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Username: Edgar_rhode
Post Number: 17
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 10:33 pm: |    |
driving home this evening i heard a news story about the VERY serious ship hijackings off the coast of yemen and somali. glancing out the car window my son and i spied a ship in the lake st claire shipping channel. it was pitch dark and all you could make out were the ships running lights.
i thought HOW much commerce goes through the detroit river channel? now there's the plot line to a bad elmore leonard botched detroit crime novel in there somewhere. the clumsy criminals, the drunken captain / pilot parking the vessel between the casino in windsor and the GM headquaters ( i can see the GM executives trying to figure out if they can fund the bail-out with the insurance money ) the jurisdiction squabbles between the U.S. and canada, the ransom note ( via text messaging ) getting lost amongst all the booty call messages to the mayor.
yep i hear the phone call from hollywood any minute now... ;-) |
Irish_mafia
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Username: Irish_mafia
Post Number: 1475
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 10:39 pm: | |
We need more of that kind of thinking Edgar...good luck...and say hi to Mr. Daniels for me |
Ruxy17
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Username: Ruxy17
Post Number: 22
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 10:59 pm: | |
LOVE IT.
brilliant. |
Alfie1a
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Username: Alfie1a
Post Number: 94
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 11:17 pm: | |
LOL Edgar, I like your post cept one thing. Has there ever been a bad Elmore Leonard novel?
I love his stories. |
Bigb23
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Username: Bigb23
Post Number: 2988
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 9:07 am: | |
Back in better days (1980's), I lived on Lake St. Clair and day dreamed about a Russian or Kazakstan Freighter going through the lake, and a 32' Scarab with twin 454 ci. engines and a crew of HOT 20 something babes in thong bikini's helping the Russian crew members jump ship to a new life in America.
Wait - it's already been done.
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Mopardan
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Username: Mopardan
Post Number: 7
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 9:42 am: | |
My eyes! My eyes!
Ok, I'm not from Detroit, but have enjoyed reading the posts on this forum & trying to gauge how things are going up there(I'm very Pro on the Detroit 3).
Taking a cue from the subject, how about the Coen Brothers getting involved along the lines of "Fargo"? |
Bigb23
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Username: Bigb23
Post Number: 2990
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 9:59 am: | |
Gee - I don't know if we have enough characters on this forum.
Django excluded.
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Gnome
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Username: Gnome
Post Number: 2166
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 11:08 am: | |
BigB, better be careful with leaving your cell phone camera laying around. |
Bigb23
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Username: Bigb23
Post Number: 2998
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 11:20 am: | |
Thanks Gnome - My new desktop wallpaper.
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Django
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Username: Django
Post Number: 2166
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 8:23 pm: | |
Im sitting in an internet cafe down here LMAO and everyones staring at the big one eyed gringo
This is funny stuff, and I love the E. Leonard idea. |