G'day Lee..

SA>Hehe, when are you going to ban someone and then come whining
SA>to the sysop - you could ban me for starters, & get me to cut
SA>my feed (or toenails or something).

 LL> You forget, Cajuns have been living in exile for centuries,
 LL> and banned by the Queen of England from ever returning to their
 LL> beloved Acadia.  :)

Acadia might be worth returning to, but I wouldn't want to return
to Britain - too much like the dying husk of a great empire now.

>JO>Are there rules?

>LL>If you want to know what the Rule of One is,
>LL>the secret is revealed in the tv show M*A*S*H -

>LL>"There are two rules of war.
>LL>Rule number one is that young men die.
>LL>Rule number two is that doctors can't change rule number one."

>LL>Now that you know what the Rule is, you are expected to OBEY!

SA>Ther is another rule, revealed in the movie Breaker Morant:
SA>Rule .303 - "We shot them under Rule .303!"

 LL> The film is a beautiful anti-war statement, making the point that
 LL> human beings should always be respectfully (and sometimes
 LL> non-respectfully) suspicious of their motivations.

 LL> For those not familiar with the film, Morant's "Rule 303" is a
 LL> reference to the Lee Enfield .303 rifle issued at the time the
 LL> story took place (early 20th Century in South Africa).  Morant's
 LL> meaning was he shot the prisoners because he had the means to do so
 LL> (rifles in hand) and that was all the authority he needed.

That clip is in YouTube - search on "rule 303" or Breaker Morant to view.

 LL> Speaking of bullets -

 LL> Take a load of this pen -

 LL> http://www.spacepen.com/375bulletspacepen.aspx

 LL> This is an actual .375 H & H Mag Shell, made into a working ink
 LL> pen. 

Good value for $US25 - the $800 astronaut space pen is a bit much
to add to my pen collection...

 LL> On the web site, there is an important notice -

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Steve

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