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"Clayton the Transitional Fossil Wannabe" |
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01 Jan 2004 07:42:45 PM |
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Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/01/1072908851763.html
God's will: three escape death at sea
By Michael Bradley
January 2, 2004
Heavenly deliverance . . . Derryl Huf (left), Aileen Huf and Wayne Draper
recovering yesterday. Photo: Nigel McNeil/Port Macquarie News
Derryl Huf had no grand plans for New Year's Eve. He wanted only to spend
time with loved ones and attend a service at Port Macquarie's Lutheran
church.
But when his fishing boat capsized shortly after 8am on Wednesday, Mr Huf
was faced with a battle for survival that would last well into the new year.
When Mr Huf, 62, his wife Aileen, 60, and their companion Wayne Draper,45,
set out from Port Macquarie at 6am, they told family and the coastal patrol
they would be home by 2pm.
Yet within two hours, the boat's anchor rope had been caught in the
propeller.
The boat capsized instantaneously, leaving the three with one life jacket,
no radio or phone, and the knowledge that no one was even going to notice
them missing for at least another six hours.
When they did not return as scheduled on Wednesday afternoon, a search
involving NSW Water Police and 12 aircraft began. But by this time the
current had swept the boat beyond the search area.
For more than 25 hours, the Hufs and Mr Draper clung to the upturned vessel
as a strong current swept them 130 kilometres down the NSW coast.
Mr Huf said that as many as eight ships - some as close as 150 metres -
crossed their path throughout their night at sea and another three or four
went past after sunrise without noticing the stranded crew. But shortly
after 9.30am on New Year's Day an oil tanker noticed them and they were
saved.
"Normally there are plenty of people out there fishing and we could have
expected to bump into a few of them on our trip south, but yesterday there
was absolutely nobody," Mr Huf said.
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we will,
and if it's not, well, that's it'.
"I don't think I spoke to the others hardly at all throughout the night, but
I spoke to my heavenly father very very often."
All three were recovering at home in Port Macquarie yesterday after being
cleared of serious injuries.
Mr Huf estimates he and the others were washed off the boat more than 20
times only to be saved by the ropes tied around their wrists.
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| User: "Woden" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
01 Jan 2004 08:26:01 PM |
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"Clayton the Transitional Fossil Wannabe"
<cjfat@SPAMBLOCKoptusnet.com.au> wrote in
news:3ff4d031$0$18690$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/01/1072908851763.html
God's will: three escape death at sea
By Michael Bradley
January 2, 2004
Heavenly deliverance . . . Derryl Huf (left), Aileen Huf and Wayne
Draper recovering yesterday. Photo: Nigel McNeil/Port Macquarie News
Derryl Huf had no grand plans for New Year's Eve. He wanted only to
spend time with loved ones and attend a service at Port Macquarie's
Lutheran church.
But when his fishing boat capsized shortly after 8am on Wednesday, Mr
Huf was faced with a battle for survival that would last well into the
new year.
When Mr Huf, 62, his wife Aileen, 60, and their companion Wayne
Draper,45, set out from Port Macquarie at 6am, they told family and
the coastal patrol they would be home by 2pm.
Yet within two hours, the boat's anchor rope had been caught in the
propeller.
The boat capsized instantaneously, leaving the three with one life
jacket, no radio or phone, and the knowledge that no one was even
going to notice them missing for at least another six hours.
When they did not return as scheduled on Wednesday afternoon, a search
involving NSW Water Police and 12 aircraft began. But by this time the
current had swept the boat beyond the search area.
For more than 25 hours, the Hufs and Mr Draper clung to the upturned
vessel as a strong current swept them 130 kilometres down the NSW
coast.
Mr Huf said that as many as eight ships - some as close as 150 metres
- crossed their path throughout their night at sea and another three
or four went past after sunrise without noticing the stranded crew.
But shortly after 9.30am on New Year's Day an oil tanker noticed them
and they were saved.
"Normally there are plenty of people out there fishing and we could
have expected to bump into a few of them on our trip south, but
yesterday there was absolutely nobody," Mr Huf said.
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we
will, and if it's not, well, that's it'.
"I don't think I spoke to the others hardly at all throughout the
night, but I spoke to my heavenly father very very often."
All three were recovering at home in Port Macquarie yesterday after
being cleared of serious injuries.
Mr Huf estimates he and the others were washed off the boat more than
20 times only to be saved by the ropes tied around their wrists.
I guess god was just "fooling" with them. Fouls the prop, capsized the
boat and lets them drift for a while, before having someone see them.
Yeah, that sounds like a good reason to "thank god".
--
Woden
"religion is a socio-political institution for the control of
people's thoughts, lives, and actions; based on
ancient myths and superstitions perpetrated through
generations of subtle yet pervasive brainwashing."
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
02 Jan 2004 01:23:15 AM |
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In article <Xns9463DA9BFD025wodencharternet@216.168.3.44>,
Woden <woden@charter.net> wrote:
"Clayton the Transitional Fossil Wannabe"
<cjfat@SPAMBLOCKoptusnet.com.au> wrote in
news:3ff4d031$0$18690$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/01/1072908851763.html
God's will: three escape death at sea
By Michael Bradley
January 2, 2004
Heavenly deliverance . . . Derryl Huf (left), Aileen Huf and Wayne
Draper recovering yesterday. Photo: Nigel McNeil/Port Macquarie News
Derryl Huf had no grand plans for New Year's Eve. He wanted only to
spend time with loved ones and attend a service at Port Macquarie's
Lutheran church.
But when his fishing boat capsized shortly after 8am on Wednesday, Mr
Huf was faced with a battle for survival that would last well into the
new year.
When Mr Huf, 62, his wife Aileen, 60, and their companion Wayne
Draper,45, set out from Port Macquarie at 6am, they told family and
the coastal patrol they would be home by 2pm.
Yet within two hours, the boat's anchor rope had been caught in the
propeller.
The boat capsized instantaneously, leaving the three with one life
jacket, no radio or phone, and the knowledge that no one was even
going to notice them missing for at least another six hours.
When they did not return as scheduled on Wednesday afternoon, a search
involving NSW Water Police and 12 aircraft began. But by this time the
current had swept the boat beyond the search area.
For more than 25 hours, the Hufs and Mr Draper clung to the upturned
vessel as a strong current swept them 130 kilometres down the NSW
coast.
Mr Huf said that as many as eight ships - some as close as 150 metres
- crossed their path throughout their night at sea and another three
or four went past after sunrise without noticing the stranded crew.
But shortly after 9.30am on New Year's Day an oil tanker noticed them
and they were saved.
"Normally there are plenty of people out there fishing and we could
have expected to bump into a few of them on our trip south, but
yesterday there was absolutely nobody," Mr Huf said.
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we
will, and if it's not, well, that's it'.
"I don't think I spoke to the others hardly at all throughout the
night, but I spoke to my heavenly father very very often."
All three were recovering at home in Port Macquarie yesterday after
being cleared of serious injuries.
Mr Huf estimates he and the others were washed off the boat more than
20 times only to be saved by the ropes tied around their wrists.
I guess god was just "fooling" with them. Fouls the prop, capsized the
boat and lets them drift for a while, before having someone see them.
Yeah, that sounds like a good reason to "thank god".
And why did their god let all those other ships go by and leave them
in the drink for so long?
--
John Hachmann, aa #1782
- Question authority. Now more than ever. -
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| User: "Phylter" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
02 Jan 2004 01:56:58 AM |
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Woden <woden@charter.net> astounded us with:
news:Xns9463DA9BFD025wodencharternet@216.168.3.44:
"Clayton the Transitional Fossil Wannabe"
<cjfat@SPAMBLOCKoptusnet.com.au> wrote in
news:3ff4d031$0$18690$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au:
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/01/1072908851763.html
God's will: three escape death at sea
By Michael Bradley
January 2, 2004
Heavenly deliverance . . . Derryl Huf (left), Aileen Huf and Wayne
Draper recovering yesterday. Photo: Nigel McNeil/Port Macquarie News
Derryl Huf had no grand plans for New Year's Eve. He wanted only to
spend time with loved ones and attend a service at Port Macquarie's
Lutheran church.
But when his fishing boat capsized shortly after 8am on Wednesday, Mr
Huf was faced with a battle for survival that would last well into the
new year.
When Mr Huf, 62, his wife Aileen, 60, and their companion Wayne
Draper,45, set out from Port Macquarie at 6am, they told family and
the coastal patrol they would be home by 2pm.
Yet within two hours, the boat's anchor rope had been caught in the
propeller.
The boat capsized instantaneously, leaving the three with one life
jacket, no radio or phone, and the knowledge that no one was even
going to notice them missing for at least another six hours.
When they did not return as scheduled on Wednesday afternoon, a search
involving NSW Water Police and 12 aircraft began. But by this time the
current had swept the boat beyond the search area.
For more than 25 hours, the Hufs and Mr Draper clung to the upturned
vessel as a strong current swept them 130 kilometres down the NSW
coast.
Mr Huf said that as many as eight ships - some as close as 150 metres
- crossed their path throughout their night at sea and another three
or four went past after sunrise without noticing the stranded crew.
But shortly after 9.30am on New Year's Day an oil tanker noticed them
and they were saved.
"Normally there are plenty of people out there fishing and we could
have expected to bump into a few of them on our trip south, but
yesterday there was absolutely nobody," Mr Huf said.
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we
will, and if it's not, well, that's it'.
"I don't think I spoke to the others hardly at all throughout the
night, but I spoke to my heavenly father very very often."
All three were recovering at home in Port Macquarie yesterday after
being cleared of serious injuries.
Mr Huf estimates he and the others were washed off the boat more than
20 times only to be saved by the ropes tied around their wrists.
I guess god was just "fooling" with them. Fouls the prop, capsized the
boat and lets them drift for a while, before having someone see them.
Yeah, that sounds like a good reason to "thank god".
No, no, Beelzebub did all the "naughty" stuff while god sat back and
watched.
--
Phylter
Denizen of Darkness #44 & AFJC Antipodean Attaché
http://www.rudraigh.com/afjc/regulars.html
Change "freeway" to "hotmail" to respond
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| User: "Dr. DuFonet" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
01 Jan 2004 10:42:55 PM |
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"Clayton the Transitional Fossil Wannabe" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKoptusnet.com.au>
wrote in message news:3ff4d031$0$18690$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/01/1072908851763.html
God's will: three escape death at sea
By Michael Bradley
January 2, 2004
Heavenly deliverance . . . Derryl Huf (left), Aileen Huf and Wayne Draper
recovering yesterday. Photo: Nigel McNeil/Port Macquarie News
Derryl Huf had no grand plans for New Year's Eve. He wanted only to spend
time with loved ones and attend a service at Port Macquarie's Lutheran
church.
But when his fishing boat capsized shortly after 8am on Wednesday, Mr Huf
was faced with a battle for survival that would last well into the new
year.
When Mr Huf, 62, his wife Aileen, 60, and their companion Wayne Draper,45,
set out from Port Macquarie at 6am, they told family and the coastal
patrol
they would be home by 2pm.
Yet within two hours, the boat's anchor rope had been caught in the
propeller.
The boat capsized instantaneously, leaving the three with one life jacket,
no radio or phone, and the knowledge that no one was even going to notice
them missing for at least another six hours.
When they did not return as scheduled on Wednesday afternoon, a search
involving NSW Water Police and 12 aircraft began. But by this time the
current had swept the boat beyond the search area.
For more than 25 hours, the Hufs and Mr Draper clung to the upturned
vessel
as a strong current swept them 130 kilometres down the NSW coast.
Mr Huf said that as many as eight ships - some as close as 150 metres -
crossed their path throughout their night at sea and another three or four
went past after sunrise without noticing the stranded crew. But shortly
after 9.30am on New Year's Day an oil tanker noticed them and they were
saved.
"Normally there are plenty of people out there fishing and we could have
expected to bump into a few of them on our trip south, but yesterday there
was absolutely nobody," Mr Huf said.
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we
will,
and if it's not, well, that's it'.
"I don't think I spoke to the others hardly at all throughout the night,
but
I spoke to my heavenly father very very often."
All three were recovering at home in Port Macquarie yesterday after being
cleared of serious injuries.
Mr Huf estimates he and the others were washed off the boat more than 20
times only to be saved by the ropes tied around their wrists.
It was mainly the newspaper headline that gave God the credit. All the
survivor said was if it was God's will (he thought then) he might survive --
an understandable rationalization of a mentally overwhelming situation.
--
Freedom of thought entails no "Intellectual Property".
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| User: "JPG" |
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02 Jan 2004 04:55:50 AM |
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 11:42:45 +1000, "Clayton the Transitional Fossil
Wannabe" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKoptusnet.com.au> wrote:
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/01/1072908851763.html
God's will: three escape death at sea
By Michael Bradley
January 2, 2004
Heavenly deliverance . . . Derryl Huf (left), Aileen Huf and Wayne Draper
recovering yesterday. Photo: Nigel McNeil/Port Macquarie News
Derryl Huf had no grand plans for New Year's Eve. He wanted only to spend
time with loved ones and attend a service at Port Macquarie's Lutheran
church.
But when his fishing boat capsized shortly after 8am on Wednesday, Mr Huf
was faced with a battle for survival that would last well into the new year.
When Mr Huf, 62, his wife Aileen, 60, and their companion Wayne Draper,45,
set out from Port Macquarie at 6am, they told family and the coastal patrol
they would be home by 2pm.
Yet within two hours, the boat's anchor rope had been caught in the
propeller.
The boat capsized instantaneously, leaving the three with one life jacket,
no radio or phone, and the knowledge that no one was even going to notice
them missing for at least another six hours.
When they did not return as scheduled on Wednesday afternoon, a search
involving NSW Water Police and 12 aircraft began. But by this time the
current had swept the boat beyond the search area.
For more than 25 hours, the Hufs and Mr Draper clung to the upturned vessel
as a strong current swept them 130 kilometres down the NSW coast.
Mr Huf said that as many as eight ships - some as close as 150 metres -
crossed their path throughout their night at sea and another three or four
went past after sunrise without noticing the stranded crew. But shortly
after 9.30am on New Year's Day an oil tanker noticed them and they were
saved.
"Normally there are plenty of people out there fishing and we could have
expected to bump into a few of them on our trip south, but yesterday there
was absolutely nobody," Mr Huf said.
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we will,
and if it's not, well, that's it'.
"I don't think I spoke to the others hardly at all throughout the night, but
I spoke to my heavenly father very very often."
All three were recovering at home in Port Macquarie yesterday after being
cleared of serious injuries.
Mr Huf estimates he and the others were washed off the boat more than 20
times only to be saved by the ropes tied around their wrists.
You have to feel for the crew of the oil tanker, their sharp
observation and assessment was completely overlooked in favour of an
imaginary sky-spook.
JPG
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| User: "Daniel Kolle" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
02 Jan 2004 03:11:25 PM |
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 11:42:45 +1000, "Clayton the Transitional Fossil
Wannabe" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKoptusnet.com.au> wrote:
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/01/1072908851763.html
God's will: three escape death at sea
By Michael Bradley
January 2, 2004
Why the ***** do you care anyway, Clayton?
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| User: "Clayton the Transitional Fossil Wannabe" |
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02 Jan 2004 06:53:35 PM |
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"Daniel Kolle" <DKolle@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9jnbvvsvdt52rct4c62s1smms29elf4tls@4ax.com...
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 11:42:45 +1000, "Clayton the Transitional Fossil
Wannabe" <cjfat@SPAMBLOCKoptusnet.com.au> wrote:
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/01/1072908851763.html
God's will: three escape death at sea
By Michael Bradley
January 2, 2004
Why the ***** do you care anyway, Clayton?
Why the ***** do you care that I care, Daniel?
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| User: "Martin Crisp" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
03 Jan 2004 11:23:43 AM |
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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:42:45 +1100, Clayton the Transitional Fossil
Wannabe wrote
(in message <3ff4d031$0$18690$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>):
[snip bulk of news story]
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we will,
and if it's not, well, that's it'.
Obviously God was too busy saving them to worry about the two
people I knew that died in the NZ avalanche. :-(
What a *****.
[It is good they survived, though.]
Have Fun
Martin
--
aa #1792
Almost always SMASHed
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| User: "Clayton the Transitional Fossil Wannabe" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
03 Jan 2004 06:12:45 PM |
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"Martin Crisp" <Spam.Bucket@tesseract.com.au> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BC1D45CF01BFAF13F0284600@news.ozemail.com.au...
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:42:45 +1100, Clayton the Transitional Fossil
Wannabe wrote
(in message <3ff4d031$0$18690$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>):
[snip bulk of news story]
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we
will,
and if it's not, well, that's it'.
Obviously God was too busy saving them to worry about the two
people I knew that died in the NZ avalanche. :-(
What a *****.
Or do anything to save the 130+ people who died in that plane crash
yesterday.
[It is good they survived, though.]
Have Fun
Martin
--
aa #1792
Almost always SMASHed
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| User: "Martin Crisp" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
03 Jan 2004 07:21:08 PM |
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On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:12:45 +1100, Clayton the Transitional Fossil
Wannabe wrote
(in message <3ff75a99$0$18693$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>):
"Martin Crisp" <Spam.Bucket@tesseract.com.au> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BC1D45CF01BFAF13F0284600@news.ozemail.com.au...
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:42:45 +1100, Clayton the Transitional Fossil
Wannabe wrote
(in message <3ff4d031$0$18690$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>):
[snip bulk of news story]
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we
will,
and if it's not, well, that's it'.
Obviously God was too busy saving them to worry about the two
people I knew that died in the NZ avalanche. :-(
What a *****.
Or do anything to save the 130+ people who died in that plane crash
yesterday.
I haven't looked at the news in the last 24 or so.
(does now)
141 according to the AustBC
Or the 15 people in the Ethiopian church that collapsed. [& etc,
which is why I don't bother with the news much.]
Have Fun
Martin
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aa #1792
Almost always SMASHed
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
03 Jan 2004 09:05:58 PM |
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Martin Crisp <Spam.Bucket@tesseract.com.au> wrote in
news:0001HW.BC1DB5B401D9E897F0284600@news.ozemail.com.au:
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 11:12:45 +1100, Clayton the Transitional Fossil
Wannabe wrote
(in message <3ff75a99$0$18693$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>):
"Martin Crisp" <Spam.Bucket@tesseract.com.au> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BC1D45CF01BFAF13F0284600@news.ozemail.com.au...
On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:42:45 +1100, Clayton the Transitional Fossil
Wannabe wrote
(in message <3ff4d031$0$18690$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>):
[snip bulk of news story]
"I just kept on thinking, 'If it's God's will that we return, then we
will,
and if it's not, well, that's it'.
Obviously God was too busy saving them to worry about the two
people I knew that died in the NZ avalanche. :-(
What a *****.
Or do anything to save the 130+ people who died in that plane crash
yesterday.
I haven't looked at the news in the last 24 or so.
(does now)
141 according to the AustBC
Or the 15 people in the Ethiopian church that collapsed. [& etc,
which is why I don't bother with the news much.]
20,000+ in Iran. I'm pretty sure a mosque fell on or near _some_one?
--
Dr. Smartass
BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Dissent is not a right.
It is a RESPONSIBILITY.
--me.
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| User: "Martin Crisp" |
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| Title: Re: Another Lucky Twit Giving God Credit |
04 Jan 2004 06:29:57 PM |
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On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 14:05:58 +1100, Doc Smartass wrote
(in message <Xns9465D73E0FDE5askifyouwantit@216.77.188.18>):
Martin Crisp <Spam.Bucket@tesseract.com.au> wrote in
news:0001HW.BC1DB5B401D9E897F0284600@news.ozemail.com.au:
[snip]
Or the 15 people in the Ethiopian church that collapsed. [& etc,
which is why I don't bother with the news much.]
20,000+ in Iran. I'm pretty sure a mosque fell on or near _some_one?
Asking for trouble - living in a town called Bam. That Yahweh is
such a kidder.
Have Fun
Martin
--
aa #1792
Almost always SMASHed
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| User: "Doc Smartass" |
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05 Jan 2004 01:49:44 AM |
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Martin Crisp <Spam.Bucket@tesseract.com.au> wrote in
news:0001HW.BC1EFB35022632CFF0407600@news.ozemail.com.au:
On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 14:05:58 +1100, Doc Smartass wrote
(in message <Xns9465D73E0FDE5askifyouwantit@216.77.188.18>):
Martin Crisp <Spam.Bucket@tesseract.com.au> wrote in
news:0001HW.BC1DB5B401D9E897F0284600@news.ozemail.com.au:
[snip]
Or the 15 people in the Ethiopian church that collapsed. [& etc,
which is why I don't bother with the news much.]
20,000+ in Iran. I'm pretty sure a mosque fell on or near _some_one?
Asking for trouble - living in a town called Bam. That Yahweh is
such a kidder.
And his followers are afraid to laugh.
Hm. That's not their _only_ problem--but it's one of the biggies.
--
Dr. Smartass
BAAWA Knight of Heckling -- a.a. #1939
Dissent is not a right.
It is a RESPONSIBILITY.
--me.
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