Re: Raisin Bombers over Afghanistan
From: Joe Dees (joedees@addall.com)
Date: Fri Sep 28 2001 - 00:34:40 MDT
('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is)
>Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:46:01 +1000
> extropians@extropy.org Miriam English <miriam@werple.net.au> Re: Raisin Bombers over AfghanistanReply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>
>At 03:49 PM 26/09/2001, Andrew Clough wrote:
>
>>>one percent of falling raisins would strike and mutilate stock and
>>>children, raising a cry for vengeance.
>>
>>They *do* have parracutes.
>
>The question on everybody's lips is: are parrakeets strong enough to ferry
>raisins safely to the ground? :-)
>
>>Afganistan is a big country, people can hear planes approaching, and I
>>can't see livestock being mutilated by packages of the size I imagine
>>(2x2x2). Frightened or injured...maybe. But not mutilated.
>
>And besides they could roast the parrakeets for added protein, adding to
>nutritional value of the meal and more than making up for the occasional
>scream from someone with a dead parrakeet buried beak-first in the top of
>their head.
>
>:-)
>
Curses! Parrafoiled again!
>
>
>---------=---------=---------=---------=---------=---------=------
>Q. What is the similarity between an elephant and a grape?
>A. They are both purple... except for the elephant.
>---------=---------=---------=---------=---------=---------=------
>http://werple.net.au/~miriam
>http://members.optushome.com.au/miriame
>Virtual Reality Association http://www.vr.org.au
------------------------------------------------------------
Looking for a book? Want a deal? No problem AddALL!
http://www.addall.com compares book price at 41 online stores.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5
: Sat Nov 02 2002 - 08:11:01 MST