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From: Mark Olson on 25 Oct 2009 12:41 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: >> Plus I'm still hoping not to be shot on sight >> if I turn up at your place in Chile someday. > > Oh, we Brits don't do guns. Boiling oil and crossbows. <Pats Sig P250 lovingly>
From: BrianNZ on 25 Oct 2009 17:04 The Older Gentleman wrote: > Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > >> The Older Gentleman wrote: >> >>> Got some good friends in Albuquerque. And I've crewed twice in the >>> Balloon Fiesta with them. >> There's a lame joke just begging to be told about the benefit of >> having an auxiliary hot air generator on board but I'm not sure >> I can pull it off. > > You can't. Trust me ;-) > >> Plus I'm still hoping not to be shot on sight >> if I turn up at your place in Chile someday. > > Oh, we Brits don't do guns. Boiling oil and crossbows. > > That is sooo last century....or the century before that?? :) Only the lords got to defend their property in that style? The rest got to hide in their mud huts, eating mud?
From: S'mee on 25 Oct 2009 17:09 On Oct 25, 3:04 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: > The Older Gentleman wrote: > > Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > > >> The Older Gentleman wrote: > > >>> Got some good friends in Albuquerque. And I've crewed twice in the > >>> Balloon Fiesta with them. > >> There's a lame joke just begging to be told about the benefit of > >> having an auxiliary hot air generator on board but I'm not sure > >> I can pull it off. > > > You can't. Trust me ;-) > > >> Plus I'm still hoping not to be shot on sight > >> if I turn up at your place in Chile someday. > > > Oh, we Brits don't do guns. Boiling oil and crossbows. > > That is sooo last century....or the century before that?? :) > > Only the lords got to defend their property in that style? The rest got > to hide in their mud huts, eating mud?- What they don't know doesn't hurt them...now the lairds otoh expected you to kill any invader not of your clan when I was a lad. ;^)
From: BrianNZ on 25 Oct 2009 17:14 S'mee wrote: > On Oct 25, 3:04 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote: >> The Older Gentleman wrote: >>> Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: >>>> The Older Gentleman wrote: >>>>> Got some good friends in Albuquerque. And I've crewed twice in the >>>>> Balloon Fiesta with them. >>>> There's a lame joke just begging to be told about the benefit of >>>> having an auxiliary hot air generator on board but I'm not sure >>>> I can pull it off. >>> You can't. Trust me ;-) >>>> Plus I'm still hoping not to be shot on sight >>>> if I turn up at your place in Chile someday. >>> Oh, we Brits don't do guns. Boiling oil and crossbows. >> That is sooo last century....or the century before that?? :) >> >> Only the lords got to defend their property in that style? The rest got >> to hide in their mud huts, eating mud?- > > What they don't know doesn't hurt them...now the lairds otoh expected > you to kill any invader not of your clan when I was a lad. ;^) > These days, it's the lords that would end up on the chopping block.....along with the church leaders. Kill the rich and eat the poor!! :)
From: Twibil on 25 Oct 2009 17:34
On Oct 25, 9:33 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > > Oh, we Brits don't do guns. Boiling oil and crossbows. Q: Isn't it difficult delivering that boiling oil with a crossbow? Or mayhap you were thinking of *this* sort of crossbow? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Spitfire_Tipping_V-1_Flying_Bomb.jpg |