500 Bicycles
John of Argghhh!!! offers a blast from the past:
“VC ‘Wanted’ poster …”
“A ‘Wanted’ poster? (grin) What’s the reward, a lifetime supply of nuoc-mam?”
The E-6 grinned back and said, “One thousand piastres for your dogtags and that metal unit patch you’re wearin’. Two thousand piastres for your dogtags, patch and nametape. Five hundred Peugeot bicycles or the cash equivalent for your dogtags, patch, nametape and — your head.”
… Five hundred friggin’ bicycles?
“How much if they get me alive?”
“Nothing. This VC colonel wants you very, very dead. You got him royally pissed, whatever it was you did, Captain.”
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Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:21 am on Monday, February 19, 2007
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February 19th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I hate cliff hangers. I really do.
February 19th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Numbah ten dinky dau mo’ F just gonna leave us hangin?
February 19th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
In Medias Res
In Medias Res CW4BillT (Hat tip: Jules C.) The sun was just rising, so the temperature was only about 110F as I slogged along the PSP taxiway bordering the North Swamp. I passed a Scout pilot single-mindedly preflighting a Loach
February 19th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Today’s Cliffhanger
In Medias Res CW4BillT (Hat tip: Jules C.) The sun was just rising, so the temperature was only about 110F as I slogged along the PSP taxiway bordering the North Swamp. I passed a Scout pilot single-mindedly preflighting a Loach
February 19th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
He’s a chopper pilot; he enjoys hanging off cliffs, relatively speaking. If you dig through the Castle archives, he explains how to out-manouvre a SAM and others useful skills.
Cheers