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Afghanistan/South Asia
70 shops burned in Azam Warsak oops
2004-04-04
Witnesses said around 70 shops were burnt when a missile explosion caused a fire in a weapons market in Azam Warsak. There were reports of three men getting injured in the explosion.
"Whatcha got here is your basic FROG-7, with a HE warhead. Very handy if you're troubled by infidels or other hereditary enemies!"
"Does it work against Bugtis?"
"Blows 'em right up!"
"Hey! Purdy neat! How do ya fire it?"
"You just push this here red button and..."
[KABOOM!]
They said the market was the main source of weapons for Afghan mujahideen during the Russian invasion. “It’s not clear what caused the explosion but some people say it happened when weapons were being loaded in a pick-up,” people from the area told Daily Times.
"Hey! Mahmoud! Careful with that FROG-7! It'll... [KABOOM!]"
Meanwhile, Al Qaeda supporters distributed pamphlets in Wana calling on soldiers to revolt against President Pervez Musharraf for fighting a “proxy war” on behalf of the United States.
Posted by:Fred

#13  .com---re: your microscopic writing as to where toast comes from. It comes from the condition one becomes when one is standing behind a Frog-7 when it is lit off. So now we have come full circle in this discussion.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-04-04 7:21:11 PM  

#12  Gota use it in a senteance dot. ie.

My chicken fried steak was purty good but the salad bar sneeze guard were full.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-04-04 6:45:21 PM  

#11  AP - Lol! You're just dangerous! Wait! Is "dangerous" Danish? Oh shit! I had a danish for breakfast! I'm toast! An where does "toast" come from, huh?
Posted by: .com   2004-04-04 5:37:00 PM  

#10  Bunch of cunning linguists if ya ask me.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-04-04 5:26:31 PM  

#9  Lol! Here we go! Now the French have a Ministry or something that is charged with keeping anglo words out - language purity, remember? So cleaning language is French, too. I guess we're just screwed!
Posted by: .com   2004-04-04 5:20:01 PM  

#8  Wait a minute! "Language" sounds too French too...
Posted by: Tom   2004-04-04 5:09:38 PM  

#7  I lived in Texas for two years, Clues Toes, and I do believe that all men there use "purdy"! I'm sure that Dubya must. Anyway, "pretty" sounds purdy French, so let's drop it from the language.
Posted by: Tom   2004-04-04 5:07:57 PM  

#6  CT - No, no, no. I spell it "purty" - like they pronounced it in Deliverance. Sheesh, son!
Posted by: .com   2004-04-04 5:00:02 PM  

#5  Have any of you heard a groan man use the word Purdy?

Yes? I shall name them for you.

1. the muck4doo
2. Fred
3. .com

I rest my case .com is Fred.
Q.E.D.
L.S.M.F.T.

Posted by: Clues Toe   2004-04-04 4:52:17 PM  

#4  Prolly wasn't a FROG-7 - too big for a pick-up, even the big 4x4s. More likely, a crate of RPG rounds, or maybe a box of thermite grenades, or even an old claymore left over from Vietnam. Then again, it could have been just another "work accident" - been a rash of them lately. Maybe Afghanis have a tendency to be color-blind, or something...
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-04-04 4:24:01 PM  

#3  Lol! Geez you guys are good! 8-)
Posted by: .com   2004-04-04 3:31:16 PM  

#2  Rock the Casbah, huh?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-04-04 2:58:40 PM  

#1  Quite the day at the Bazaar! Booms and pamphlets. Now all we need is some agit-prop and we've got us a happening.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-04-04 2:54:30 PM  

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