Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry

Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry

I'M OFF.
This blog is continued at Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry. If you want to find me, that is where I will be.

Toodle pip.

LETTER OF THE WEEK.
There have been NO letters this week.

URGENT!
Please send 300 kilos of white mice. No time to explain.

VIOLENT BRITAIN
The British-controlled sectors of Iraq are quieter than the rest country. British soldiers have been less confrontational than the Americans, and haven’t antagonized the locals to anything like the same extent:

"British rules of engagement only allow troops to open fire when attacked, using the minimum force necessary and only at identified targets… The British response in Iraq has been much softer [than the Americans']. During and after the war the British set about trying to win the confidence of the local population." (From The Daily Telegraph).

And yet when you meet British soldiers in Britain itself they are very far from non-confrontational, always smashing up bars and hitting people. They keep the peace in Basra and Kosovo, but they breach the peace in Colchester. A paradox.

Unprovoked attack… assault… completely unprovoked… felt a blow… swollen nose…etc.

Woman bites soldier. Soldier hits woman with bottle. Tells the court he did not realize he was holding a bottle. (Christ, what a country!)

Navy towns are apparently even worse.


Off-duty squaddies enjoying a night out in Henley.

KILLER FACT!
Switzerland is a net importer of cuckoo clocks.

SHOULD FALLUJAH BE REDUCED TO CHARRED ASHES?
A thoughtful letter in the Post-Gazette:

"The entire city of Fallujah should be firebombed from the air, just as we did with Dresden. Many people died. It was war. So is what we are engaged in now. That whole city, and every man, woman, and child in it, should be reduced to nothing but charred ashes.

A message needs to be sent to those who would commit such actions as the terrorists in Fallujah did. The only reason they continue to do so is because they can. "Let the punishment fit the crime" is an old saying that in many cases falls short. The punishment should be more severe than the crime, if possible, so as to act as a deterrent to future crime."

Polls show that only 0.9% of Americans would support the Dresden-style firebombing of Fallujah. And yet 0.9% of the American population is equivalent to the population of Kansas.

WHAT GIVES GEORGE BUSH THE RIGHT TO SINGLE OUT KANSAS IN THIS WAY?

KILLER FACT!
Napoleon was afraid of cats.

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SWARMING BY IN THEIR TENS
Off to a fine start over here. Only two days old and already people are swarming by in their tens.
I'm off to Taiwan tomorrow, not having anything more pressing to do.
I'll be back on Tuesday, if I don't get picked off.

HOWARD STERN
Normally I find Howard Stern about as funny as Dengue fever. But this was amusing.

KILLER FACT!
Vietnam is the world's largest exporter of pepper.

IRAQ
The latest news from Iraq has me pissing into my trousers with fear.
On the other hand, I've just bought a blender for making fruit juices, so life is pretty good.

It's all a question of perspective.
Il faut cultiver notre jardin, as the Irish say.

SHOULD FOXES HAVE THE VOTE?
Thoughts on the current crisis.

The way I see it is this. Everyone is human. Some people drink tea. Others prefer coffee. But that is no reason to go to war. War is such a, like, waste. But at least it gets you out in the open air, like hunting. Hunting, too, is a waste. Of foxes! But at least it gets you out in the fresh air. Like war!

War, war is stupid,
And foxes are stupid,
And hunting is such a, like, waste,
Of foxes.

But at least it gets you out in the fresh air. Did you realise that these days you are more likely to die in a car crash than be eaten by a fox? Kind of puts it in perspective, doesn't it? But if I was on my own in a dark house and a tribe of foxes smashed down the door to eat my family, I would shoot first, sir, and ask questions later. And damn the do-gooders to whom foxes are more important than a human life.

Sir,
The threat posed to human life by foxes is minimal. These days you are more likely to be crapped on by a parrot than you are to be eaten by a fox. Kind of puts it into perspective, doesn't it?
But if I were on my own in a lonely place and a tribe of slavering foxes came to bite my family and eat my chickens I would shoot first, and ask questions later. And d___ and f___ the communists to whom foxes are more important than the family unit and happy chickens. They are swine sir, they are swine.

I am not very good with words, but I suppose what I am trying to say here is that you can't have family values and foxes. There is a trade-off. So what's it going to be, Mr Blair? Foxes, or your delightful family unit?

Everyone is human, even communists and foxes. But will there still be wars in the future? Let us pray.

PLAN
I have a plan...

More later.