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December 19, 2005
Nothing Like a Good Bedtime Story
...to help one sleep soundly. You know ~ like, where the fresh faced, true blue, all American kids get the bad guy? Florida Cracker found a doozy.
Posted by tree hugging sister at December 19, 2005 10:56 PM
Comments
Those Marines probably found this a piece of cake after the Crucible.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at December 20, 2005 09:42 AM
Did the crook have a chance? "No sir, not at all, sir," said Private Pitts - polite but direct. That's how we like our Marines.
From the halls of shopping centers
To the shores of Chuck E Cheese
We will fight our country's battles
And its criminalities
First to fight for right and freedom
And to capture inept thieves
Saving Christmas from the Grinches
We're United States Marines
Posted by: Nightfly at December 20, 2005 10:03 AM
Oh my God that's EXCELLENT, Diptera! I bow in homage...
Posted by: tree hugging sister at December 20, 2005 10:32 AM
That was a great post. I am really beginning to come around on this whole Marines REWL thing :-)
BTW, why is Nightfly called Diptera? I am lost....
Posted by: WunderKraut at December 20, 2005 11:38 AM
That was excellent, Nightfly.
Posted by: Donnah at December 20, 2005 11:52 AM
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at December 20, 2005 12:23 PM
why is Nightfly called Diptera?
Short for Diptera ex Tenebris ('fly out of darkness' ~ yes I know the singular's wrong).
And because it's a nicer nickname than 'gnat'.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at December 20, 2005 12:27 PM
JINX! JINX, Bingley!!
(flies and midges?)
Posted by: tree hugging sister at December 20, 2005 12:28 PM
(And a warm Swill welcome, maestro! Merci for the trackback! Where's ya in Alabammy, huh...?)
Posted by: tree hugging sister at December 20, 2005 12:31 PM
You guys are geeks. Once again, you with your fancy languages....
Bah....
:-)
Posted by: WunderKraut at December 20, 2005 12:53 PM
It's my pleasure to offer a song for my fave Marine and her Swilling friends 'round Christmastime!
Wunder - about Diptera, it's the science-y name for "fly", as you've seen.
As for its application to me: when I got the new PC this past July I mused on what I might name it. Ms. Sister, meantime, had taken to calling me Diptera. Long story short, her nickname for my nickname is 'officially' what the PC's hard drive is labelled. However, my girlfriend still calls it Alphonse and I'm still Diptera. And now you know... the rest of the story.
Posted by: Nightfly at December 20, 2005 01:16 PM
And, as usual, I was gracious in victory.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at December 20, 2005 01:54 PM
As usual.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at December 20, 2005 02:48 PM
I only wish the comments from the older posts had survived. You're such a fun bunch of folks!
Posted by: Nightfly at December 20, 2005 05:41 PM
Which comments? They're all there, showing THS in her evil vicious glory!
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at December 22, 2005 02:42 PM