Happy birthday, tank!

Started by TehBorken, Sep 14 06 01:08

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TehBorken

Sep 14 06 01:08
[h3]          Happy birthday to the tank....[/h3]September 15 marks the 90th anniversary of the first use of a tank in warfare. On this day in 1916, British tanks advanced toward German positions in the Battle of the Somme. [a href="vny!://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives//006310.html"]Here's more[/a] at the Sydney Morning Herald, and [a href="vny!://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/5339280.stm"]source article[/a] at the BBC.



 
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

soapbox

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Sep 17 06 03:17


  Leopard Tank - Canadian Armed Forces      

Lise

#2
Sep 17 06 04:46
Poohbah!!! How dare we celebrate creations that kill?
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

TehBorken

#3
Sep 17 06 04:49
  Lise wrote:
Poohbah!!! How dare we celebrate creations that kill?

It's easy- you just have to appreciate tanks. It's a guy thing.    
 
The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

Lise

#4
Sep 17 06 05:06
Men. (hmph!!)  Boggles the mind, I tell ya.
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby.

Sportsdude

#5
Sep 17 06 05:13
I don't like tanks. Think there dumb.
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

Gopher

#6
Sep 18 06 11:41
They speak sometimes, but only the language of destruction.

  I also refuse to celebrate their birthday.
A fool's paradise is better than none.

kitten

#7
Sep 18 06 11:52
I agree.  Thanks, but no tanks.
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

Gopher

#8
Sep 18 06 11:57
For some very unlikely reason (can't think what), this reminds me of an occasion when I went shopping with a friend who was over from Czechoslovakia. Wanting to buy a bra for his wife, who hadn't been able to make the trip, he walked into the shop and surprised everyone by very politely stating, "I'd like to buy a sack for my wife's goats".  
A fool's paradise is better than none.

kitten

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Sep 18 06 12:01
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Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

Gopher

#10
Sep 18 06 12:01
It got better because when they'd eventually decided what he wanted they asked him what size and he gave it in centimetres instead of inches.
A fool's paradise is better than none.

kitten

#11
Sep 18 06 12:03
I can imagine the shock on their faces!  Did you hide far, far away until the transaction was completed?
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

Gopher

#12
Sep 18 06 12:05
I just joined in the general uproar of laughter. I wish I could remember some of the other things which happened during this visit, the above was but one of the funny incidents. I'll let you know more as they come to mind.
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Sportsdude

#13
Sep 18 06 01:28
tanks = war of opression
"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

kitten

#14
Sep 18 06 09:36
Perhaps the photos should have been captioned "Tanks For The Memories"?
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.
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