My Run-in at the supermarket

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Postby Technomancer » Wed Aug 13, 2003 4:41 pm

[quote="Link Antilles"]I do realize that, but Iraq was a rogue nation. I think I'll past on the pigeon pie. ]

The trouble is the rogue nation idea doesn't hold up under scrutiny. If you define the term as being 'countries that routinely disregard international law and treaties' than you're forced to apply the term to the United States as well. If your definition includes violating UN security council resolutions, than you have to remember that this would include Israel and India, both of which are involved in conflicts that are considerably more dangerous from the standpoint of international security.

Now, to return to the thread topic:

Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened the birds began to sing,
Oh wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?
The king was in his counting house counting out his money,
The queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey
The maid was in the garden hanging out the clothes,
When down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose!


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Postby Straylight » Wed Aug 13, 2003 4:50 pm

I'd say it's neither black or white. Having been thrown through the pro-war/anti-war debate many a time during the whole fiasco, I'd say America went to war with Iraq for both good and questionable reasons :)

Anyway, this is one derailed topic, lol
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Postby *Hope* » Wed Aug 13, 2003 5:04 pm

Poor Ashley! :( I have to admit the pigeon stories were pretty funny tho! I used to have dogs that would chase pigeons. (i chased them too :red: )
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Postby Rashiir » Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:24 pm

I had a French foreign exchange student stay with me this year and he was rad. He didn't seem to have anything against Americans and said that the people where he lived felt pretty much the same way. He also said North France (where he lived) was very different from the rest of France. There was another French foreign exchange student from another part of France that stayed in a nearby town and he did fit the typical French stereotype. So maybe North France is just cool.
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Postby Mithrandir » Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:19 am

I have to admit the pigeon stories were pretty funny tho! I used to have dogs that would chase pigeons. (i chased them too )


Wait. You chased your DOGS?

Er. Maybe that wasn't so funny. Oh and Tech, you've got me humming 'Chipmonks roasting on an open fire" now. Thanks alot! (It's a Bob Rivers thing. Don't worry about it.)
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Postby Mithrandir » Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:23 am

djnoz wrote:Anyway, this is one derailed topic, lol


If there is one thing you can count on the Oldphilosopher for it's:
1. Derailing topics.
2. Not caring if others derail topics.
C. Changing my alpha-numeric quantifiers.
IV. Just generally... Wait... What was I saying...?

Aaa. Stupid garbage men! Always bangin' the cans against my car! Errr. Sic 'em, wolf!
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Postby EireWolf » Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:32 am

oldphilosopher wrote: Errr. Sic 'em, wolf!


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Hmmm... let me see... Do I want to terrorize the garbage men so that they refuse to pick up our garbage? I have a very sensitive nose, you know. I'd rather not have our trash piling up for the rest of eternity... Besides, it might attract pigeons. :shady:
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Postby Solid Ronin » Sat Aug 16, 2003 10:48 am

oldphilosopher wrote:OK. That was just weird. I went to the (name of supermarket) down the road and they, of course, didn't have everything I needed. It seems everytime the wolf and I decide we want something, they stop offering it. Normal stuff, like Cream of Chicken w/ Herbs. But I digress. (Crow: Often!)

When I left the store and headed back to my car, there were a bunch of pigeons blocking the road. They were taking their time too, so I raised my arms over my head and did a 'chewbacca charges the storm troopers' cry. They kinda flapped over a few feet, you know, like pigeons do. They're too lazy to really fly away, they just go out of reach as if to say, "Who do you think YOU are?" Anyway, They were out of my way, so my cart and I continued on our way.

This lady came up to me and, I kid you not, she was all, "How DARE you!" I'm thinking, what did I do, hit one? I looked at her like she was looney (not that uncommon around that area) but she was undaunted. She was threatening to 'call the authorities' on me. I resisted the wicked urge to tell her exactly which authorities she should most likely contact. (Tom: "Hello, Psycotics 'R Us. Can I help you?"

She was _livid_ that I didn't wait for the pigeons to cross. I asked if she would rather I just ran over them to teach them a lesson, and the conversation went down hill from there. If I didn't have frozen chicken in the cart, I would have gone into a debate over the REAL deffinition of cruelty to animals, but as a general rule, I do not get into a battle of wits with unarmed induhvidules. I really thought she would go into apoplexy right there, so I just left.

So that's my day. Wee!


Id would have run them over and givin the chick nightmares. LOL yeah
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Postby Mithrandir » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:11 am

EireWolf wrote:I'd rather not have our trash piling up for the rest of eternity... Besides, it might attract pigeons. :shady:


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Postby firestorm » Thu Sep 04, 2003 2:20 pm

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Postby EireWolf » Thu Sep 04, 2003 2:28 pm

Dude. Bogus.
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Postby shooraijin » Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:44 pm

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Postby majanthehun » Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:57 pm

i hit an owl once... it scared me.

and i've almost hit more deer than i want to think about.

but i am scared spitless of geese.... i got bit by one as a small child (i still sport the scar on my finger) and then it chased me down the road.

i avoid geese. :shake:
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