ever notice how some folks have to get the last word in?

[HayHauler]

Only 2 words.. Most Texans I know are good for more words than that......

Three words now. 

Hay 
Jimmyt

[f6gal]

..

Punctuation is a word.   

But a punctuation mark is not.

[HayHauler]

..

Punctuation is a word.   

But a punctuation mark is not.

Picky, picky, four words. 
Hay 
Jimmyt

[f6gal]

..

Punctuation is a word.   

But a punctuation mark is not.

Picky, picky, four words. 
Hay 
Jimmyt

Count again... Hay is a word.

[HayHauler]

Count again, five words now.

[Karen]

What?

[Moonshot_1]

Question

What is a Zyzzyzus?

A Zyzzyzus is the FIRST (A) AND LAST (Zyzzyzus) word.

Surely there must be some kind of prize for that one.

[R J]

It just dawned on me what he is doing.

He is polishing his 1st pair of boots the Marine Corps issued him.

They were a dud to polish and get them to shine the 1st time out.

I learned lots of new tricks on polishing boots.

Never had shoes till the Corps.

[Karen]

Looks like this could continue for a bit longer. Your boots would be hard for anyone else to fit into, RJ.

[rainman]

I rember the first pair of boots that I had from the army spent the first weekend sitting on my foot lock polishing the dam things. ran out spit and had to use water didn't work as well. Then the first time i put them the dam Sgt. kick sand rocks all over them and that  off.

[R J]

That's better than having my DI step on them.

I'd  of tried to deck him if I thought I'd of got by with it.

Didn't know then that I could whip his sorry a$$.

Found that out later when we had some on Base Fighting.

The DI's took on the MP's, and The Engineers took on the Motor Pool.

Then the winner of those divisions went at it later on.

I went up against a Cajun, (Louisiana boy) in the final go round.

He was a legal Alien and in the 3rd round, which by the way was the last round, I hit him once, and before I could recover, he hit me 6 times and I went down for a 9 count, got up, went after him again and got in 2 punches that time and run into a barrage of flying fists at the bell.   Lost by a unanimous decision from the Judges.  Rod Hernandez and I have been best of buds ever since.  We have staid in touch over the years.    I tried to talk him into getting in the MP's with me and he wanted to stay in the Motor Pool.   He did his 20+ years and retired to El Paso, TX.   Spent all of his time in these Bases, San Diego Recruit Depot, 5 years, and Camp Pendleton Base, 5 years, for the remainder of his time he was at 29 Psalms Base.   He helped built this base, so it was like home to him.

[Karen]

Thanks for the story, RJ.

[rainman]

That's better than having my DI step on them.

I'd  of tried to deck him if I thought I'd of got by with it.

Didn't know then that I could whip his sorry a$$.

Found that out later when we had some on Base Fighting.

The DI's took on the MP's, and The Engineers took on the Motor Pool.

Then the winner of those divisions went at it later on.

I went up against a Cajun, (Louisiana boy) in the final go round.

He was a legal Alien and in the 3rd round, which by the way was the last round, I hit him once, and before I could recover, he hit me 6 times and I went down for a 9 count, got up, went after him again and got in 2 punches that time and run into a barrage of flying fists at the bell.   Lost by a unanimous decision from the Judges.  Rod Hernandez and I have been best of buds ever since.  We have staid in touch over the years.    I tried to talk him into getting in the MP's with me and he wanted to stay in the Motor Pool.   He did his 20+ years and retired to El Paso, TX.   Spent all of his time in these Bases, San Diego Recruit Depot, 5 years, and Camp Pendleton Base, 5 years, for the remainder of his time he was at 29 Psalms Base.   He helped built this base, so it was like home to him.

the good old times in boot camp got to many stories to talk about to many not so good this could be a start of a new topic

[Karen]

Maybe, Maybe not...

[R J]

Maybe, Maybe not...

I agree with Karen,  Maybe, Maybe Not.

[Titan]

I'm staying out of this.

[bigguy]

I'm staying out of this.

Me too.

[RDAbull]

Are we there yet, Daddy?

[musclehead]

gandydancer, look it up 

[R J]

gandydancer, look it up 

Gandy dancer is a slang term used for early railroad workers who laid and maintained railroad tracks in the years before the work was done by machines

So, how does that fit in?

[Valkahuna]

It doesn't but it keeps the thread going.

I'll come back about 2 pages from now. Bye for now!

[Moonshot_1]

It doesn't but it keeps the thread going.

I'll come back about 2 pages from now. Bye for now!

Yes, we must keep this thread going.

So, we know what the last word is-- Zyzzyzus

We know what the first word is--- A


But, what is the middle word?

Could it be a Mystery?

[Karen]

[begin quote]
But, what is the middle word?

Could it be a Mystery?
[end quote]

It is not "a Mystery", it is "is the"...

depending, of course on what the meaning of is is...

[HayHauler]

This here is five words.

[Karen]

And the last word is "words".

[Serk]

This here is five words.

This song's just six words long (full version)-"Weird Al" Y.

[Karen]

My word!

[rainman]

  ?? 

[Panama]

I like tater tots.

[HayHauler]

This one here is SIX words.

[R J]

' ' ' ' '    This one has ''' words

[rainman]

one thing about this topic it is not mucid 

[HayHauler]

Had to look that one up there rainman. 

Hay
Jimmyt

[rainman]

it was good wasn't it 

[musclehead]

gandydancer, look it up 

Gandy dancer is a slang term used for early railroad workers who laid and maintained railroad tracks in the years before the work was done by machines

So, how does that fit in?

it doesn't, it is a sufficiently radom word that I hoped would stop the conversation. drat! didn't work

[rainman]

there will aways be someone new to jump in

[Valkahuna]

I'm not new, so I'm allowed to jump I guess. 

Btw, "last" in German is "letzte", which I know this won't be, so I'll be back.

[Karen]

this would make you next 2 letzte...

[Moonshot_1]

Wow, page 9!

We must have some ground rules here.

Are we going to accept last words in languages besides English?

I'm waiting for the "Famous Last Words" chapter in this thread.

Which I'm sure, after they evolve, will be said by a  Famous German Zyzzyzus in Spanish.

[macdoesit]

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