Friendly fire incident-in Yorkshire?!!

[BillyTK]

US Air Force drops practice bomb

A US Air Force practice bomb has been dropped on the Yorkshire countryside.

A spokesman for the United States Air Force (USAF) said the training bomb landed in an area near Holme on Spalding Moor - six miles south west of Market Weighton in East Yorkshire.

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Should I feel paranoid? Is Yorkshire on Bush's Axis of Evil list? Are we next pre-emptive action? We've some oil, but not that much really...

 

[Jon_in_london]

Should I feel paranoid? Is Yorkshire on Bush's Axis of Evil list? Are we next pre-emptive action? We've some oil, but not that much really...

You should be! Yours is the home of Geoff Boycott! The most evil man who ever played cricket!

I hope no black puddings were injured.

 

[richardm]

Should I feel paranoid? Is Yorkshire on Bush's Axis of Evil list? Are we next pre-emptive action? We've some oil, but not that much really...

They're dropping practice bombs on Yorkshire. The real bombs are going to land on Lancashire.


(One of Bush's distantly-related ancestors was executed by the Lancastrians in the 15th Century. As his attitude to Saddam Hussein has shown, a Bush never forgets a slight.)

 

[richardm]

Re: Re: Friendly fire incident-in Yorkshire?!!

I hope no black puddings were injured.

Two whippets were treated for shock.

 

[Darat]

My estimation of the US Air Force has just gone up....

 

[BillyTK]

Re: Re: Re: Friendly fire incident-in Yorkshire?!!

Two whippets were treated for shock.

Spalding Moor's too posh for whippets... and (@ jon) the black puddings roam free on Saddleworth Moor.

 

[Shane Costello]

Originally posted by BillyTK:
Should I feel paranoid? Is Yorkshire on Bush's Axis of Evil list? Are we next pre-emptive action? We've some oil, but not that much really...

It's all those far-fetched "Emmerdale Farm" storylines. Effluent like that qualifies as a WMD. Countless innocents, myself included, have been exposed to these odious agents while channelhopping, experiencing extreme symptoms such as nausea, diarrhoea and the sudden and complete loss of the will to live. As if that wasn't bad enough there's Richard Whitely and his punning against humanity on "Countdown". The US Airforce has intervened not a minute too soon.

 

[epepke]

Should I feel paranoid? Is Yorkshire on Bush's Axis of Evil list? Are we next pre-emptive action? We've some oil, but not that much really...

It's the American reaction to the Yorkshire martial art of Ecky-Thump.

 

[BillyTK]

It's all those far-fetched "Emmerdale Farm" storylines. Effluent like that qualifies as a WMD. Countless innocents, myself included, have been exposed to these odious agents while channelhopping, experiencing extreme symptoms such as nausea, diarrhoea and the sudden and complete loss of the will to live. As if that wasn't bad enough there's Richard Whitely and his punning against humanity on "Countdown". The US Airforce has intervened not a minute too soon.

Except that Emmerdale is filmed near Harrogate, which is in North Yorkshire, and Countdown is (I'm guessing, as it's made by Yorkshire Television) filmed in Leeds in West Yorkshire. So the USAF is completely off, geography-wise

And in defence of Emmerdale, it's nowhere near as bad as that Irish soap—you know, the one about the three priests whose parish is on some remote island?—now that one is really far-fetched...

 

[richardm]

Except that Emmerdale is filmed near Harrogate, which is in North Yorkshire, and Countdown is (I'm guessing, as it's made by Yorkshire Television) filmed in Leeds in West Yorkshire. So the USAF is completely off, geography-wise

Plus ca change...

And in defence of Emmerdale, it's nowhere near as bad as that Irish soap—you know, the one about the three priests whose parish is on some remote island?—now that one is really far-fetched...

I dunno, I've met Catholic priests in real life. It seemed to be a pretty gritty, accurate portrayal.

 

[Shane Costello]

Originally posted by BillyTK:
Except that Emmerdale is filmed near Harrogate, which is in North Yorkshire, and Countdown is (I'm guessing, as it's made by Yorkshire Television) filmed in Leeds in West Yorkshire. So the USAF is completely off, geography-wise

So Tony's been passing dodgy intelligence around again?

 

[Shane Costello]

Originally posted by richardm:
I dunno, I've met Catholic priests in real life. It seemed to be a pretty gritty, accurate portrayal.

1. FACT: There are alcoholic priests.

2: FACT: Catholic Bishops have maintained families in the US.

3. FACT: Aforementioned Bishop did indeed divert funds from charities to his secret family. I suppose this involved funds "resting in his account".

4. FACT: Catholic priests have indeed formed close bonds to the IRA.

5. FACT: Rural Ireland is a freaky place, and not just the offshore islands!

 

[Mr Manifesto]

Oo's going to pay for ee damage. That's what I want to know...

 

[PygmyPlaidGiraffe]

What's thine is mine, what's mine is mine own and w'heffa the USAF drops is mine enow.

 

[Hamish]

I thought Slough was the preferred target for "friendly fire":

http://www-cdr.stanford.edu/intuition/Slough.html

 

[WildCat]

I don't know how this could have happened, usually they just drop them on Texas.

 

[BillyTK]

Oo's going to pay for ee damage. That's what I want to know...

What's thine is mine, what's mine is mine own and w'heffa the USAF drops is mine enow.

Sorry, I don't understand Klingon.
Actually, PPG's is pretty close, but Mr. Manifesto, you need to brush up on your pronouns. Allus Yorkshire fowk seh t' for "the", an' "ee" wudby he, but wi'd seh 'issen for "he" any rowd.

 

[richardm]

Allus Yorkshire fowk seh t' for "the", an' "ee" wudby he, but wi'd seh 'issen for "he" any rowd.

'appen most fowk'd say "ee" was an expression o' surprise, like.

 

[epepke]

1. FACT: There are alcoholic priests.

But are there non-alcoholic ones?

2: FACT: Catholic Bishops have maintained families in the US.

Strictly speaking, Bishops, Cardinals and the Pope are not required to be celibate, because they are not required to be priests. In fact, they all effectively are nowadays, but there's nothing in Doctrine that requires it. In the past Catholic Bishoprics were sometimes given to non-priests for political reasons.

 

[BillyTK]

'appen most fowk'd say "ee" was an expression o' surprise, like.

Tha's not wrong their lahk. Some'd even say:

Ecky-Thump.