RE: a modern sorrow gets sadder still

Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Fri, 04 Jun 1999 21:39:27 -0700 (PDT)

Um, ok..... Um, well, ok.....  I'm so racked with guilt....
Be right back....


Back now.  Just called my folks and my brother who were all career military. 
  They forgive me.  They're also glad I didn't invite them because the 
burgers on their grills Monday were real meat, not my vegetarian schlock.

Thor

>Thor confesses, apparently without a hint of remorse:
>"IT WAS A HOLIDAY.  WE HAD A COOKOUT. Is there some law that says since I'm
>divorced, I can never have a picnic or laughs with friends ever again?"
>
>Yes, it was a holiday, Thor, Memorial Day to be exact. This day is about 
>the
>memory of the soldiers who gave their lives to protect us and our way of
>life from the communists and fascists of this world. And what do you do? 
>You
>get together with your friends, chug beers, have a goddamn cookout and a 
>few
>laughs. What did you and your friends do next, stumble to the nearest
>veterans cemetary to piss on the graves? Well, Mr. Party Animal, I hope you
>enjoyed yourself because there are thousands of veterans who, thanks to 
>some
>sniper in a bell tower, won't be attending anyone's picnic.
>
>Shame on you,
>Sean


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