Thursday, April 10, 2003

And speaking of "Ruh Oh!"
I neglected to mention this from an item I posted yesterday:
Across town, however, a Marines tank division had other priorities. At 3.10pm four Abrams tanks passed The Times car heading for the dead centre of town, fanning out across highway junctions as Humvees screamed to a halt and scanned the streets ahead as they waited for the main column to catch up.

"Two guys in front, see, see," shouted Corporal Kenneth Hicks, 21, from Eufaula, Alabama, staring through his binoculars at a red estate car.

"Got it," came the gunner’s reply. "Light car. Red car. Red Shaggy wagon."

"Shaggy wagon?"

"Scooby Doos, man. You never seen Scooby Doo?"
Stuff like this makes me feel rather old.