OT - Californian Pumpkins
10-14-2007, 11:35 AM
#81
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Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
Dave Milne wrote:
> Spdloader wrote:
>> "Dave Milne" <jeep@nospam.milne.info> wrote in message
>> news:KdQOi.28483$c_1.3059@text.news.blueyonder.co. uk...
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem a
>>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
>>> Californian speciality ?
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
>>>
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>>>
>>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> Apparently you haven't kept yourself properly informed. California
>> is another country, separate from the U.S.
>>
>> Try to do better man!
>>
>> Spdloader
>
> Heh, that's why I called it californian culture.
>
> Dave
Isn't "californian culture" an oxymoron? <G>
Jeff DeWitt
> Spdloader wrote:
>> "Dave Milne" <jeep@nospam.milne.info> wrote in message
>> news:KdQOi.28483$c_1.3059@text.news.blueyonder.co. uk...
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ? Did it "seem a
>>> good idea at the time" perhaps ? or is "pumpkin bombing" a
>>> Californian speciality ?
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/2usbo2
>>>
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>>>
>>> Dave Milne, Scotland
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> Apparently you haven't kept yourself properly informed. California
>> is another country, separate from the U.S.
>>
>> Try to do better man!
>>
>> Spdloader
>
> Heh, that's why I called it californian culture.
>
> Dave
Isn't "californian culture" an oxymoron? <G>
Jeff DeWitt
10-14-2007, 11:50 AM
#82
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Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
Dave Milne wrote:
> "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>> Because you can.
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
>
>
> Classic stuff.
>
>> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
>> Championship yet.
>
> No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !
>
> Dave
>
>
Here you go <G>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_TdDQMVwM
> "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>> Because you can.
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
>
>
> Classic stuff.
>
>> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
>> Championship yet.
>
> No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !
>
> Dave
>
>
Here you go <G>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_TdDQMVwM
10-14-2007, 11:50 AM
#83
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Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
Dave Milne wrote:
> "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>> Because you can.
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
>
>
> Classic stuff.
>
>> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
>> Championship yet.
>
> No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !
>
> Dave
>
>
Here you go <G>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_TdDQMVwM
> "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>> Because you can.
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
>
>
> Classic stuff.
>
>> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
>> Championship yet.
>
> No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !
>
> Dave
>
>
Here you go <G>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_TdDQMVwM
10-14-2007, 11:50 AM
#84
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Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
Dave Milne wrote:
> "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>> Because you can.
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
>
>
> Classic stuff.
>
>> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
>> Championship yet.
>
> No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !
>
> Dave
>
>
Here you go <G>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_TdDQMVwM
> "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>> Because you can.
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
>
>
> Classic stuff.
>
>> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
>> Championship yet.
>
> No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !
>
> Dave
>
>
Here you go <G>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_TdDQMVwM
10-14-2007, 11:50 AM
#85
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Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
Dave Milne wrote:
> "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>> Because you can.
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
>
>
> Classic stuff.
>
>> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
>> Championship yet.
>
> No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !
>
> Dave
>
>
Here you go <G>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_TdDQMVwM
> "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:P4idnfXPR_V04ZDanZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>> Dave Milne wrote:
>>> Ok, I give up. Why drop a 1500 lb pumpkin on a bus ?
>> Because you can.
>>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>> This from someone near the home of Benny Hill, Blackadder, Monty Python,
>> Fawlty Towers, Syd Barrett, and the Bovine Trebuchet.
>
>
> Classic stuff.
>
>> We take it you havent found the videos of the Buffalo Chip Tossing
>> Championship yet.
>
> No, but somehow, I think I'll pass on that !
>
> Dave
>
>
Here you go <G>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x_TdDQMVwM
10-14-2007, 05:21 PM
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Re: OT - Californian Pumpkins
Kate wrote:
>
> "DougW" <I.only.read.usenet@invalid.address> wrote
>
>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>
>
> It's the fluoride in the water.....
> makes em all goofy.
I thought it might be the MTBE they forced on the rest of us - then found it
in their ground water.
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>
> "DougW" <I.only.read.usenet@invalid.address> wrote
>
>> Any help at understanding Californian culture, gratefully received :-)
>
>
> It's the fluoride in the water.....
> makes em all goofy.
I thought it might be the MTBE they forced on the rest of us - then found it
in their ground water.
--
Will Honea
--
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