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Re: OT You'll LIKE this one warpigs
On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:07:23 GMT, Gord Beaman <gord@islandtelecom.com>
wrote:
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>"Charles @ Kankakee" <n5hsr@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>Charles of Kankakee.
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>>(P.S. BTW, those were ivory handled revolvers. Only a pimp in a cheap New
>>Orleans whorehouse would have pearl handled revolvers. . . . .)
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>Incidentally, anyone know how you make 'pearl handles'?...pearls
>are more or less round, do you grind up pearls then mold them
>(with a binder), do you use 'mother of pearl' (the material from
>the inside of the oyster shell)?...what?[/color]
Patton took violent offense at any reference to his pistols being
pearl handled. He said, "Only a pimp in a New Orleans whorehouse or a
tin-horn gambler would carry a pearl-handled pistol." In no uncertain
terms he would have the offender know that his revolver was indeed
"IVORY-GOD-FUCKING-DAMN-HANDLED" and with that he would turn on his
heel and leave.
[url]http://www.pattonhq.com/unknown/chap05.html[/url]
.....has the whole story on his personal weapons..
One thing I know for SURE...
He was NOT a limp wrist ed democrat....LOL
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Scott in Florida
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