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Frigatebird
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With apologies to Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise. 
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You want answers?
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You want answers?!
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: I want the truth!
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You can't handle the truth!
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Col. Nathan R. Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has mouths and those mouths need to be fed by men with rods. Who's gonna do it? You? Lieutenant
Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Nemo and curse the Anglers; you have that luxury. You have the
luxury of not knowing what I know: that Nemo's death, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible
to you, saves lives.
You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me on that panga, you need me on that panga. We use
words like action, drag, chum. We use them as the backbone of a life trying to catch something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time
nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very food I provide and then questions the manner in
which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a rod and cast. Either way,
I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
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Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Did you catch the red snapper?
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: I did the job I had to do.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Did you catch the red snapper?!
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You're Gosh darn right I did!
[Edited on 6-7-2008 by Frigatebird]
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BMG
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Frigatebird
With apologies to Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise.
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You want answers?
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: I think I'm entitled.
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You want answers?!
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: I want the truth!
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You can't handle the truth!
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Col. Nathan R. Jessep: Son, we live in a world that has mouths and those mouths need to be fed by men with rods. Who's gonna do it? You? Lieutenant
Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Nemo and curse the Anglers; you have that luxury. You have the
luxury of not knowing what I know: that Nemo's death, while tragic, probably saved lives and that my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible
to you, saves lives.
You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me on that panga, you need me on that panga. We use
words like action, drag, chum. We use then as the backbone of a life trying to catch something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time
nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very food I provide and then questions the manner in
which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you," and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest that you pick up a rod and cast. Either way,
I don't give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
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Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Did you catch the red snapper?
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: I did the job I had to do.
Lt. Daniel Kaffee: Did you catch the red snapper?!
Col. Nathan R. Jessep: You're Gosh darn right I did! |
THAT IS FUNNY!
I think the world is run by C- students.
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Iflyfish
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baitcast, other primates like ourselves, well maybe not you, eat meat, but not the gorilla. They do however posess a prodigious set of canines, no?
They must be vastigal or they would not have evolved with them. Useful at some time in their evolution. Maybe they just got too fat and lazy? Hmmmm.
Interesting how fat some of those vegitarians get, human ones, not so much.
Interesting post.
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Iflyfish
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All I can say Frigatebird is Thank You!
Iflyfishwhennotlaughingoutloudatmyownhubrissaludosamigo
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Osprey
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Frigatebird Rocks! On my end, since I've opened my veins about the "Air Boarding" I might as well fess up to the "non physical" things I admit to
doing a time or two. I admit to be deeply effected by pschological warfare/torture I leaned about in books like "A Ride To Panmunjom" and "The
Manchurian Candidate". I catch lots of marlin. Not by design, they just bite the trolled hook of my big Penn 50 W with 80 lb. test. I have released
all of them. Like most other sportfishermen I simply gain control at the end of fight, grab the leader, remove the hook/lure revive the fish for a
minute or two then release it. There were a few times (I'm not real proud of them) when I grabbed a tiny bait rod and reel, pulled the head of the
beast high, out of the water, showed them the light-weight rig, the 20 lb test and said things like, "You're nothin. You just can't cut it. You'll
never be a real marlin". We used a lot of visual stuff with the Vietnamese and Koreans -- cuts across all the complicated oral stimulae. Might work
with big fish. Who knows? I don't do that anymore.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
I don't do that anymore. |
You've come a long way, Jorge. I'm happy to see that.
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Gadget
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Osprey is yanking our chain again me thinks 
"Mankind will not be judged by their faults, but by the direction of their lives." Leo Giovinetti
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gadget
Osprey is yanking our chain again me thinks |
No, really? 
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gadget
Osprey is yanking our chain again me thinks |
I choose to believe he isn't. Why would even an entertainer joke about his moral stand on any issue? He might make fun of yours and mine but, not
his own.
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Iflyfish
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Dennis
"Why would even an entertainer joke about his moral stand on any issue?"
Because he is an entertainer......couldn't help myself Dennis.
Iflyfish
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by baitcast
But this guy is a veggie eater,why the canine teeth?
Always wondered about that,strange don,t you think.
Rob |
Robin, they could be used for fighting or maintaining dominance. One look at those and another male may think twice about trying to overtake the
'pride'. Could be useful at night against marauding leopards also. But I think the intraspecies competition makes more sense.
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Iflyfish
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Interesting point Skipjack. Maybe useful also for tearing apart certain plant species, fruit hulls etc???? Birds have evolved different beaks for the
purpose of eating different nuts, seads and nectors. The range of beaks in humminbirds is astounding.
Interesting to have one's basic assumptions challenged. I had always attributed our and other primate canine teeth to meat eating, tearing flesh, now
there are other possibilities. And this on BajaNamad, who'da thunk it?
Iflyfish
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Skipjack Joe
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Iflyfish,
Not long ago there seemed to be a lot of interest here in panda bears due to reasons I no longer remember. The evening news showed them quite often.
What I now remember were scenes about their feeding methods. After breaking chewing off a stalk of bamboo it would pierce the stalk with it's lower
canine. Then the animal would bend it downward by pulling with it's front paws and drag it across that canine, raking it along the entire length of
the plant. The canine in effect just sliced the plant like a knife creating long strips. Afterwards these strips were consumed.
So here was a very specialized way of canine usage by a herbivore. There just don't seem to be any absolute rules in nature.
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Sharksbaja
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from somewhere important:
DENTITION
Apes have relatively well developed jaws: the lower jaw is fairly deep and the two halves are fused in the front. The dental formula is the same as
Old World Monkeys: I2/2; C1/1; P2/2; M3/3 = 32. The teeth include spatulate (shovel-shaped) incisors and prominent canines; the rear edge of the upper
canine hones against the front edge of the first lower premolars. The molars have 5 cusps and a complex arrangement of ridges on their grinding
surfaces. The presence of squared off cheek teeth reflects the predominance of plant food in the diet. Used together, these teeth enable most apes and
humans to process a variety of vegetarian food stuffs. Apes have greatly developed canines with sharp blades, which hone against the modified shearing
edge of the first lower premolar tooth, and may be used as weapons.
Looks like you are all correct!(thank god)
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Iflyfish
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Sharksbaja
Not often! Fascinating discussion. I am going ape over it!
Iflyfish
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synch
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
Viagra, the fisherman's friend. |
I had a bad image in my mind when I read this...
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frigatebird thanks I needed a laugh!
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