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    Quote Originally Posted by Coemgen View Post
    How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.

    I was outside the cabin smoking some meat. There wasn't a cigar store in the neighborhood!
    Coemgen:
    Friends, I am going to tell you of that great, mysterious, wonderful continent known as Africa. Africa is God’s country and he can have it. Well, sir, we left New York drunk and early on the morning of February second. After fifteen days on the water and six on the boat, we finally arrived on the shores of Africa. We at once proceeded three hundred miles into the heart of the jungle, where I shot a polar bear. This bear was six foot seven in his stocking feet and had shoes on at the time —

    Panache:
    Pardon me just a moment, Coemgen, just a moment. I always thought polar bears lived in the frozen North.

    Coemgen:
    Oh, you did? Well this bear was anemic, and he couldn’t stand the cold climate. He was a rich bear and he could afford to go away in the winter. You take care of your animals and I’ll take care of mine. Frozen North, my eye. From the day of our arrival we led an active life. The first morning saw us up at six, breakfasted and back in bed at seven. This was our routine for the first three months. We finally got so we were back in bed at six-thirty. One morning I was sitting in front of the cabin smoking some meat, when —

    Panache:
    Smoking some meat?

    Coemgen:
    Yes, there wasn’t a cigar store in the neighborhood. As I say, I was sitting in front of the cabin when I bagged six tigers. I bagged them to go away, but they hung around all afternoon. They were the most persistent tigers I’ve ever seen. The principal animals inhabiting the African jungle are moose, elks, and Knights of Pythias. Of course, you all know what a moose is. That’s big game. The first day I shot two bucks — that was the biggest game we had. As I say, you all know what a moose is. A moose runs around on the floor, eats cheese, and is chased by the cats. The elks, on the other hand, live up in the hills and in the spring they come down for their annual convention. It is very interesting to watch them come down to the water-hole. And you should see them run when they find that it’s only a water hole. What they’re looking for is an “elk-a-hole.” One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know. Then we tried to remove the tusks, but they were embedded so firmly we couldn’t budge them. Of course in Alabama, the Tuscaloosa. But that’s entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about. We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren’t developed. But we’re going back again in a couple of weeks.

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    Look man, I know you're just trying to get me to post my collection of pictures of kilted me standing next to bear sculptures and statues, but I'm not going to give in.
    I've spent all morning crawling way back in the forums... back to the beginnings... back to... January and February of aught four. I feel...
    I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
    Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…

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    I like that helmet! really cool!

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    Kevin,

    For the record I really like the pith helmet. I almost bought one at the Woodland Highland Games (they only had white instead of the tea stained khaki).

    However I do think that a plain khaki short or long sleeved buttoned up shirt or even a white polo shirt (all worn tucked in! ) would look much better than the hawaiian shirt.

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    Of course it isn't REALLY tea-stains (why do you think they call it a "Pith" helmet.....?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
    Kevin,

    For the record I really like the pith helmet. I almost bought one at the Woodland Highland Games (they only had white instead of the tea stained khaki).

    However I do think that a plain khaki short or long sleeved buttoned up shirt or even a white polo shirt (all worn tucked in! ) would look much better than the hawaiian shirt.

    Cheers

    Jamie
    Unfortunately, all I have are Hawai’ian shirts and some dress shirts.

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    The Great White Kilted Hunter!
    "To the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning, and seven generations before. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the start of knowledge, and leaning a fond ear to the drone he may have parley with old folks of old affairs." - Neil Munro

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    looking good!
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