Snipe hunting is fun! I used to do it all the time with the foreign exchange students. We'd all be digging through the grass in the dark. The word "Snipe" didn't translate into any of their dictionaries so we could get away with exploiting the urban legend. Now over here there is rumored to be a talking lizard at the insurance place and a talking dog looking for the lizard at the Mexican restaurant.
Iron Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Paul Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [RR] Headline - Police hunt 'dinosaur' in PNG > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > At 14:23 12-03-04, Mike Burke wrote: > ... > >I hope he is not purple and sings songs. > > I think it was much scarier than the walking puppet suit on TV. Barney > the dinosaur doesn't eat people's dogs, as far as I know. > > >We have been trying to organize a posse around here to round those > >varmints > >up too! We have a name for them around here though, they call it > >"Barney" > >In Ireland they call it "Blarney" but that's another story. Now > >They have had a little trouble finding Bigfoot (I know some Ranger > >Commanders who fit his criteria) And they can't seem to find "Champ" > >in Lake > >Champlain or "Nessie" in Loch Ness or "Chessie" in the Chesapeake > >Bay... > > When I was in Boy Scouts, we often tried to get people to go on snipe > hunts. Only when my sons were in Royal Rangers did we actually find a > snipe. There is a real kind of bird called a snipe, and you can find a > stuffed one at the museum in Rocky Mountain National Park, and also at > the Denver Museum of Natural History. Both are good places to take > boys for an outing. In the Denver Museum of Natural History, there are > some reconstructions (from dead bones) of dinosaurs, and in a museum > near the Fruita entrance to Colorado National Monument, there are some > animated moving dinosaurs. There are also some active dinosaur bone > digs in Colorado. The only place in the world where I have heard > possibly credible rumors of live dinosaurs living still has been in > the sighting alleged in the news article I quoted in East New Britain, > and on the other side of the island I'm living on, New Guinea. I feel > like I'm living in a time warp. I know guys who make stone tools and > such, but now prefer steel bush knives and axes. Now there is talk of > dinosaurs not all that far from here. > > Life with God is an adventure! > > >> Police hunt 'dinosaur' in PNG > >> > >> March 12, 2004 - 12:38PM > >> > >> URL: > >> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/12/1078594545648.html > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) > Comment: http://eBible.org/mpj/gpg.htm > > iD8DBQFAUUn+RI/gxxfXR7sRAummAKDO1kJ3QuDlhW+NtL06T/WjneDnswCeNXOA > CXqoQCbxVPZkyqVbaLM6Fnc= > =SeIX > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______ > > > List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm > > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm > > _______ List host: http://eBible.org/mpj/ List info: http://eBible.org/rangernet/faq.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://eBible.org/subscribe.htm
