Comments on: Order Now http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/ America's favorite blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:01:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12890 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:09:29 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12890 All right, Pete IVDL, What are penny-bungers? My imagination is running wild at the moment. If you get concrete hot enough, it will explode of its own accord, hurling small bits of masonry and aggregate in all unobstructed directions at pretty high velocities, making for a kind of ultra-low tech hand grenade. This aside is your fault for not including up front what in hell penny-bungers are. All right, Pete IVDL,

What are penny-bungers? My imagination is running wild at the moment.

If you get concrete hot enough, it will explode of its own accord, hurling small bits of masonry and aggregate in all unobstructed directions at pretty high velocities, making for a kind of ultra-low tech hand grenade. This aside is your fault for not including up front what in hell penny-bungers are.

]]> by: Pete IVDL http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12875 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:34:25 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12875 Murray, if she doesn't see the humour in a burning lawn, heck, try penny-bungers in her letterbox. You gotta love that! A good mate of mine's mum and dad are Greek, so burning their lawn would be counter-productive. At least, until someone figures out a way to burn concrete painted green. That's where the explosives option becomes more attractive. Mind you, Andrew's dad also supplies the explosives... Tragedy or comedy? Murray, if she doesn’t see the humour in a burning lawn, heck, try penny-bungers in her letterbox. You gotta love that!

A good mate of mine’s mum and dad are Greek, so burning their lawn would be counter-productive. At least, until someone figures out a way to burn concrete painted green. That’s where the explosives option becomes more attractive. Mind you, Andrew’s dad also supplies the explosives… Tragedy or comedy?

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12867 Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:59:26 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12867 Love it, Murray. Love it, Murray.

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12840 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:55:18 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12840 Hell, I have a friend who's a few years older than I am and instead of candles we just light the lawn on fire. (She never sees the humor). Hell, I have a friend who’s a few years older than I am and instead of candles we just light the lawn on fire. (She never sees the humor).

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12832 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:20:27 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12832 I'll be reading all the birthday posts to Dad. We went with the numeral candles, hedera, so it took only two. Didn't want to risk Dad getting caught up in the conflagration. Fortunate that Dad's WWII experience didn't get him hooked on Lucky Strikes or any of the other cigarettes that were so thoughtfully given free to the soldiers in appreciation for their sacrifices. Maximum Bob, Dad will be glad to know he provided you with an excuse to wet your whistle, as he likes to put it. Snaps in Denmark, Ann - that will really put a smile on his face. He spent time in Copenhagen in '36, so it will bring back some great memories. Onward to the century mark, sentience intact, lubricated with a daily glass for the heart's and the mind's sake. I’ll be reading all the birthday posts to Dad.

We went with the numeral candles, hedera, so it took only two. Didn’t want to risk Dad getting caught up in the conflagration.

Fortunate that Dad’s WWII experience didn’t get him hooked on Lucky Strikes or any of the other cigarettes that were so thoughtfully given free to the soldiers in appreciation for their sacrifices.

Maximum Bob, Dad will be glad to know he provided you with an excuse to wet your whistle, as he likes to put it.

Snaps in Denmark, Ann - that will really put a smile on his face. He spent time in Copenhagen in ‘36, so it will bring back some great memories.

Onward to the century mark, sentience intact, lubricated with a daily glass for the heart’s and the mind’s sake.

]]> by: Ann http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12799 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:11:25 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12799 It goes without saying that the hoi polloi don't use the term "hoi polloi." Only the truly edumacated do. And happy birthday, David's Dad! As I'm still in Denmark, I'll drink some snaps. It goes without saying that the hoi polloi don’t use the term “hoi polloi.” Only the truly edumacated do.

And happy birthday, David’s Dad! As I’m still in Denmark, I’ll drink some snaps.

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12791 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:13:14 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12791 Another happy birthday to David's dad, more power to his elbow! Birthday cake tip: if you use one large candle per decade, and then smaller ones for the odd years, you don't have to have nearly as many fire extinguishers on hand... Thank you, Ann, I almost corrected it myself. Another happy birthday to David’s dad, more power to his elbow!

Birthday cake tip: if you use one large candle per decade, and then smaller ones for the odd years, you don’t have to have nearly as many fire extinguishers on hand…

Thank you, Ann, I almost corrected it myself.

]]> by: Pete IVDL http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12780 Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:15:05 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12780 kaff kaff gasp splutter - coop, you made me spit my Tasmanian Brie all over the deck. Damnit, man, I'll have to get the naturally BLONDE (but admittedly red-headed in some of my dreams mumblemumble) Significant Other to get the hoipolloi, Bruce, (or his wife, Bruce) to wash down the teak decking with a bottle of Moonambel Cabernet Shiraz. Or a nice Perth Pink! Eeeeemanuel Kant was a real pissant... kaff kaff gasp splutter - coop, you made me spit my Tasmanian Brie all over the deck. Damnit, man, I’ll have to get the naturally BLONDE (but admittedly red-headed in some of my dreams mumblemumble) Significant Other to get the hoipolloi, Bruce, (or his wife, Bruce) to wash down the teak decking with a bottle of Moonambel Cabernet Shiraz. Or a nice Perth Pink!

Eeeeemanuel Kant was a real pissant…

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12774 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:33:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12774 Happy Birthday to David's dad. 98, huh? I guess you'll need candles coming out of the side of the cake. May I be so lucky! One Sam Adams down the hatch, in honor of the birthday boy! This reminds me, my dad would have been 96 one week from today, but he smoked far too much, for far too long - A nasty habit he picked up in WWII. Cut down at the tender age of 70. Happy Birthday to David’s dad. 98, huh? I guess you’ll need candles coming out of the side of the cake. May I be so lucky! One Sam Adams down the hatch, in honor of the birthday boy!

This reminds me, my dad would have been 96 one week from today, but he smoked far too much, for far too long - A nasty habit he picked up in WWII. Cut down at the tender age of 70.

]]> by: Ibid http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12772 Mon, 16 Jan 2006 20:29:20 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/01/13/order-now/#comment-12772 Why are you using an Amazon link? There's plenty of other online bookstores that don't have the morals of the President of "The Lobbyists for Bush Society". Why are you using an Amazon link? There’s plenty of other online bookstores that don’t have the morals of the President of “The Lobbyists for Bush Society”.

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