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Tuesday, January 04, 2005

I'm A Very Bad Person

I was perusing today's headlines when I saw this on CNN:

The main airport at Indonesia's Sumatra island has reopened after an accident that dealt a blow to efforts to deliver aid to the region worst affected by the tsunami disaster. The crucial airstrip in Banda Aceh -- the province's only runway -- was closed after an aircraft carrying relief supplies hit a water buffalo on the runway.

I'm sorry, but there's something inherently wrong with me because my first thought was about the movie Fletch:

[to Gail Stanwyck, who answers the door wearing a towel]
Fletch: Can I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo.

I'm going to Hell, aren't I?  If I give more money to AFSC maybe I'll be forgiven for my wrong thinking.

ntodd

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This morning, NPR was reporting it was a cow that was struck.

They said the aircraft remained immobile on the runway for several hours.

My first thought? "I bet the cow was immobile on the runway too."

Posted by: Quaker in a Basement | Jan 4, 2005 12:50:04 PM

...my first thought is that it was a "water buffalo" tank-trailer to move water.

Posted by: Darryl Pearce | Jan 4, 2005 5:52:01 PM

Well, if you're going to hell, the rest of us are, too:(

Posted by: oldwhitelady | Jan 4, 2005 10:01:07 PM

Actually, NTodd is too good to go to hell. He has to actually DO bad stuff rather than just think it...or do I have it backwards?

And what is so wrong about water buffalos, funny guys, nude women, and towels? (Not necessarily in that order.)

....ok. I'm going to hell. Bringing chips and salsa.

Posted by: ellroon | Jan 4, 2005 10:55:47 PM

I do Civil War reenacting. We portray the men that came from Tunbridge, Vermont.

When I'm called a "damned Yankee" I respond with "Then I'll be proud to have Old Scratch as a neighbor."

Posted by: Darryl Pearce | Jan 4, 2005 11:12:41 PM

It was funny listening to an American military officer talking about it on the BBC World Service. I had a feeling that he just wanted to take a torch to the aircraft to clear the runway, as would happen on an aircraft carrier or a military runway.

We should send an "instant airport" kit with some military engineers. A Seabee or REDHORSE outfit could have a second runway up in a day that would handle C-130s.

Posted by: Bryan | Jan 4, 2005 11:19:06 PM

I guess whoever gets there first needs to save the rest of us a seat.

Posted by: NTodd | Jan 5, 2005 5:53:57 PM

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