May 2010 - Argghhh!

65-years have come and gone. The Red Ensign flies no more, but the good people of Apeldoorn never forgets. Eric and Capt H will surely like this one. Boq

John: Okay, it's an articulated hook thingy dangling under some sort of contraption that defies logic and good sense, like a helicopter. In other words, something along the lines of this, being used by a helicopter.Martin Morehouse: It looks like a Jersey Barrier lifter, hanging from a crane hook. Just the thing for moving all your traffic control barriers around.The folks that make the Whatziss call it "Slab Tongs" -- a Jersey barrier lifter, if you prefer.For those of you who haven't...

"ARLINGTON, Va. – Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday there is no question that the person or persons behind the failed bombing attempt in Times Square intended to spread terror across New York.Investigators have some good leads in addition to the videotape of a middle-aged man who could be seen shedding his shirt near the SUV where the bomb was found, the attorney general said in remarks to reporters.Holder said it is too early in the probe to say whether the incident was of foreign...

If you need to catch up - click here. Okay. This should help, right? Objects in the photo appear larger than they actually are......

Okay, it's the *seventeenth* 'toon, but only the *sixteenth* Argghhh!-onauts 'toon. Don't mind me -- I'm still trying to figure out what comes after thirty...Anyway, since BCR has been biting her nails to the quick waiting for the weekly / bi-monthly / monthly / semiannual / annual / periodic / random 'toon update, I figured I'd better do one for the sake of humanity.She's on her last fingernail, and you *don't* wanna be around BCR when she's been biting her...

And who said that State bureaucracy doesn't have a sense of humour?

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