Posted: 2/16/2005 9:47:09 AM EDT
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I hate Snopes. I was in a conversation at work today about Mr. Rogers and Bob Keeshan and their military records. I had heard many times that both of these guys were rather exemplary in their service. It is all not true. Mr. Rogers never even served and Bob Keeshan never drug Lee Marvin up the beaches of Iwo. Why do people make up these stories that make you think so highly of someone and its all a lie. Thank you Snopes for bursting my bubble. |
At least that's what his former CO told me at the last gunshow. 
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| Big bird was the product of 1950's era growth hormone manipulation - the plan was to replace our bomber fleed with huge birds that could be trained to drop nukes. The plan was scrapped, though, since the birds had limited range and their was a question of weight ratios. |
But sparrows have been known to carry coconuts to Europe..... |
Don't tell me that's not true too. Ahhhhh! The world as I know it is falling apart. Steely Dan was not a guy? I don't have French benifits? [Howard Dean] Ahhhhhhhhha! [Howard Dean\] |
I believe you are mistaken. Swallows, on the other hand,..........  SRM |
African or European? 
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African or European? ETA Damn someone beat me to it. |
I stand corrected.... ....SOLDIER Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? ARTHUR Not at all. They could be carried. SOLDIER What? A swallow carrying a coconut? ARTHUR Why not? SOLDIER I'll tell you why not ... because a swallow is about eight inches long and weighs five ounces, and you'd be lucky to find a coconut under a pound. ARTHUR It could grip it by the husk ... SOLDIER It's not a question of where he grips it, It's a simple matter of weight - ratios ... A five-ounce bird could not hold a a one pound coconut. ARTHUR Well, it doesn't matter. Go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here. A Slight pause. Swirling mist. Silence. SOLDIER Look! To maintain Velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings four hundred and ninety three times every second. right? ARTHUR (irritated) Please! SOLDIER Am I right? ARTHUR I'm not interested. SECOND SOLDIER (who has loomed up on the battlements) It could be carried by an African swallow! FIRST SOLDIER Oh yes! An African swallow maybe ... but not a European swallow. that's my point. SECOND SOLDIER Oh yes, I agree there ... ARTHUR (losing patience) Will you ask your master if he wants to join the Knights of Camelot?! FIRST SOLDIER But then of course African swallows are non-migratory. SECOND SOLDIER Oh yes. ARTHUR raises his eyes heavenwards and nods to PATSY. They turn and go off into the mist. FIRST SOLDIER So they wouldn't be able to bring a coconut back anyway. SECOND SOLDIER Wait a minute! Suppose two swallows carried it together? FIRST SOLDIER No, they'd have to have it on a line. Stillness. Silence again 
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Laden or unladen? 
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You name it they dropped it. They were deep into bio weapon research. |
An elderly friend of the family used to always send forward every email she ever received that was in any way inspriational. One time I replied to her with info from snopes saying that the story wasn't accurate adn she responded with a nasty email about 'letting people believe in something good for a change' and took me off her distro list. The thing is that the real version of the story she forwarded was still an inspirational and engaging story, the internet version she had forward was just an exagerated version. Oh well. |
