08-07-2003, 03:16 PM
I guess I did not imply the correct amount of "facetiousness" with appropriate smilies.
However, I have been doing and saying that for years, since I, at a young age, have been a rabid mosquito, fly, and moth killer. It all started when we were sitting in a baseball dugout, playing a game after a rather bad rain storm, and being pestered by swarms of skeeters.
I killed 5 in almost no time, and declared myself "an ace." This prompted a spontaneous outbreak of skeetercide, but they never stopped coming. Our pitcher, Steve, got his kill total up to 74, so he never got the title of Rittmeister he was hoping for, the Red Baron being a popular icon in those days due to recent Snoopy and the Red Baron cartoonage.
The kill of the day, however, was produced by our catcher. While warming up a pitcher, he threw the ball back and when the pitcher caught it, he noted a dead skeeter on the ball. Killed either in mid air, or more likely when the ball thumped into the pitcher's glove.
We lost the game, but we sure kicked some skeeter butt!
However, I have been doing and saying that for years, since I, at a young age, have been a rabid mosquito, fly, and moth killer. It all started when we were sitting in a baseball dugout, playing a game after a rather bad rain storm, and being pestered by swarms of skeeters.
I killed 5 in almost no time, and declared myself "an ace." This prompted a spontaneous outbreak of skeetercide, but they never stopped coming. Our pitcher, Steve, got his kill total up to 74, so he never got the title of Rittmeister he was hoping for, the Red Baron being a popular icon in those days due to recent Snoopy and the Red Baron cartoonage.
The kill of the day, however, was produced by our catcher. While warming up a pitcher, he threw the ball back and when the pitcher caught it, he noted a dead skeeter on the ball. Killed either in mid air, or more likely when the ball thumped into the pitcher's glove.
We lost the game, but we sure kicked some skeeter butt!
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete