Comments on: Up the Line https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/#comment-15395 bowser Mon, 28 May 2012 09:10:09 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15424#comment-15395 Damn. Just when I gave him one bloody great send-off! Damn. Just when I gave him one bloody great send-off!

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/#comment-15383 TB Mon, 28 May 2012 01:10:04 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15424#comment-15383 He popped in on Friday. Whoever he's working for, I hope he's charging them plenty. He popped in on Friday.

Whoever he’s working for, I hope he’s charging them plenty.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/#comment-15381 bowser Mon, 28 May 2012 00:54:43 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15424#comment-15381 Well, I'll bet he gave them a go, he made it cost them, the bastards. There's no more like him, not now, the younger blokes just don't have that spirit, that courage, that drive to take it to them no matter the cost. And now he's lost. No one can claim him, recognize him, he just disappears into that anonymous role of honor upon which this countries freedom rests. He joins a lot of them, all anonymous, all brave, all dead as dead can get, all of them. It's too bad really. We have to send out the best, and the best get it. I would have gone, but I'm not the best, you know? Would have done no good. I'd give anything to be on that anonymous list of fierce protectors of liberty, but I'm not fierce, I'm not a protector, certainly not like that man who is anonymous and must go unrecognized. I hope the mission was accomplished before they got him. It would be the first in a long, long time. Well, I’ll bet he gave them a go, he made it cost them, the bastards. There’s no more like him, not now, the younger blokes just don’t have that spirit, that courage, that drive to take it to them no matter the cost.

And now he’s lost. No one can claim him, recognize him, he just disappears into that anonymous role of honor upon which this countries freedom rests. He joins a lot of them, all anonymous, all brave, all dead as dead can get, all of them.

It’s too bad really. We have to send out the best, and the best get it. I would have gone, but I’m not the best, you know? Would have done no good. I’d give anything to be on that anonymous list of fierce protectors of liberty, but I’m not fierce, I’m not a protector, certainly not like that man who is anonymous and must go unrecognized.

I hope the mission was accomplished before they got him. It would be the first in a long, long time.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/#comment-15327 Jody Sat, 26 May 2012 02:02:43 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15424#comment-15327 Okay ER...out with it...you are being asked to run for President of the United States of Amurka.... Okay ER…out with it…you are being asked to run for President of the United States of Amurka….

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/#comment-15248 RobVG Tue, 22 May 2012 23:02:28 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15424#comment-15248 At least we know where you're going this time... ;) At least we know where you’re going this time… ;)

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/#comment-15247 podrock Tue, 22 May 2012 22:57:26 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15424#comment-15247 Called out of retirement, huh? Not by an albino, I hope. Called out of retirement, huh? Not by an albino, I hope.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/#comment-15245 TB Tue, 22 May 2012 19:19:53 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15424#comment-15245 <p>Take it easy! Hopefully, it's not the Navy. :)</p> Make 'em pay through the nose. Take it easy! Hopefully, it’s not the Navy. :)

Make ‘em pay through the nose.

]]> By: bowser https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/#comment-15242 bowser Tue, 22 May 2012 18:52:46 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15424#comment-15242 Then you have to listen to fair maiden cry when you get there, cry as she explains the problem, cry as you solve the problem, and cry when you leave. Now if she's going to cry anyway, you may as well not sober up and just keep going. However, there's no movie in that and it doesn't pay well. Have fun, anyway, and watch out for the fair maiden. She won't respect you in the morning. Then you have to listen to fair maiden cry when you get there, cry as she explains the problem, cry as you solve the problem, and cry when you leave.

Now if she’s going to cry anyway, you may as well not sober up and just keep going.

However, there’s no movie in that and it doesn’t pay well. Have fun, anyway, and watch out for the fair maiden. She won’t respect you in the morning.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2012/05/22/up-the-line/#comment-15241 Jody Tue, 22 May 2012 17:54:15 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=15424#comment-15241 Destry rides again. Destry rides again.

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