You bunch of nattering Nancys ... Bees... I'll handle the bees next time. Bring 'em on, I say!
And I'd like to know by what criteria Hambone counts the Emu Attack Response as a "failure." Heck, I submit that it was among the ODSS' finest moments! There we were, the ODSS parking sub-committee (part of the overall ODSS Beer Drinking Caucus), calmly and semi-alertly manning our posts (whilst other ODSS members were SCREWING OFF in an Unauthorized Absence status, I might add...) when all of a suddent, we were inundated by arriving diesel trucks and trailers, passers by, gawkers, heavy Maury River Road traffic, poison ivy vines and a spousal phone call. And at the very crescendo of said action, the Emu launches it's sudden, vicious and predatory attack -- singling out Billy for it's cold, calculating assault (or it might have been love ...)...
When the dust settled:
1. All arriving vehicles were safely and quickly marshalled, unloaded and parked;
2. All traffic was safely and efficiently ... (well, safely, anyway ) routed;
3. No injuries or property damage sustained
4. Emu threat was effectively neutralized and Emu dispatched upon it's way with no harm either to itself or to Billy's ... um .. manhood;
5. And, Spousal phonecon resolved with associated marriage intact.
At NO point, was POTODSS ever directly threatened by the Emu.
So how can you call it a failure??? I think, rather than ONCE AGAIN suffer your slings and arrows, Billy and I should be lauded and commended for our quick thinking, prompt response, courteous (to both man and emu) service and general savois faire/sang froid in dealing with said event.
Personally, I think HB is trying to divert our attentions away from *HIS* unsuccessful assasination attempt on POTODSS ... Billy, you saw the snake first, right? And where was HB?? Upstream or between you and the snake? Upstream, right? I think he was trying to herd you into the path of his reptilian partner ...
Oh (relights cigar) just one more thing ... Mr. Hambone -- you weren't even there for the Emu attack, yet you seem to know alot about it ... In cahoots with the emu, TOO????
Wow ... Maybe POTODSS wasn't the intended target of the submarine gas attack ... maybe he only got in the way ... Maybe ... Billy ... was ... his ... target!!!!!!
Harrumph!
