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Traditional Backpacking : Light Backpacking
as
_________ : __________ ?
Bruce Lee is to Jackie Chan.
Minnesota Fats is to Wisconsin Skinny.
Bruce Lee would take Jackie Chan any day! As pugilists go:
Andre the Giant : Tony Jaa
Hummer : 10-Speed
Coleman : GoLite
Microsoft Windows : Apple Mac OS
Think Different!
Tom Sawyer : Huck Finn
Rosanne Barr : Michelle Pfeiffer (sp???)
(RB is a size whatever : MP is a size 2)
FrankP, good one.
Everyone else : Bill Fornshell
[think in relative terms]
granite : gossamer
anvil : airy
brick : breeze
brick : breath
rubberized canvas : silnylon
rubberized canvas : spinnaker
[bet y’all thought i’d keep the alliteration routine going, huh? bet you’re glad i didn’t!!! don’t tempt me!]
Mrs. Sprat : Jack Sprat
obese : anorexic
bassett hound : italian greyhound
’nuff. fini.
“Everyone else : Bill Fornshell”
PJ, you nailed it on this one.
Good job!
slog : skip
Guinness : Amstel Lgt
As the 747 is to the Hindenberg. No, wait! That didn’t come out right. I meant a ’65 Buick to a Ferrari Enzo!
a handle is to a toothbrush ;)
mule is to a mule deer.
Chris Farley : Dave Chapelle
:-D
Flintstones to the Jetsons!
Some real good ones recently.
Y’all brighten up my nights and days as i’m sitting here working double-shifts all week processing and analyzing critical flight test data, and occasionally reading BPL posts while millions of records of data are loading into my database for later analysis.
Thanks. Keeps those Posts and Jokes commin’ – the survival of my sanity is at stake.
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