Mail Call!!!!

Why is the sky blue? Because it's sad.............

Published on October 29, 2005 By Spc Nobody Special In Humor

Due to a complete lack of creative ideas tonight, I present to you NBS mail call. Bring me your questions, I will have an answer. If it touches on me or my blog, great! If not, I'll do my best, but I reserve the right to bullshit you. Now what do you want to know?

Help me, help you. The doctor is in.

Comments (Page 1)

Janders

on Oct 29, 2005

How can I turn off the destruction mode in my puppy?

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 29, 2005

Lots of exercise, supervision, crate training, obedience training, and bitter apple spray (which works great, and is available at any pet store, I use it with my cats).

I already posted a link on your article to a site that will tell you more about how to deal with the problem.

Failing that find a pair of pliers, put down some newspaper...........

ParaTed2k

on Oct 29, 2005

Is it considered rude for Deaf people to talk with their hands full?

SSG Geezer

on Oct 29, 2005

What is the best sauce for small children?

pseudosoldier

on Oct 29, 2005

What is the best sauce for small children?

I'll take this one, in the form of a running cadence:
"Napalm sticks to kids."
And it's spicy.

My questions:
Should I make a grab at a BA in Liberal Arts from Excelsior, with a personal cost of $350, four classes ahead of me, and an almost-guarantee of getting it within a year, or trudge towards an Associate Degree that matches my current Associate, but for Computer Science instead of Arabic (and I wouldn't achieve it within a year)?

And:
Should I reenlist for an instructor position at Goodfellow Air Force Base for a three year assignment, potentially leaving behind my family, or not reenlist and be stuck here for another mission?

Good luck.

SSG Geezer

on Oct 29, 2005

Re-up and be my Neighbor....Neighbor.

bakerstreet

on Oct 30, 2005

Hoo-rah!!

No question really, I just wanted to do that...

greywar

on Oct 30, 2005

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 30, 2005

Is it considered rude for Deaf people to talk with their hands full?

No, although it is somewhat difficult for a mute.

What is the best sauce for small children?

Depends on how you cook them. Obviously having smaller sweet breads, the Hannibal recipe with fava beans and a nice chianti is out. I personally think that while napalm leads to overcooking, that with the meat resembling a suckling pig, it would be best to do a slow roast from the buttock, or perhaps prepared on a spit. Generally, use the same rules as for pork, but remember, "long pig" tends to be more fatty, so watch carefully to prevent smoking or burning.

If you use a spit, you might try a thick molasses and brown sugar barbecue. It's non-traditional, but should go well.

With a roast, or with chops, you might try this. Take a bit of pan scrapings, and saute with some onions or shallots and garlic in a tbsp of butter for about a minute. Add a cup of a sweet red wine, about the same in beef stock. Toss in salt and pepper to taste. Simmer down to about half a cup, then add another tbsp of butter to bind, and a couple of tablespoons of brandy. Pour directly over the meat while still warm.

For a wine, Shiraz would go well with it baked, but for roast I recommend Pinot Noir, especially the recent vintages of Kendall Jackson which are well priced, and have a nice, rich, almost nutty flavor. Bon apetit!

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 30, 2005

Should I make a grab at a BA in Liberal Arts from Excelsior, with a personal cost of $350, four classes ahead of me, and an almost-guarantee of getting it within a year, or trudge towards an Associate Degree that matches my current Associate, but for Computer Science instead of Arabic (and I wouldn't achieve it within a year)?

Tough call, but in interviewing, a BA generally trumps the associates. Either way though, you're competent, experienced, and should do well.

Should I reenlist for an instructor position at Goodfellow Air Force Base for a three year assignment, potentially leaving behind my family, or not reenlist and be stuck here for another mission?

If you're going to do the extra time anyways, I say go for Goodfellow, even if you have to take your family "on the economy." It's a nicer town than the Killeen area, and a better place for a family. (albeit way the hell away from anything.) Beware the Air Force Defac though, it's deadly.

Hoo-rah!!

Were (are you, since yes, once a marine.......) you a marine? Either way, hope you got some closure out of that. Here's a big Army Hoo-ah, and goodnight Chesty Puller, wherever you are.

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

The adage is a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck, IF a woodchuck could chuck wood.

HOWEVER!!! the woodchuck, also sometimes known as a whistlepig, is in fact an overgrown ground squirrel, part of the family Scuridae. (Marmota Monax) In fact, you may know him as the common groundhog.

The groundhog is a burrowing creature, and is probably getting ready for hibernation right now. It eats no wood, instead getting it's name from an algonquian name, wuchak. So unless you poke a stick or limb down it's hole, a woodchuck in fact would chuck no wood. And if you do, it'll probably take your damn hand off.

Next question?

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 30, 2005

WHY?

BECAUSE.

Tova7

on Oct 30, 2005

WHY?

Dr Guy

on Oct 30, 2005

If a man talks in the forest and no one is around to hear him, does his wife still say he is wrong?

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 30, 2005

If a man talks in the forest and no one is around to hear him, does his wife still say he is wrong?

Possibly, but more likely she is preparing a dose of thorazine and a butterfly net.

Dr Guy

on Oct 30, 2005

Possibly, but more likely she is preparing a dose of thorazine and a butterfly net.

Ok, Question #2:

If you are watching your Favorite Raiders (who just won), and she asks what inning is it, do you:

A: Brain her!

B: kiss her and tell her it is the third

C; Tell her brother who is also a Raiders fan?

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