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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Rope Ladder #8914 10/27/00 12:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 Up Look You Can (AnnaStrophic) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rope Ladder #8915 10/27/00 12:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Ah, so. Old hands can get away with personal remarks. I am young, but I will learn, Yoda (You Oughtn't Do Aerobics) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rope Ladder #8916 10/27/00 02:01 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC >Does anyone know the name of those rope nets that hang over the sides of ships for troop debarkation? Gosh, I can't believe how many posts there are out there!!! I've been reading the emailed posts every day, and every time I try to scrape up time to go on line to reply, there's another danged brush fire that needs some gasoline thrown on. Anyway, one of my co-workers is a Navy commander who at one time served on an LST (landing ship tank), a vessel from which Marines can debark by throwing over the side a CARGO NET!!! That's the official US Navy name for it. TEd, who has seen SO many opportunities for puns and so little time to perpetrate them upon unsuspecting readers. For those of you who've been debating the nature of humor, I posted some time back my theory that the pu is the only form of joke which does not have a victim. Which is why we groan at them. There's no one to laugh at TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rope Ladder #8917 10/27/00 02:04 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK TEd "my theory that the pu is the only form of joke which does not have a victim" Is this the church pu you're talking about? I've been victimised on them and I can tell you it's no joke. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rope Ladder #8918 10/27/00 02:24 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 R RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah R Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 No, it's the kooL pU You Can! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rope Ladder #8919 10/27/00 02:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Ha ha ha ha hahahahahahahahahah... Oh dear... can't stop crying with laughter. Can't top that. You win!!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rope Ladder #8920 10/27/00 02:57 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England Old hands can get away with personal remarks Yes indeed, young Skywalker - let the Wookie win! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rope Ladder #8921 10/27/00 03:09 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 197 cary, nc, usa X xara member xara member X Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 197 cary, nc, usa Yes indeed, young Skywalker - let the Wookie win! You callin' Jo a hairy scary monster? Mmmm Halloween! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rope Ladder #8922 10/27/00 04:58 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky the church pu you're talking about? I've been victimised on them and I can tell you it's no joke. Have you no shame?? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Rope Ladder #8923 10/27/00 07:45 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England Is this the church pu you're talking about? Nope, it's Winnie ille Pu: http://www.gvo.it/privati/zsuzsa/lenard/winniepu.html If you do a Web search, you'll find quite a few references to this famous Pu, who, whilst in some ways a victim, is always a winner. (Get that babelfish out! http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Board=miscellany&Number=5052) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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