1/22: Congoans carrying gas

Undertoad · 01-22-2002, 10:39 AM

Take several people like this, looting gasoline by siphoning it into big drums. Take a still-hot lava flow right in the middle of it all. See that the siphoning creates a lot of gasoline fumes, which are flammable. When the fumes hit the lava, burst into flames, and carry those flames back to the siphoning operation.... BOOM. And that's how the people in the Congo were killed yesterday, at a gas station, trying to recover whatever they could from wherever they could.

Don't carry drums of gas over hot lava flows. What happens if one of these guys falls over?

01-22-2002, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Undertoad
What happens if one of these guys falls over?

Fall down go boom.

Nic Name · 01-22-2002, 01:46 PM

That would be Congolese (singular and plural) according to the CIA.

Griff · 01-22-2002, 02:06 PM

And Warren Zevon.

01-22-2002, 02:25 PM

Werewolves of the Congo?

Nic Name · 01-22-2002, 02:36 PM

Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner

In '66 and '7 they fought the Congo war;

With their fingers on their triggers: knee deep in gore.

For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees.

They killed to earn their living - and to help out the Congolese.

- Warren Zevon

Good one, Griff!

Joe · 01-22-2002, 03:17 PM

The guy with the red and yellow drum has a look on his face like "I'm am SO never doing this again..."

Griff · 01-22-2002, 03:23 PM

Heh heh many thanks, Nothing gets by you people. My brother told me he got to social studies class 5 minutes early one day and felt compelled to transcribe Lawyers, Guns, and Money on the blackboard. His teacher walked in looked at it for a long while shook her head and left it there. "I went home with a waitress, the way I always do, how was I to know, she was with the Russians too." Love that line.

Nic Name · 01-22-2002, 03:57 PM

IMPROVISED FROM LYRICS BY: Warren Zevon
TITLE: Lawyers, Guns and Money

I went home with Muslim students
The way I always do
How was I to know
They were the Taliban, too

I was studying in Yemen
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me out of this, ha

I'm the innocent bystander
But somehow I got stuck
Between a rock and a hard place
And I'm down on my luck
Yes, I'm down on my luck
Well, I'm down on my luck

Now I'm fighting in Afghanistan
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan

Send lawyers, guns and money {4X}

Torrere · 01-22-2002, 05:19 PM

When I got on this computer, the monitor contrast was turned WAY down. Also the bandwidth is horrible and I was able to read the first few comments.

So I construed this image way differently. I thought a couple of people were carrying drums of oil across a rickety old bridge, with dark rock on both sides. I could see the guy carrying the green drum, but not the guy carrying the red and yellow one, so I assumed it was being carried lengthwise by two different people and they were crossing the bridge.

Go figure. I didn't realize my error until I saw the comment about the face of the guy carrying and red and yellow drum.

Griff · 01-23-2002, 07:07 AM

There is no way those drums are full, so think about how unstable they are. Gas sloshing around, walking in sandals over abrasive volcanic rock, the bungs may or may not be sealed very well so you've got gas seeping down your head and back fumes everywhere its amazing anyone succeeded long enough to get their picture taken. desperate...

01-22-2002, 10:39 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/22: Congoans carrying gas Take several people like this, looting gasoline by siphoning it into big drums. Take a still-hot lava flow right in the middle of it all. See that the siphoning creates a lot of gasoline fumes, which are flammable. When the fumes hit the lava, burst into flames, and carry those flames back to the siphoning operation.... BOOM. And that's how the people in the Congo were killed yesterday, at a gas station, trying to recover whatever they could from wherever they could. Don't carry drums of gas over hot lava flows. What happens if one of these guys falls over?

01-22-2002, 02:36 PM	#6
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner In '66 and '7 they fought the Congo war; With their fingers on their triggers: knee deep in gore. For days and nights they battled the Bantu to their knees. They killed to earn their living - and to help out the Congolese. - Warren Zevon Good one, Griff! Last edited by Nic Name; 01-22-2002 at 02:42 PM.

01-22-2002, 03:17 PM	#7
Joe Master of the Domain Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: AZ Posts: 221	These people thought carrying drums of gasoline over hot lava was a GOOD IDEA??? The guy with the red and yellow drum has a look on his face like "I'm am SO never doing this again..."

01-22-2002, 03:57 PM	#9
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Ballad of Johnnie Walker ... IMPROVISED FROM LYRICS BY: Warren Zevon TITLE: Lawyers, Guns and Money I went home with Muslim students The way I always do How was I to know They were the Taliban, too I was studying in Yemen I took a little risk Send lawyers, guns and money Dad, get me out of this, ha I'm the innocent bystander But somehow I got stuck Between a rock and a hard place And I'm down on my luck Yes, I'm down on my luck Well, I'm down on my luck Now I'm fighting in Afghanistan I'm a desperate man Send lawyers, guns and money The shit has hit the fan Send lawyers, guns and money {4X} Last edited by Nic Name; 01-22-2002 at 05:38 PM.

01-22-2002, 05:19 PM	#10
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	How you perceive things When I got on this computer, the monitor contrast was turned WAY down. Also the bandwidth is horrible and I was able to read the first few comments. So I construed this image way differently. I thought a couple of people were carrying drums of oil across a rickety old bridge, with dark rock on both sides. I could see the guy carrying the green drum, but not the guy carrying the red and yellow one, so I assumed it was being carried lengthwise by two different people and they were crossing the bridge. Go figure. I didn't realize my error until I saw the comment about the face of the guy carrying and red and yellow drum.

01-22-2002, 01:46 PM	#3
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	That would be Congolese (singular and plural) according to the CIA.

01-22-2002, 02:06 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	And Warren Zevon.

01-22-2002, 02:25 PM	#5
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Werewolves of the Congo?

01-22-2002, 03:23 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Heh heh many thanks, Nothing gets by you people. My brother told me he got to social studies class 5 minutes early one day and felt compelled to transcribe Lawyers, Guns, and Money on the blackboard. His teacher walked in looked at it for a long while shook her head and left it there. "I went home with a waitress, the way I always do, how was I to know, she was with the Russians too." Love that line.

01-23-2002, 07:07 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	There is no way those drums are full, so think about how unstable they are. Gas sloshing around, walking in sandals over abrasive volcanic rock, the bungs may or may not be sealed very well so you've got gas seeping down your head and back fumes everywhere its amazing anyone succeeded long enough to get their picture taken. desperate...

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