- 08-08-2012, 08:58 #9291High on life. And glue.
- 08-08-2012, 09:42 #9292
- 08-08-2012, 11:58 #9293
Just saw this beauty at a friends farm, Puff Adder, sunbathing:
Dry books of tactics are beneath the notice of a man of genius, and it is a known fact that every British officer is inspired with a perfect knowledge of his duty, the moment he gets his commission; and if it were not, it would be sufficiently acquired in conversaziones at the main-guard or the grand sutler's.
Advice to Officer's of the British Army, published 1782
- 08-08-2012, 12:10 #9294
What makes you think it's a puff?
Stag On Suckers!
- 08-08-2012, 12:13 #9295
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- 08-08-2012, 14:30 #9299
- 08-08-2012, 15:53 #9300
With all the pictures on this thread from our Australian readers I have to say the I wouldn't want to live there. Yes, I've been Oz. I spent less than 15 hours in Broome including the time spent in gaol for vagrancy! But why would any sane person want to live on a continent when most of the wildlife is trying to kill them? The best example of this I know is illustrated by this clip from 'The Last Continent' by Terry Pratchett:
Death held out a hand. I WANT, he said, A BOOK ABOUT THE DANGEROUS CREATURES OF FOURECKS— Albert looked up and dived for cover, receiving only mild bruising because he had the foresight to curl into a ball. After a while Death, his voice a little muffled, said: ALBERT, I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A HAND HERE. Albert scrambled up and pulled at some of the huge volumes, finally dislodging enough of them to allow his master to clamber free.
HMM…Death picked up a book at random and read the cover. DANGEROUS MAMMALS, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, BIRDS, FISH, JELLYFISH, INSECTS, SPIDERS, CRUSTACEANS, GRASSES, TREES, MOSSES, AND LICHENS OF TERROR INCOGNITA, he read. His gaze moved down the spine.
VOLUME 29c, he added. OH. PART THREE, I SEE. He glanced up at the listening shelves. POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE HARMLESS CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT?
They waited. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT— “No, wait, master. Here it comes.” Albert pointed to something white zigzagging lazily through the air. Finally Death reached up and caught the single sheet of paper. He read it carefully and then turned it over briefly just in case anything was written on the other side.
“May I?” said Albert. Death handed him the paper. “‘Some of the sheep,’” Albert read aloud.What your average soldier wants -- really, really wants -- is no-one shooting back at him. (Sir Terry Pratchett)
Nothing in the universe has a shorter half-life than a polilitian's memory for inconvenient facts. (David Weber)
Confucius say: Sex like army, closer to discharge, better you feel.




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