--- In [email protected], "Joe" <geezerfr...@...> wrote:
> Curtis, Willy's having a bad day obviously. Besides, his name was not on the > approved list of TM Teachers when I was at Rishikesh so I don't know why he's > feeling all high and mighty today. > > Go figure. There is always a surreal element to these exchanges! I think the guy just HAPPENED to shoot a tiger in the head, real accidental like. Saving the day like a British trophy hunter out of the old Raj before popping into the club and downing a very dry Sapphire gin martini handed to him by a Jaipur panted Indian wearing white gloves and avoiding any eye contact. I'm just glad he happened to have a gun with him, and know how to shoot it instantly, and was a crack shot by the support of nature. I love tigers. Shooting them from on top of elephants is such a dick move. > > > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "WillyTex" <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Who said they were going on a 'tiger hunt'... > > > > > > > > Curtis: > > > > Me. > > > > > > > Even if it's against the law to shoot tigers in > > > a public park? You're not making any sense, Curtis. > > > > Then you have not been to India and this was when? 40 years ago? You know > > what made money in parks before eco tourism? Hunting. > > > > > > > > > I think the least likely guy to be given a gun > > > > would be the new guy from another country unless > > > > it was a tiger hunt. > > > > > > > Who said Rick Cooke was 'given' a gun? > > > > Oh I see thy just had a pile on the back of all the elephants. > > > > > > > > > If it was the kind of trip you and she are > > > > painting, the guy with the gun would be a ranger, > > > > not a guest yahoo from the states with no > > > > training. > > > > > > > Who said Rick Cooke had no training? > > > > > > Apparently Rick Cooke is a crack shot. He killed > > > the tiger with a single shot and saved the guide's > > > life. > > > > That was my point. He was a hunter not a guy with no shooting experience. > > > > But that's not the reason they went to the > > > park. > > > > I see why the claims of yogis appeal to you so much. > > > > > > But it's obvious why John Lennon wrote the > > > silly song - he's prejudiced against Angle-Saxons! > > > > Very Richard. > > > > > > > > What John Lennon was probably mad at is that > > > Nancy wouldn't let him do drugs at a yoga camp. > > > > > > John Lennon was like that - a total hypocrite and > > > stoned out hippie. His wife at the time, Cynthia, > > > had a lot to say about that! > > > > I read her book. More sympathetic to Maharishi than some other accounts. > > She seemed like a nice person. > > > > > > > > > What they did have was a wad of rupees > > > > > > > Who said they had a 'wad of rupees'? > > > > Me again. That is what changes hands before a tiger gets shot. > > > > > > > > But, even if they did, at least they didn't stiff > > > the taxi driver like Lennon did when he got kicked > > > out! > > > > The Beatles getting kicked out doesn't square with the majority of accounts > > or Maharishi's desire to use other people's fame for self promotion. > > > > > > > > > for the Tiger Shoot Special. > > > > > > > There are probably millions of tourists that go > > > on elephant rides in Indian wildlife preserves > > > - none of them go on 'Tiger Shoot Specials' in > > > Corbet Park. You're making stuff up, obviously. > > > > I'm pretty sure neither of us know about what the rules were that long ago. > > But of course I could be wrong, I often am. I just didn't buy her story. > > > > > > > > National Geographic photographers don't usually > > > go on 'tiger hunts', Curtis. But they do often > > > take shots of all kinds of wild animals with > > > cameras. > > > > And they never end up with a dead tiger at the end and a guilty conscience > > they have to discuss with a Maharishis do they? > > > > Cut the bullshit - stick to music, > > > > OK > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxgK9Hj6Mas > > > > > > or > > > at least read the book. > > > > I would love to but it is too much for a used one on Amazon. > > > Curtis, Willy's having a bad day obviously. Besides, his name was not on the > approved list of TM Teachers when I was at Rishikesh so I don't know why he's > feeling all high and mighty today. > > Go figure. >
