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BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
news:u1tmcp$12l98$3@dont-email.me: 

> On 20.04.2023 13.00, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:u1k9st$35t9b$4@dont-email.me: 
>> 
>>> On 16.04.2023 15.33, Merlyne wrote:
>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:u1cr0b$1o0bf$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 23.03.2023 12.59, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sleepy Joe is coming to town today and tomorrow
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for a bilat with sock boy. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oooohh! Are you going to stand by the road and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wave a flag as his caravan goes by?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can it be a pirate flag?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you must. But then you also have to yell
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> old-timey insults when they go by...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shiver me timbers!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's not an insult - insults is like 'scurvy son of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a syphilitic whore' and such.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I know. It was an exclamation of surprise.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I harbour no ill will towards the president - not yet
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anyways. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then why the pirate flag? The Jolly Roger doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> usually signal kindness and good will towards all
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mankind...? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It could. Pirates are fun.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> That's a myth perpetuated by Hollywood - Pirates a vicious
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and ruthless killers; or desperate people who have no
>>>>>>>>>>>>> other means of sustaining themselves because their
>>>>>>>>>>>>> homeland has been ravaged by war and/or exploited by the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wast Multinational Capitalist Conspiracy... 
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I see...
>>>>>>>>>>>> No rum for you!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Yo-ho-ho... I have my own rum. Bought cheaply from the
>>>>>>>>>>> bargain bin... 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But it's not *pirate* rum.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It has a picture of a pirate captain on the label and
>>>>>>>>> everything. So there! 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ok. Party on!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I shall - as soon as I think of something to selebrate.
>>>>>> Selebrate [sic] your bad spelling.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nitpicker
>>>>>
>>>>>> Today is Friday. Sounds like something to celebrate.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was just like all the other -day things.
>>>> Not for me.
>>>
>>> What happened? Did you meet Biden?
>> 
>> No, but it's the end of a work week.
> 
> Oh, that...    {:)}
> 

Retired people. Sheesh!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was the flag that I pulled out of the flag bag.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You have a flag bag? What other flags do you have in your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> flag bag? Clearly not the Dannebrog...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's mostly just a lot of Union Jack bunting, isn't it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>  The Red Ensign.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That has been in there a while, hasn't it.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *digs in the bag*
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Some old socks.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Are you sure this is not a laundry bag?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *digs some more in the bag*
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There is a Union Jack
>>>>>>>>> - called it, sorta
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You like to be always right.
>>>>>>> It's more of a fact that a preference, really...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And the flag of Barbados
>>>>>>>>> - wishful thinking, methinks
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Explain.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You wish you were in Barbados. With the sun and the heat and the
>>>>>>> beaches... methinks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was 30C here today. 
>>>>>> I could use a week lying on the beach soemwhere but I find
>>>>>> travelling stressful. Would not be relaxed when I got back.
>>>>> So lie in the sand box in the back yard and raise the Barbados
>>>>> flag... 
>>>>>
>>>> I have no sandbox.
>>>
>>> You could build one. Or have a sand-seller deliver a dune... They do
>>> that. 
>>>> I don't lie directly in the sand.
>>> Lie on the beach towel on the sand, then. Don't be so difficult...
>> 
>> But it's my thing...
> I'm trying to come up with practical solutions to real-world problems
> here. It would serve you well to once in a while be a little more
> flexible in your mindset. Like the saying goes: "go along to get
> along". 
> 
> [>8]

Pot -----> Kettle -----> Black

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  Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-24 01:15 +0100
    Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-25 13:38 +0000
      Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 01:30 +0100
        Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-28 11:14 +0000
          Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-30 01:45 +0200
            Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-03-30 12:22 +0000
              Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-03-31 16:51 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-01 14:24 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-03 12:53 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-03 20:15 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-05 22:05 +0200
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                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-11 13:16 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-12 10:56 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-13 23:46 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-14 11:35 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-15 02:26 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-16 13:33 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-17 22:23 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-20 11:00 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-21 11:52 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-22 14:09 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-23 22:06 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-25 11:18 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-26 13:01 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-28 12:35 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-04-29 19:22 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-04-30 11:52 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-02 21:45 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-03 11:17 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-05 23:03 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-07 13:46 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-08 20:39 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-09 12:49 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-11 12:27 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-13 11:13 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-15 00:05 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-17 11:05 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-18 00:02 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-18 11:59 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-19 13:08 +0200
                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-21 12:11 +0000
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                Re: A visitor Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-05-26 15:44 +0000
                Re: A visitor BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-05-28 18:04 +0200
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