From: Paul A. Thomas (bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com)
Date: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 21:36:03 PDT
Sarge, you're a bad, bad person.
No TP for a week.
and no, i don't really want to know who invented TP.
Probably had something to do with broad leafed cactus of some kind.
ow
I mean *** OWW!!! ***
<g>
At 06:58 PM 10/7/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>I think Oscar Wilde can explain why Sarge tells stories....
>"The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the
>aim of conversation, and is a far more civilised being than the blockhead
>who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the
>amusement of the company."
>
>I confess that the story was not the truth, but it was amusing (until now)
>-Sarge
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim" <jehill@cabinetdoors.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 3:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [MV] Sarge's story time
>
>
> > Hi All;
> > Here is a link to an article which casts a little doubt on the old Otto
> > Titzling story (seems to be , and adds some comments on the Crapper story.
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/business/origins/bra.htm
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>quoted from Snopes website
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > "It's a great story, but there's no truth to it. The madness began with a
> > 1971 book by Wallace Reyburn titled Bust-Up: The Uplifting Tale of Otto
> > Titzling and the Development of the Bra. Like his 1972 send-up, The
>Inferior
> > Sex: A Treatise on the Inferiority of Women, Bust-Up was a work of
>satire."
> >
> > Bette Midler sings about Otto Titzling and his wonderful invention in the
> > 1988 movie Beaches, and on her 1986 album, "Mud Will Be Flung Tonight."
> > Also, a Trivial Pursuit game card incorrectly gives the inventor of the
>bra
> > as Otto Titzling.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
>
>
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