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Title: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Ultra on December 17, 2006, 07:21:50 AM
One man attended  West Point and become the only cadet to graduate without receiving a single demerit.

Only one man has done it.

1.

Name him.
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 17, 2006, 08:01:14 AM
Douglas MacArthur.
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Ultra on December 17, 2006, 08:01:47 AM
Douglas MacArthur.

Incorrect.
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 17, 2006, 08:12:02 AM
Fie!    :ranton:
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Rich on December 17, 2006, 08:23:31 AM
Douglas MacArthur.

Incorrect.

MacArthur Douglas?
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 17, 2006, 09:10:48 AM
Arthur MacArthur.   :)
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 17, 2006, 10:41:27 AM
Robert E. Lee
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Ultra on December 17, 2006, 01:57:23 PM
Robert E. Lee

That is correct!!!!
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 17, 2006, 02:04:59 PM
Wait a minute. Aren't the head honchos excluded from these contests?  What about us reglar folks?  Fix!  Fix! Fix!     >:(
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Ultra on December 17, 2006, 02:07:48 PM
Wait a minute. Aren't the head honchos excluded from these contests? 

This gentle reminder is intended to encourage you to keep in mind that around here, YOU are one of the head honchos.

 :P
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 17, 2006, 07:44:53 PM
Oh, no. You're not dragging me down with THAT bromide.  I am an interloper, albeit a willing one. We all know who the REAL powers are here.  Even though we pay no undue respect to the men behind the curtain!    :D
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Ultra on December 17, 2006, 07:53:25 PM
Oh, no. You're not dragging me down with THAT bromide.  I am an interloper, albeit a willing one. We all know who the REAL powers are here.  Even though we pay no undue respect to the men behind the curtain!    :D

Power = The willingness to use it.

 :P
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Rich on December 17, 2006, 09:58:01 PM
Oh, no. You're not dragging me down with THAT bromide.  I am an interloper, albeit a willing one. We all know who the REAL powers are here.  Even though we pay no undue respect to the men behind the curtain!    :D

Power = The willingness to use it.

 :P

....it loses something in the translation when accompanied by the Sarcasm avatar.... :lmao:
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Ultra on December 17, 2006, 10:01:12 PM
Oh, no. You're not dragging me down with THAT bromide.  I am an interloper, albeit a willing one. We all know who the REAL powers are here.  Even though we pay no undue respect to the men behind the curtain!    :D

Power = The willingness to use it.

 :P

....it loses something in the translation when accompanied by the Sarcasm avatar.... :lmao:

 :D
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Rich on December 17, 2006, 10:03:22 PM
Oh, no. You're not dragging me down with THAT bromide.  I am an interloper, albeit a willing one. We all know who the REAL powers are here.  Even though we pay no undue respect to the men behind the curtain!    :D

Power = The willingness to use it.

 :P

....it loses something in the translation when accompanied by the Sarcasm avatar.... :lmao:

 :D

Who IS the real power here?
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Ultra on December 17, 2006, 10:07:52 PM

Who IS the real power here?

No.!

Oh my God, it can't be!!!

Anarchy rules!  :o
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Rich on December 17, 2006, 10:11:25 PM

Who IS the real power here?

No.!

Oh my God, it can't be!!!

Anarchy rules!  :o

That's a moron, right oxy?
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Ultra on December 17, 2006, 10:12:55 PM
That's a moron, right oxy?

Are you implying I should be seeing a dermatologist?
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Rich on December 17, 2006, 10:18:01 PM
Of course not; you should see a psychologist.

That'll be........
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 18, 2006, 06:58:25 AM
Rich, do you clip your fingernails during consultations?  My shrink used to clip his nails and say "uh huh" a lot. I always wondered if that was characteristic of the breed - like red hair on Irish Setters and such.  My daughter used to call them Irish Shedders when she was  a tyke.  Hmmm...maybe she was right!  But I digress....... :nana:
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Rich on December 18, 2006, 07:36:20 AM
Rich, do you clip your fingernails during consultations?  My shrink used to clip his nails and say "uh huh" a lot. I always wondered if that was characteristic of the breed - like red hair on Irish Setters and such.  My daughter used to call them Irish Shedders when she was  a tyke.  Hmmm...maybe she was right!  But I digress....... :nana:

I find it much more useful to clip my toenails, and engage in other forms of personal grooming (e.g., candling ear wax, trimming nose hair, etc.) to give your client that feeling of "intimacy" that he/she so desires in a shrink.
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 18, 2006, 07:55:21 AM
With such warmth and concern for your patients, it is no wonder you have such a large client base. Are you into double digits yet?     :lmao:
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Rich on December 18, 2006, 07:59:45 AM
Uh Huh.

I made over $27 just last week.
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 18, 2006, 08:25:21 AM
That's FANTASTIC!  Your folks must be very proud!    :lmao:

Now, here's a question:

What is the name of the musician who created Alvin & The Chipmunks? (He is the voice your hear on that song).   
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Tifosi on December 18, 2006, 09:26:44 AM
Ross Bagdasarian.



Dan
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 18, 2006, 09:31:11 AM
You really ARE an old bastard!    ;D

Exactly so, Dan.    :applause:
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Rich on December 18, 2006, 10:02:51 AM
You really ARE an old bastard!    ;D

Exactly so, Dan.    :applause:

WOW.  Now I'm really wondering who David Seville is, and why he was occupying one of my ever-more scarce neural pathways.....
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: MG on December 18, 2006, 10:57:57 AM
David Seville is Ross Bagdasarian's nom de chante.
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Tifosi on December 18, 2006, 07:56:06 PM
You really ARE an old bastard!    ;D

And durn proud of it!

Exactly so, Dan.    :applause:

Thank you vurrry much, thank you...


Dan
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 19, 2006, 02:45:35 AM
Ross Bagdasarian was the person in question. David Seville didn't exist; he was his cartoon and record doppelganger.
Title: Re: A Non-Automotive puzzle
Post by: Tifosi on December 19, 2006, 09:19:18 AM
Ross Bagdasarian was the cousin of William Saroyan, the author; together, they wrote C'mon -A My House, which was Rosemary Clooney's greatest hit.  Bagdasarian took the name Seville from where he was stationed in the military.  Alvin, Simon and Theodore were all the first names of producers and technicians he had worked with.

The idea for the Chipmunk Song came from his son, asking when would Christmas come again...in July!

There's a lot of info like this at www.imdb.com...just type in the name at the top.



Dan