:00:31 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(I will NEVER EVER buy a burka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Made waffles this AM for the sneezing Missus. Summer colds suk...
WAFFLES!
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posted on
08/06/2003 5:01:27 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Serving You... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; LaDivaLoca; bentfeather; beachn4fun; Ragtime Cowgirl; ...
From the men in the Military and the Canteen
To: Old Sarge
Morning Brother!
Hope things have settled down in KY for you and the National Guard.
To: Radix; tomkow6; SouthernHawk; Kathy in Alaska; LindaSOG; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; *all
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posted on
08/06/2003 5:23:00 AM PDT
by
Soaring Feather
(Good Morning TROOPS and Canteen Crew)
To: minor49er; tomkow6
Shhhh! Don't tell Tomkow.
As long as he keeps selling the burkas to new visitors at the Canteen - you'll have plenty of people willing to pay you to take their unused/unwanted burkas! LOL!!!
To: SouthernHawk
A man was bragging about his sister who disguised herself as a man and
joined the army.
"But, wait a minute," said the listener, "She'll have to dress with the
boys and shower with them too. Won't she?"
"Sure," replied the man.
"Well, won't they find out?"
The man shrugged. "But who'll tell?"
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posted on
08/06/2003 5:23:53 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(...........................Used BURKAS for sale - Call miner49er at 1-888-555-1212)
To: bentfeather
Good Morning Bentfeather. May your spirit fly high and soar free today!
To: bentfeather
Little Blonde FReeper !!
A girl was visiting her blonde friend and noticed she had acquired two
new dogs, and asked her what their names were.
The blonde responded by saying that one was named Rolex and one was
named Timex.
Her friend said, "Whoever heard of someone naming dogs something like
that?"
Whereupon the blonde responded, "What else you gonna name watch dogs?"
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posted on
08/06/2003 5:27:28 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(...........................Used BURKAS for sale - Call miner49er at 1-888-555-1212)
To: tomkow6
LOL ! ! !
Suppose that would work the other way around?
To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska
Kathy in Alaska, thank you so much for the Wednesday breakfast. You are very kind....
Tomkow6,
ME & MA
Very, very funny picture....
May God Bless and keep safe all our service men and woman and all those who support them.
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posted on
08/06/2003 5:33:04 AM PDT
by
never4get
(T Minus 32 and counting....GRILL? CK,.....WINGS? CK,...COLD BREW? CK,...PREPARE FOR KICK-OFF)
To: SouthernHawk; tomkow6
Let me see if I have this right:
Tomkow sells the burkas to the new canteen visitors.
Then they pay me to take the burkas off their hands.
Then I donate the burkas to the military for target practice.
Then I claim the donation as tax credits.
Just one problem: I don't pay taxes! My parents pay them.
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posted on
08/06/2003 5:33:30 AM PDT
by
minor49er
(I will NEVER EVER buy a burka!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: All
These are two of the many links in the USO Canteen Post Office.
The Blue Star Mothers now have an area on their forum
where people can send messages to our troops.
They are printed by families and placed in care packages and letters.
These messages can go to any area where our troops are located.
CLICK BELOW TO SEND YOUR MESSAGE
CLICK BELOW for more info.
Comment #74 Removed by Moderator
To: Radix; All
Good morning Canteen FReepers and thanks for the coffee.
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posted on
08/06/2003 5:45:05 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: SouthernHawk; Radix; tomkow6; LindaSOG; Kathy in Alaska; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; LaDivaLoca; ...
ROTFLOL
..." the new burkasRus group photo..." is fanastic!
To: Radix
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