Argghhh!

(Warning - Unsuitable language for Work) I hope that the monkey in the mantlepiece, isn't an allegory for something. Boq

With a scale for you, even. I'm getting to be such a softie....

Seven decades have come and gone, and the Royal Navy is still protecting English shores from Hitler's evil designs.

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The real caption reads: French President Nicolas Sarkozy watches Rafale jet fighters landing as he visits the Charles-de-Gaulle aircraft carrier off the French Mediterranean coast, near Toulon, southern France, Thursday, June 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer/Pool) But what do you think? Boq

Into the dark void, four trusty steeds go...

Especially when the temp hits 120F and there's lots of nice, cool water sitting idle in the firetrucks?Silly question.First, you play Bucket War, in which two teams with fire hoses try to push a pair of buckets (the green things at left) over the heads of their opposition. Three out of four wins it, which pretty much guarantees everybody involved gets soaked. Then you play fireman-type games, such as Tug The Fire Engine Fifty Feet (which is what the guys attached to the rope attached to the fire...