Re: Greetings, Aged One.

On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Donald Hosford wrote:

> Sounds like one of  my favorite novelty records:  "When I was your
age" by
> Weird Al Yankovic

Isn't there a Monty Python skit on a similar line?

Or is it in one of the movies? (Life of Brian?)

Either way...

Brian - yh728@victoria.tc.ca -
- http://warbard.iwarp.com/games.html -

> 
> Donald Hosford
> 
> 
> Don M wrote:
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Roger Burton West <roger@firedrake.org>
> > To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: Greetings, Aged One.
> >
> > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 02:51:38PM -0600, DAWGFACE47@webtv.net
wrote:
> > > >wussies! this limp weiner new fangled  gender and  sex  non
specific
> > > >ARMY of yours sounds like a damned  AIR FORCE country club!
> > >
> > > "In my day, we used to march three hundred miles, across soft snow
full
> > > of landmines, get shot by the enemy, then drop where we stood."
> > >
> > > "Luxury. We used to march four hundred miles across open water,
under
> > > artillery fire all the way, get shot by the enemy twice, then ask
> > > permission to drop dead and the sergeant would only give it if our
boots
> > > were polished."
> > >
> > > (etc.)
> > >
> > > Roger
> >
> > I think you and Ron are the guys that walked 10 miles to school
> > in a snow storm up hill both ways! And where happy and grateful
> > to do it too...)
>