Yes, Jack Ripper was the "precious bodily fluids" guy. Dan who does not want a "mine shaft gap"
On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:46 AM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > That's right - "Buck." Thanks. Who was Jack Ripper? Was that the Col. Nut > barricaded in his office? > > Wilt > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Penoff" <d...@penoff.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 11:36 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] buymbparts is dead drunk and rattling > > >> "Frying chickens in the barnyard!" >> >> George C. Scott was General "Buck" Turgidson. >> >> Dan "and sug - be sure to say your prayers." >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Sep 8, 2013, at 10:49 PM, "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> >>> Yes, I understand that; I'm afraid, though, that many think/thought that >>> a lot of that satire was depicting real life, or maybe, didn't "get" the >>> joke(s). Because I was living it for real every day (overall for nearly >>> fourteen years), it was a bit "hard on me" to know that some people >>> think/thought that was the way it really was. 'Don't mean to imply any >>> discredit to the movie - it was/is, after all, a MOVIE - entertainment - >>> not a completely accurate representation of the real flight and actions >>> that I lived daily. Isn't that the way of most any movie, play, etc., >>> for one who is intimately familiar with the "story" in real life? >>> >>> BTW, one of the best scenes for me was when George C. Scott (was it Gen. >>> Jack Ripper?) was enthusiastically telling the President how the bomber >>> could get right on down "REAL LOW," beneath the radar - stuff we >>> practiced on every training mission. >>> >>> I've enjoyed the movie several times, too. When I get a chance, I'll see >>> it again. >>> >>> Wilton >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com> >>> To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 9:50 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] buymbparts is dead drunk and rattling >>> >>> >>> Sheesh Wilton now you've done it. I wrote not one, not two but THREE >>> papers on that movie in college. >>> >>> No joke, I went to film school remember. I actually saw the movie in >>> class, I can't remember if it was Film History or something else. I did >>> write a paper on it for Film History, another was a technical dissection >>> for Lighting, I can't remember the third other than I did it, maybe >>> something on the use of black and white as an artistic decision... >>> >>> Anyway don't for one second thing any of the dialog in that movie was >>> written by accident. If its stilted its stilted on purpose... >>> >>> -Curt >>> >>> Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 18:49:16 -0400 >>> From: "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> >>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] buymbparts is dead drunk and rattling >>> Message-ID: <8F57E18D42004311AD58ADCEDC72B4D8@wiltonPC> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >>> reply-type=original >>> >>> Yep, Slim (T. J.) did mention the special items, didn't he? >>> >>> No such inventory would ever have occurred in flight on a real such >>> mission. >>> Example of writer trying to insert another joke. >>> >>> BTW, y'all do realize, don't you that most (almost ALL) of the stuff in >>> that >>> movie was BS from somebody's imagination. For example, pilot never read >>> any >>> checklist for bombing or its prep and sure as Hell wouldn't have gone >>> into >>> the bomb bay for ANYTHING - if anybody did, it would have been the >>> navigator >>> or radar-navigator/bombardier. All of the in flight dialog was very >>> stilted, imaginary BS - not like the real world at all. >>> >>> Wilton >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
