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2004-11-30 Iraq-Jordan

What we have here is a failure to eradicate...

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Posted by Fred 2004-11-30 9:27:34 AM|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It'd be a good idea if somebody killed him.

preferably with that sword

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-30 10:03:16 AM|| 2004-11-30 10:03:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Frank G: preferably with that sword

Haven't you watched the Temple of Doom? He who lives by the sword shall die by the gun.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-11-30 10:06:32 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-11-30 10:06:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 lol - good call, ZF

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-30 10:34:47 AM|| 2004-11-30 10:34:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The end of the Holy Grail:
""Ere! That's an offensive weapon, that is!"

Posted by mojo 2004-11-30 10:40:04 AM|| 2004-11-30 10:40:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Haven't you watched the Temple of Doom? He who lives by the sword shall die by the gun.

How soon they forget. That was from "Raiders", not "Temple of Doom".

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-11-30 11:09:45 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-11-30 11:09:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I think him and the Stop the War Coalition should get together for a knees-up and some tea :)

Posted by MacNails 2004-11-30 11:26:40 AM|| 2004-11-30 11:26:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 "He who lives by the sword shall die by the gun."

Escalate as needed.

Posted by .com 2004-11-30 11:30:33 AM|| 2004-11-30 11:30:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm thinking of the green turban bad guy in Temple. You are correct, of course, that the swordslinger was shot in Raiders with a gun -

little known trivia (from a Spielberg interview) is that Ford had diarrhea (bad water/food) on the set the day that scene was shot, and suggested the script chg to the gun as a means to get the scene over quicker. A classic scene

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-30 11:33:07 AM|| 2004-11-30 11:33:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Frank - you're not suggesting:

"He who lives by the sword shall die by the run."

are you?

Posted by .com 2004-11-30 11:37:02 AM|| 2004-11-30 11:37:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 LOL! CLassic

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-30 11:41:33 AM|| 2004-11-30 11:41:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Bad guys wear turbans(exception for Sikhs :)). Even the comics of old made this self-fulfilling prophecy. And beards.

Posted by Wo 2004-11-30 11:49:57 AM|| 2004-11-30 11:49:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Good point, Wo (and I'm not making fun of your post):
It's a Conspiracy of Hats, I'm sure of it. Beards are OK - mine's a lot longer / fuller / more manly (14") than any in those pix. So beards are cool. But Hats? Oh baby, Hats always portend some really bad, um, stuff, heh.

Posted by .com 2004-11-30 11:57:39 AM|| 2004-11-30 11:57:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Hmmm.... .com, perhaps that's why the expression, "bad hat", came about ;). One never hears of "good hat".

Posted by Wo 2004-11-30 1:36:46 PM|| 2004-11-30 1:36:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 except for westerns: black hats vs white hats....hell, even in Mad's old Spy vs Spy...

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-30 1:40:06 PM|| 2004-11-30 1:40:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Speaking of Mad, Don Martin would've done a great one on Turbans meeting Fahrenheit 9111.

Posted by Wo 2004-11-30 2:36:09 PM|| 2004-11-30 2:36:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Fairly Slight 91102.

Posted by Shipman 2004-11-30 3:41:37 PM|| 2004-11-30 3:41:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 #12: Beards are OK - mine's a lot longer / fuller / more manly (14") than any in those pix. So beards are cool.

Heya Dot Com... you could moonlight in a ZZ Top tribute band by night. :)

Posted by eLarson 2004-11-30 8:06:13 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-11-30 8:06:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 So what does this guy's green turban signify? He does look quite wound up, ya think?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-11-30 11:02:06 PM|| 2004-11-30 11:02:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 I am sure he a a Mosque leader. Green is the color of Islam's battle banner IRC.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-30 11:19:21 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-11-30 11:19:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Green is also the color of jealousy and resentment. Hence the 'green eye monster' expression of Western origin. Also ask and confirm with any East Asian Gurus or students of Metaphysics about the ugly green auric enamation.

Posted by Wo 2004-12-01 12:10:17 AM|| 2004-12-01 12:10:17 AM|| Front Page Top

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