I always carry a large 20 pound almanac while on vacation.
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I always carry a large 20 pound almanac while on vacation.
Terrorist.Quote:
You have insulted my ancestors one thousand years ago!!!
JIHAD!
lol
Wait doesn't "JIHAD" mean that villagers can attack buildings? :confused:
Oh and is it the World Almanac or the Farmers Almanac that there are talking about? :hiphop:
I think there may be more to the story then what we read in the press... because on the surface it does seem, well, silly.
One interesting theory I heard on the radio today was the use of almanacs as "decrypting" tools. The terrorist gets a message something like "2-13 1-0 15-2 2-0" would read "page 2, 13th word, first letter; page 15, second word, second letter, etc" As long as all involved had the same almanac, then all would get the same message... so my guess would be that someone somewhere has some kind of information relevant to the warning.
If that is indeed the case (not that I think it is), what would police do if instead of an almanac, we were to be on the lookout for people reading the bible? or the Koran, etc.
I think what is meant is this.... a dude carrying an almanac through the airport or standing outside the white house is an alert machanism. Meaning, you might ask the guy a few more questions while at the gate about his passport you may not normally ask. It's an alerting mechanism that's all. Or perhaps you have a chap hanging outside Downing Street in London with an almanac that has the surrounding areas sticky noted. It's just not normal, thus my sarcastic response. When's the last time anyone seen a dude lofting a heavy almanac around town?
What you would see in London is an "A to Z" which is a book about the size of a paperback novel. It would not arouse suspicion, as most tourists carry one. London is about 30 miles across, so ordinary fold up maps are not very practical.
Cheers
I have a Lonon A to Zed with all the old "Firkin" Pubs on it with the nearest Tube stop highlighted along with some good kebab shops. That way I could stumble around absolutely pissed and find my way home via the Picadily line and get a nice big kebab on the way.... hapiness.
In that evironment the idea is silly. The city is just too big and there are millions of little roads and alleyways full of lovely pubs and pancake roll establishments.
Ahhhh, the old Firkin Pubs... Before things got overly commercialQuote:
Originally posted here by RoadClosed
I have a Lonon A to Zed with all the old "Firkin" Pubs on it with the nearest Tube stop highlighted along with some good kebab shops. That way I could stumble around absolutely pissed and find my way home via the Picadily line and get a nice big kebab on the way.... hapiness.
<homer>Dogbolter mmmmmmmm</homer>
A blast from my uni days.
A couple of years ago I went back to the Phoenix but it was just an ordinary pub.
Steve (Phoenix my pint I'll Firkin thump him)
Oh sweet. Dogbolter, puked it up once with some fish and chips. Heavy Gravity, used to get it at the Flounder and the Phoenix was my favorite! I was a member of the club in the old days when you got a t-shirt for doing the rounds in one day. I hear they don't even have their own brew anymore and they are not even brewed on the sites. :mad: WANKERS
I also opened up a couple where I have my treasured stolen pint glasses on display. Just for memory sake....favorites: Flounder, Pheasent, Pheonix, Phantom, Fox, Ferret, good old Frog, Falcon etc... OLD School. Some newish ones like Fusileer and Fiddler but not the same. Cheers to Bruce when it was Bruce's Brewery back when.... I have one of those "Pheonix my pints I'll Firkin Thump em" shirts and a Dog Bolter blurred dog one. :)