Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

The Great Escape

One of the last survivors of the Great Escape, Jack Harrison, has died. He was 97.

His job during the digging of the tunnels was to help dispose of the sand. That was very difficult, as the topsoil was grey dirt and the subsoil was yellow sand. The Germans chose the site for Stalag Luft III because sand is very hard to tunnel through without cave-ins and because the sand would be very hard to dispose of.

To the prisoners, their war was not over. While getting out of German-controlled territory was the ultimate goal, escaping of itself was thought by the prisoners to confound the Germans and that was enough.

An interactive look at the tunnel Harry.

The Great Escape, the book

(The movie on You Tube)

The Great Escape movie.

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