Subject: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Dickey Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:22 AM If you were in a foxhole in Iraq, which mudcater would you like most to have your back? I would prefer Littlehawk as a backup. I know he would forget about politics back up a fellow human being. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: John O'L Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:52 AM I think you're on the money there Dickey. Little Hawk's also a ruthless remorseless cold-hearted killing machine, so you'd be as safe as houses with him riding shotgun |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 20 Mar 07 - 01:02 AM A Foxy One? |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 20 Mar 07 - 01:19 AM I was going to say Spaw, because the odor of his flatulence would repel infantry attack and melt incoming mortar rounds, but I'm not sure having to wear my own gas mask 24-7 would be worth it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Little Hawk Date: 20 Mar 07 - 01:39 AM Heh! Well, thanks for the vote of confidence, Dickey. I'm not quite sure how to take John's comment, though...he might have me confused with the dachshund. ;-) I guess I would choose...Rapaire. Why? Because I think he'd know how to handle a situation like that. I sure as hell would not want to be in a foxhole in Iraq. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: John MacKenzie Date: 20 Mar 07 - 05:40 AM I can think of a Mudcatter I would like to see in a foxhole in Iraq, but I wouldn't want to be there with them. G ¦¬] |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: bubblyrat Date: 20 Mar 07 - 05:52 AM I didn"t realise that Tony Blair was a Mudcatter-----Gosh !! |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Rapparee Date: 20 Mar 07 - 07:52 AM Big Mick. Artbrooks. Amos. Deckman. Peace. mg. Bobert. There are others.... |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: beardedbruce Date: 20 Mar 07 - 08:02 AM Rapaire- he can (probably) USE whatever weapon is available. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Rapparee Date: 20 Mar 07 - 08:03 AM By the way, the best way to handle such a situation is to report sick. But I don't think they use many foxholes in Iraq. Sand doesn't make for a good foxhole, and besides, the fighting there isn't that sort. You might be in a bunker out on the perimeter at night, but not in a foxhole. Actually, 'most anybody is okay as long as I don't have to slap them and have them respond, "Thanks, Sarge. I needed that." and then have them throw themselves on top of a grenade to save the Old Outfit and then say, "Sarge, get 'em out of here. Just leave me a few rounds and a rusty bayonet to cut my leg off with. And...and...wouldcha mail this to my mom and/or that little girl back in the States? And send my Bible along, too. And my poker winnings. Thanks, Sarge." If that happened I'd probably shoot them myself. Or shoot myself if they went on much longer. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Wesley S Date: 20 Mar 07 - 08:13 AM My brother is the best shot I know personally. But I would hope he would have something with a little more firepower than his 50 caliber Hawkin caplock replica. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Bill D Date: 20 Mar 07 - 08:35 AM which one? hmmmmm...let me consult a couple copies of my Mudcat Nude Calendars and get back to you. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: greg stephens Date: 20 Mar 07 - 10:11 AM Countess Richard and Lizzie Cornish I think, to while away those long evenings in civilised conversation. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Desdemona Date: 20 Mar 07 - 11:19 AM I was going to say Little Hawk, too; we could while away the hours talking about dogs, the greater Toronto area (my partner is originally from Newmarket, went U of T, etc., but his mom grew up in Orillia), and composing lyric odes about William Shatner. ~D |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Rapparee Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:19 PM I've rethought my options and I'd like to share the hole with George W. Bush. I could go for ammo just before the shelling starts.... |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: katlaughing Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:21 PM *sniff* *sob* I am so hurt that no one has said Sgt. Kat & her howling commandos!. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Dickey Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:28 PM Geez Little Hawk, can you change those socks? |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: SINSULL Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:29 PM None - I don't hate anyone enough to wish them there. Sorry for the downer. SINS |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Kim C Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:33 PM Gimme Kendall. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Charley Noble Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:39 PM Shanghai Celtic and as soon as he were there we'd start digging for Shanghai! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:45 PM I can see why Rapaire with his weaponry is a popular choice. My sharp tongue 1) wouldn't be understood by most of the Iraqis I might chance to meet and 2) its barbs would be directed homewards at the White House. SRS |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Ebbie Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:57 PM I think it's a silly hypothesis. But who I would choose would depend very much on how long I had to be there. In the short term I'd enlist people like Kendall and Rapaire and even Claymore. (I would definitely NOT choose The Terrible T- a desk warrior is not of great use.) For the long haul I would in addition choose other people, people who would entertain me, make me think, help me put my dilemma into perspective. Some of those would be women, some would not. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: beardedbruce Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:59 PM "and composing lyric odes about William Shatner" Aren't there international laws about torture??? |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Rapparee Date: 20 Mar 07 - 01:42 PM "If you're someplace where you need a gun you probably shouldn't be there in the first place." --My brother, a 'Nam vet |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: frogprince Date: 20 Mar 07 - 03:19 PM My immediate thought was Rapaire. Partly because I think he would be the one to have there with a gun, if there was a real reason. Partly because (look back a couple of posts) he would be the last person to take the idea of being there with a gun lightly. Dean |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Ebbie Date: 20 Mar 07 - 03:39 PM Right, Dean. (And that's a compliment, Rap.) |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Bunnahabhain Date: 20 Mar 07 - 06:22 PM Can we bring Gluon? If we're stuck in that kind of situation, I'd rather be in a different space-time continuinum to everyone else.... |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: bobad Date: 20 Mar 07 - 06:58 PM A small one so as I will be able to stretch out for a good snooze. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 20 Mar 07 - 07:07 PM Send Gluon back a few years, maybe to the pretzel incident. . . eliminate the whole sorry mess. OH, wait, Dick would have to choke also. . . |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 20 Mar 07 - 07:15 PM There I said it....
Clones deleat soon please -
Sincerely, |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: skipy Date: 20 Mar 07 - 07:47 PM My choice, me, of all the poeple that I love & those that I just like, followed by those that I dislike & those that I hate, a foxhole is not a place to invite any of them, so I'd rather be there alone, if I let myself down there will be no witnesses. If I let them down there will be no recriniations. Two tests that I have had to take (due to work) both placed me as a Chairman / sniper, one of the guys setting the test was delighted! he had never had someone who fell into that catagory before, the other one was very, very worried & predicted a mental breakdown, a couple of months later he was proved right, I fell apart like a house of cards! Skipy |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: heric Date: 20 Mar 07 - 08:33 PM skipy because only he could make the whole fickin thing funny. otherwise Bush but that's cheating. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: heric Date: 20 Mar 07 - 08:34 PM he-she whatever |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: GUEST,Blind DRunk in Blind River Date: 20 Mar 07 - 09:20 PM There is only one man I would want beside ME in the flippin' foxhole! Don Cherry. No flippin' joke, man. Don Cherry knows what to flippin' do in a jam and he don't back down fer no one! His dog Blue would be there too if Don was there and Blue is a flippin' pit bull! We would kick the enemy's ass! But if Don Cherry was not available...I guess I would settle fer my brother Don (McBride). He may be an idiot but he is my brother, eh? Fambly has gotta stick together. - Shane |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: GUEST,Gingerbread Man Date: 20 Mar 07 - 09:39 PM All I know is that I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole with a fox. No way. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Dickey Date: 20 Mar 07 - 10:49 PM This photo of LH and I needs a caption. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: skipy Date: 21 Mar 07 - 05:23 AM First Siameese twins enlist! Skipy |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Donuel Date: 21 Mar 07 - 06:14 AM George W Bush He may be a dim witted coward, but he could call for back up. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Rapparee Date: 21 Mar 07 - 07:39 AM Two guys found a large, dead animal and being good citizens decided to bury it. They dug and dug, as it was QUITE a large animal. Various people passed by, but the preacher stopped. "What are you doing?" he asked. "We're fixin' to bury that animal there," replied on of the two. "Only, we don't know what sorta critter it is." "Well," said the preacher, "according to the Bible, that's an ass." The two guys thanked him for identifying the corpse and he moved on. Finally, a little boy came along and stopped to watch. After some time, he asked, "Are you guys digging a foxhole?" "Well," one replied, "that ain't what the preacher called it." That picture just reminded me of that story. Don't have any idea why.... |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 21 Mar 07 - 09:41 AM "All I know is that I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole with a fox" Depends on who she is... |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: gnu Date: 21 Mar 07 - 10:11 AM Phot. But, I don't think he would care to do a third tour. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Rapparee Date: 21 Mar 07 - 11:12 AM Speaking only for myself, I really didn't want to do the first one.... |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Charley Noble Date: 21 Mar 07 - 11:15 AM On second thought I'd try to pick someone skinny. Sorry, Naimanson, no room for you! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: DougR Date: 21 Mar 07 - 08:04 PM Kendall. I'm relatively sure he knows how to use a gun and if required how to use it. Gee, I'm kind of hurt. Nobody chose me and I shot Expert with the MI Garand in basic taining. DougR |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 21 Mar 07 - 08:10 PM "Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Rapaire - PM Date: 20 Mar 07 - 12:19 PM I've rethought my options and I'd like to share the hole with George W. Bush." Sorry Rap, he's mine. I want to use him on the edge, as a sandbag. It'll be the first job he ever had that he's fully qualified for. Don T. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Peace Date: 21 Mar 07 - 08:12 PM You cad. Sandbags can serve a purpose. Why insult them in that manner? |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Rapparee Date: 21 Mar 07 - 08:37 PM So did I, Doug. Also M-14, M-1 carbine, M-16A1, M-79, M-60, and the M-1911A1 pistol. And I familiarized on the LAW, 3.5" rocket launcher, .50 machine gun, M-1919A6 .30 machine gun, various mines, and the 81 mm mortar, that I remember. There were probably more. And I had training in explosives and demolitions and taught both bayonet and hand-to-hand combat. For a librarian I'm a trained killer. 8-) |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Rapparee Date: 21 Mar 07 - 08:39 PM By the way, I really like the way the thread list reads right now: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? A Quiet Corner The prefered spot of every infantryman I ever met. |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: Ebbie Date: 22 Mar 07 - 12:33 AM oooo Rapaire- you don't have a quick temper, do you? :) Somehow this subject reminds me of an activity I kept up for many years. (Not sure that I'm finished yet) I would tell myself stories - sometimes I wrote them - about various traumatic or dangerous or otherwise problematic fictional events and then see how it worked out. (Those of you who create scenarios are aware of how characters will take the bit and run, if you allow them) I had a few ground rules. For instance, I allowed myself to have some of my favorite people there, either from my own real-time life or people that I admired, but that meant that the obverse was true: I also had to insert some people who I really did not want to have to deal with. Anyway, I would set them adrift, or at a plane crash or shipwreck and sit back and "see" what happened. So, Rap- you aren't short tempered, right? |
Subject: RE: BS: Which Mudcatter in your foxhole? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 22 Mar 07 - 01:42 AM "For a librarian I'm a trained killer" I'll definitely whisper in your library, then... |