BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: Bernard
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 09:40 AM

'Ere! Aren't we just taking this whole 'crash helmet' thing a tad too seriously?

We're all intelligent beings, us Mudcatters, and we know the score! There's such a thing as driving the point home a little too hard, and splitting the wood!

Moreover, does it really matter?

;^)

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 10:08 AM

Yeah, I agree Bernard.......so let's talk DECOMMODE.

Martin, I liked your post for its obvious meaning, but also here in the States, there are a lot of people who use the word "commode" to mean the toilet, can, throne, crapper.....whatever you call it. The image of a crowd of first class passengers all taking a crap is pretty vivid.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 10:13 AM

I'd say, from my observations, that it is possible to be a Roman Catholic and be almost anything else at the same time...depending on how serious a Roman Catholic one is...

Bernard - but us Mudcatters love beating a dead horse! That's why we log on here so much, when we could be doing more useful things, like flossing the dachshund's teeth.

Spaw - cat's ass flavoured dog food? God, what a brilliant idea!!! My dachshund, of course, will eat almost anything, but I think he'd go for it in a big way!

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: catspaw49
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 10:28 AM

Well, I had originally suggested it for catfood, but I agree most dogs would go for it too. Interestingly enough, my dog is always trying to get the cat food and the cats all go after his dog food. And speaking of dog food...........

I don't mean to bring up the bodily function stuff, but Karen recently bought a different brand of dog food than we normally use. Weimaraners are prone to getting fat as they age, contrary to what anyone tells you, they are supreme couch potatoes. When they get fat they resemble a sausage on sticks, not a great appearance for a dog that is generally known to be muscular and sleek. Karen wanted to try a brand that should keep him healthy without consuming mass quantities )which would be Jaeger's preference). In any case, this stuff produces the WORST farts I have ever encountered in man or beast! He tends to lay at (or on) my feet under the desk and since the food change, I will be sitting here and suddenly overwhelmed by a cloud of this most noxious emission, which will damn near knock me out of the chair!!!

To tie this in, if we could have bottled this in WWII and dropped it on Japan and Germany, the war could have been shortened by several years.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: Bernard
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 11:10 AM

Hawk - you sussed it! That's why we're called 'Catholic' - dictionary definition:

'Comprehensive in interests, tastes, etc.; broadminded, liberal...'

Doesn't explain why many Catholics are narrow minded, though...

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: JTT
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 04:48 AM

Winamp is software that allows you to treat CD tracks like record tracks (among other things: it also plays MP3s, for instance). So you can happily play a phrase over and over until you've learned it, or worked out what on earth the singer is saying. Though I still haven't worked out that line: "I'm a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, and I speak for the Pompeduce of Love". What *can* he mean?

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: Boxette
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 05:54 AM

Spaw, I had the same problem when we switched cat foods with my (horrifically obese) pet a few years back. Take some advice and only but the best food. Merely showing a match in the room where the aforementioned pet has been could result in a scene reminiscent of Hiroshima.

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 09:04 AM

I will be sitting here and suddenly overwhelmed by a cloud of this most noxious emission, which will damn near knock me out of the chair... the author/screenwriter Mark Wallington describes this as 'a miasma of curry and winalot' in the book 'Penine Walkies'.

Pompeduce - made up word, even HE doesn't know what it means..... all explained on the Pop Quiz, Radio 2, Ken Bruce, some time ago..... he meant it to mean the pomposity of love, but got it wrong.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: Gary T
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 09:14 AM

JTT and Liz, although Steve Miller may not have been consciously aware of it, there is a meaning to the "pompatus of love". Check it out here.

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 09:25 AM

Nope, still none the wiser.....

LTS *BG*

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: GUEST,Liam's Brother
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 10:37 AM

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

...to keep their ears warm.

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: Bernard
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 12:26 PM

We know, we know, we know, we know.....!!!

So where exactly is this stone you just crawled out from under??

;^)

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: GUEST
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 06:59 PM

When is this thread going to reach its target and DIE!!!

I ask you, when???

Subject: RE: BS: Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
From: GUEST,Little Hawk
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 06:59 PM

When is this thread going to reach its target and DIE!!!

I ask you, when???