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    August 1940, Dornier 17 warplane shot down with standard infanty issue Lee Enfield .303 rifle. Jets have been brought down by birds too. Let's ban parrots (and others) as pets. http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D4vuW6tQ0218&sa=U&ei=boUZUY2hAsmn0gH5voGoCA&ved=0CB4QtwIwAA&usg=AFQjCNGnGOhMQLMU9n9Q0NYGluX-JbhwMQ
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    Great; that would get me about 90 minutes on the slope.
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    From distant memory, the Scout Motto is, "A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent." There's supposed to be twelve. I can't remember the last one, but I'm pretty sure it's not, "into chicks." "Obedient". In a sense, I suppose it's "obedient".
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    Maybe. Or maybe not.
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    Stupid to go there. Public vs private. Think real hard. As an aside, public vs. private can sometimes be a legal grey area in the US. For example, that's the basis upon which private restaurants, hotels, etc. justified their discrimination against blacks during the civil rights fight. Ultimately, legal rulings and new federal statutes came down against them. As an analogy, it's only partly applicable, but it's a general thought to consider: it ain't all black & white. Lotsa grey. Which means legal fees!
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    Indeed, Lord Baden Powell started Boy Scouts in the UK and it was exported to the USA. Funny you should mention that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Baden_Powell#Sexuality
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    It's all about the pie.
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    even for chuck norris?
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    Pope Resigns

    Andy9o8 replied to strife's topic in Speakers Corner

    FDR did it Reagan did it .
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    He's a gun whuffo. Most whuffos (in anything) use wrong vocabulary. Some wrong use of vocab reflects a whuffo's lack of understanding of something fundamental, but not all of it necessarily does. Productive discussion involves distinguishing between the two. "Aha!" moments over wrong vobabluary (the horror!) make nifty debate sound bytes, but they rarely add anything constructive about policy.
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    Pope Resigns

    Andy9o8 replied to strife's topic in Speakers Corner

    obviously bet on the wrong horse.
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    Pope Resigns

    Andy9o8 replied to strife's topic in Speakers Corner

    Yeh but mine was a snazzy one-liner.
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    I don't like poor reporting of skydiving incidents, either. You know this isn't Speaker's Corner, right?
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    Pope Resigns

    Andy9o8 replied to strife's topic in Speakers Corner

    Ooh, that'll get some replies.
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    Pope Resigns

    Andy9o8 replied to strife's topic in Speakers Corner

    I recently learned that the pope's red shoes are made by Prada. I guess the devil really does wear Prada.
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    every time I log on here.
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    like being expected to whizz standing up even when you're drunk & dog-tired. I'm just sayin'. oh and all that extra pay above the glass ceiling. real bummer.
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    you're such a tramp.
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    Pope Resigns

    Andy9o8 replied to strife's topic in Speakers Corner

    The Vatican tends to speak in code, much like, say, the Chinese Communist Party. So when he says he doens't have the "strength of body and mind", it makes me wonder whether that's code for the onset of dementia issues. .
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    Pope Resigns

    Andy9o8 replied to strife's topic in Speakers Corner

    Another brilliant man. Seriously. Re: both.
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    Pope Resigns

    Andy9o8 replied to strife's topic in Speakers Corner

    Somehow it makes me think of the old SNL routine, "Find the pope in the pizza."
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    Did not. you posted your edit (& appended to an existing) & I posted my post at 8:50. It's a draw. What'll we use as a tie-breaker?
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    "I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member". -Groucho
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    That would be the opposite of the Groucho Principle.
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    nah, just cruisin' thru. sunday. no time for a manifesto today.