Re: Naval Promotion Announcement
- To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: Re: Naval Promotion Announcement
- From: "* M* <p*@pris.bc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 12:28:38 -0800
Hi Gus,
Say has anyone given thought to using our "cull" pumpkins as splatter bombs?
Why we should have a great surplus, to back up the zuchini torpedos. Just a
thought.
Granny Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Gus Saunders <farmrgus@magi.com>
To: mjives@mercury.kosone.com <mjives@mercury.kosone.com>
Cc: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Sunday, January 04, 1998 8:17 AM
Subject: Naval Promotion Announcement
>Jim:
>
>Farmer Gus and Joan are up to their collective asses in alligators working
>on the January newsletter and do not have time to ward off the verbal
>activity from the warlike diplomatic corps of the US growers based in
>Connecticut.
>
>You are hereby promoted to Captain of the Wellington Warriors and Admiral
>of the Lake Ontario Fleet. Do what you will to keep them at bay!
>
>We will win even though the main naval battle will probably be fought in
>their urban pond in what they call "The Big Apple".
>
>They are trying to get Don Langevin involved actively as a participant in
>the final battle. You may be able to "reach" him. He is vulnerable. (He
>sells a lot of books in Canada and his great-grandfather was Canadian
>born).
>
>Their main provocateur, Wayne Hackney, is a very worthy adversary. Wayne's
>grandmother was a Saunders and the Saunders clan as we know is of very high
>intellect, charismatic, charming, etc. etc. True leaders! It is possible
>that the environment he was raised in may have diluted some of these very
>positive clan traits.
>
>Don't worry about Western Ontario. Harry Willemse and Pete Geerts in
>Sarnia and our new found allies in Port Elgin can take care of that
>frontier with no difficulty. Keeping them from getting too aggressive may
>be a problem.
>
>You will be known as Captain Wellington and may wear your ceremonial
>Wellington Pumpkinfest uniform at your discretion. (For those who have not
>seen Jim Ives' uniform - it is orange, is masked and is a cross between
>Zorro's, Batman's and Mickey Mouse's). On second thought Jim, maybe you
>better keep your uniform in the box for awhile.
>
>Do not distract Wellington Willie (Bill Greer) from his growing in your
>early activity. He will be leading our hull growing crew and plans to grow
>huge ones that will probably need two motors.
>
>He, with all the other Central Canada growers, will give us a selection of
>huge pumpkin hulls that will raise the water level of the Central Park 6
>inches if they are all floated at once.
>
>Give them hell!
>
>All the best!
>
>Gus Saunders
>Ottawa-St.Lawrence Growers
>http://infoweb.magi.com/~farmrgus/
>
>
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