Litsters In History.

I was also writing this one where PB Walker has a yard sale and someone peeks into his garage and sees that he owns a ...gasp... Huffy.

"Hey my Trek is in the shop!" He says.

And even though he says he owns Park Professional Series tools, the only bike accessory anyone sees is a dogbone wrench from Wal-Mart.

But there isn't a real historical reference and unless you actually ride a bike, the details are oblique.
 
breakwall said:
ever see the James Cagney movie about Lon Chaney?

"The Man of a Thousand Faces"?

And there's always "Sybil"

You like me! You really like me!
 
Excellent, breakwall. You have talent?


You can do me whenever you like. :kiss:
 
Wrong Element as British General Edward Pakenham.

Never heard of him? That's one similarity.. but there's another, too...... :D
 
WARMACH1NE said:
Wrong Element as British General Edward Pakenham.

Never heard of him? That's one similarity.. but there's another, too...... :D

War of 1812 war hero.
Town just outside of Ottawa is named after him.
If I remember the plaque raised there it says he was shot while trying to rally his troops to mount an offensive in New Orleans.
The offensive failed but Pakenham was declared a heroic officer.

You must really like Wrong Element, eh?
 
breakwall said:
War of 1812 war hero.
Town just outside of Ottawa is named after him.
If I remember the plaque raised there it says he was shot while trying to rally his troops to mount an offensive in New Orleans.
The offensive failed but Pakenham was declared a heroic officer.

You must really like Wrong Element, eh?
Custer was outnumbered when his troops got massacred. Pakenham outnumbered his enemy 2 to 1 and he still got pounded.

I'd hate to be either one of these guys. But if I have to apologize to my ancestors in person for a historic ass kicking, I'd rather not have to explain how I came into battle with a 11,000 to 5,000 man advantage and yet managed to lose my own life as well as that of 2000 others troops and came up with less than 100 enemy kills.

Talk about a no brainer in the annals of "you must choose"...
 
Breakwall, this is a hilarious thread.

If you could find some place in history into which your creativity could fit me, I'd be honored.
 
These were great, breakwall! Made me snickersnort more than once! :D
 
Bob and Heavy, WWI, France.

General Bob_Bytchin looked out over the trenches. The American forces had ground to a halt and were now confined to this stinking quagmire of mud in a lengthening stalemate.

Things were getting desperate. The German forces were getting better supplies and more frequent reinforcements. General Bob knew that he could not win a war of attrition.

He turned to Colonel Heavystick. "I think it's time..." He let the statement hang in the cordite-choked air...Col. Heavy didn't blink. He raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure? Has it come to this?"
"We're out of options, Colonel."
Col. Heavy saluted and headed back to the artillery line.
"Load the pamphlets," he said to the Gunnery officer. The soldier hesitated. "Come on, Gunny!" barked the Colonel.
With a visible shudder, the soldier opened a crate marked "Top Secret" He extracted the shells that would burst open over enemy lines and shower the area with the pamphlets, rolled up pieces of paper designed to fit inside special artillery rounds.
Colonel Heavy found a few stray pamphlets at the bottom of the crate and opened them carefully, closing one eye...

"Really, Colonel," said the gunnery officer, "Is this humane? A picture of a man pulling his anus inside out?"
 
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