I say we should keep the contracts for the re-build and if we leave with plenty of oil then thats a plus, we earned it.

Ohh, really…so what contracts is Britain gonna get then??? After all British soldiers died too, so hasn’t Britain earnt it???

Plus, Florida u jackass, if the US leaves with a whole load of oil Bush is gonna make himself look like a prat (not that he already hasn’t) to the World isn’t he….considering the US said it wasn’t going to take any oil from the Iraqi people.

Why should Iraqi’s be grateful…after all they have just gone from one dictator to another. So really are they in any better a situation than they were before???

Also, who says the Iraqi people wanted our way of life? I don’t remember the Iraqis begging and pleading for us to turn them into a Western culture.

Moggy…my version of “legal invasion” and “illegal invasion” is as follows:

1) Desert Storm = legal. A foreign nation had invaded a soverign state so the allied forces were within their rights to remove the invader by invading the occupied land of Kuwait.

2) Iraqi Freedom = illegal. A fat bloke who was very naughty in the past but had gone quiet for sometime wakes up one morning and finds American and British tanks bearing down on him because he has WMD which the CIA can’t seem to find – despite the fact that the CIA semed to know a lot about them prior to the invasion.

May differ from Zippos or anyone elses version, but thats mine.

Okay, this one gets me all the time…thankful I’m posting it rather than saying it cos I can never complete it without bursting out laughing!

Two men sitting in a bar after going to the funeral of a mates father. Recalling what was said about the deceased at the ceremony the first man says ‘When my dad dies and I’m making a speech, I think I’d like to look at him and say “He was a good man”.
The second says ‘When my dad dies and I’m making a speech I think I’d like to look at him and say “I THINK I SAW HIM MOVE!!!”

😀 😀 😀 😀

I crack myself up!!!

Or how about this one:

A deep sea diver is recording entries of fish species on a waterproof note slide when he see’s something odd at the corner of his eye. It’s a man…totally naked with no breathing device slowly diving deeper and deeper. Amazed by this the diver swims over, wipes his slide clean and writes “How can u breath down here with no SCUBA gear?”
To which the man replies “I’M DROWNING YOU IDIOT!”

(No plans to give up my day job just yet).

Hand…is it the same in France??? Are parents banned from hitting their children or can u still give them some discipline without the fear of being jailed???

Comet, know what u mean, in the area I live kids roam the streets with no fear of the police or parents. Its a joke!!! These kids are getting away with murder and they’re laughing at parents.

Hey, I’ll have a go….but don’t say I didn’t warn u okay….

A passenger gets on board a flight from the UK to the Carribbean for his summer break. Looking beside him he notices the passenger seated next to him is a parrot, who smiles polietly.
Two hours into the flight the Captain announces the air stewardess’s are about to take orders for refreshments. When his turn comes the man orders a meal and a coffee. The bird, being a parrot repeats the order and the lady disappears.
Ten minutes pass…no meal or drink.
Twenty minutes pass…no meal or drink.
Thirty minutes pass and the bird shouts “Hey b**** where’s my food and drink???”
One minute later the bird gets his order but the man sits without. So the man shouts “Hey b**** where’s my food and drink???”
Frustrated the woman enters the cockpit and returns with a hulking co-pilot who throws both bird and man out the passenger door.
As he plummets to earth the bird flies up to the man and says “Wow, that was a silly thing to say considering u can’t fly!!!”

Tempest, really enjoyed reading ur link, thanks.

Nice pics WhiskeyD, so far though no site I have visited has even suggested what this monster might have for its supper, I mean let’s face it…with 25cm hooks and a large beak I doubt its a vegitarian:D

So given that it lives deep beneath the surface and rarely comes top side could it:

a) attack unwary whales – given the reports this may be likely – such as small pilot whales or baby sperm whales?

b) prey on a large animal we have so far missed living at its depth?

c) eat large fish and other squid?

Viper, though it is rare that such an event occurs, encounters with giant squids at surface level are fact. In fact the only reason we knew this creature existed in the 18th Century was because two fishermen had a close call.
In was off the Cornish Coast – as far as I can recall reading – that two fishermen in a small boat noticed something floating on the surface of the water. Assuming it was a dead whale the two men went to take a look. When they got to 50ft they realised that not only was it not a whale, it was far from dead!!! The creature moved toward the boat – perhaps in response to it being seen as a threat – and attacked with a tentacle 45ft long (estimated by one of the fishermen). The two men fought back in panic and one of them managed to grab a knife and hack through the tentacle, severing a 12ft portion from the main body. The severed tentacle is allegedly stored in a natural history museum, but is for some reason not displayed to the public. This was not the first recorded encounter but was the first time a piece of the creature was brought back. It is a well known story because it ended the myth and started the investigation into this amazing creature.
I’ll see if I can find some link explaining in better detail.
Also did u know that one of the most recent encounters was by a US destroyer???
It was reported that a US destroyer of an un-reported type that had recently undergone a refit – recently as in ’96 – was sailing out of harbour into the Carribbean Sea to test new sonar systems. Six hours after she sailed the Captain reported encountering a large “unknown biologic” in deep waters. The sonar system had been damaged. When she returned to port, a dive team checked out her hull, only to find a 25cm “hook” stuck in her hull!!!