Where is everyone

“I just read a related article (there is a link on the right side of the page that Lyra posted) that had this to say:

"Can anyone here say "tranquilizer dart"? If the Park Police can't handle this, call in the National Zoo administrators--they've shown a special capacity to quiet wayward creatures."

BWUHAHAHAHAHA”

“The guy's wardrobe should have been enough to raise an eyebrow or two.”

“oohhh, BURN! that's a good point...i don't know why he's being humored. the big deal that's being made about it, and the fact that he's apparently still there (if they think he's dangerous) is probably more of a story than the weird dude himself!”

“Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude... don't harsh on the man's threads! LOL”

“ynami, I understand what you are saying, but I am confused. I may have misread, but you work or live in the DC area right? You have seen that area around the mall, specially in front of the Lincoln monument. It is a hotbed of protest and attracts oddballs of every kind. Maybe they have cracked down since 9-11 and aren't allowing the freedom of speech they used to allow on the mall and surrounding area.

In the article it says that the guy was driving a truck and pulling the tractor on a flatbed trailer. he jumped the curb and drove the truck into the pond. Then jumped onto the tractor and drove it off the trailer and into the pond. I don't know about you, but I don't want my country to deny law abiding citizens to drive their truck, pulling a tractor or not, on a public thoroughfare. Until he drove his truck into the pond I don't see how he was breaking any laws.

Now, once he was there and refused to depart, well, hell, call the zoo and have the dude shot with a tranquilizer dart.”

“Why use a dart?”

“because a bullet might scratch the paint job on the tractor.”

“Is tractor dude still there?”

“Last I hear he was still there, and claims to have explosives.

But, perhaps, he's an artist and creating a new monument?”

“is that I'm here!”

“There were reports of several explosions.


The guy has given me an idea about a novel protest to the flying suitcase ad. I'm going outside now to park my car in a mud puddle. Wish me luck.”

“ok Hyway, I take your point, he is entitled to be there - all I'm saying is that there are various check points in the city, especially near the Capitol, but no so much near the mall, where large trucks and other suspicious vehicles are pulled over and checked - they are also there near the Pentagon, which also has Humvees with Machine guns on the top at various points. I'm not disputing the guy has the right to be near the Mall, but with supposedly tight security in place across the city, epsecially at key sites - lots of Govt building nearby, like the State Dept. - I would have hoped someone would have stopped to check a guy looking like that, pulling a tractor, in what, it has to be said, is not an agricultural area. I guess it doesn't really matter anyway. Rather he gets through now and the pay closer attention to real threats in future.”

“HA! that is a hilarious picture, Violin.

isn't that dude getting hungry? where does he pee?”

“He's got plenty of food and water, at least he says he does.

If he doesn't want to be captured (yeah right) he also better have plenty of No-Doz. As soon as he falls asleep, they can go get him.”

“Lyra, that is so funny. I always wonder, in such scenarios, where the people pee.”

“these, newgirl, are the questions of our time.

and by the way, what up homeslice! :-)”

“As to where he pees, well, I'm guessing that after this is all over, the Reflecting Pool is due for a draining and disinfecting...”

“he appears to me like a guy who wouldn't have a problem ... soiling himself”

“definitely. i'm NEVER going skinny-dipping in there again.”

“tease...”

“be hilarious if you did lyra, I think that's only about a foot deep. Great visual though :o)”

“LMAO! okay, off to lunch.”

“C'mon lyra, it could be your 15 minutes of fame!”

“Oh, oh, I hope we didn't give her any ideas!”

“I can see it now: Girls Gone Wild in Washington, D.C.!”

“Not much is up Lyra, I've been ridiculously ill. In fact, I'll start a thread to spread the joy, right now.”

“Newgirl! You should have been down at Pug's getting ill with us on St. Patrick's Day!”

“I was running a temp. of 103 Aero. I would have been quite the downer on the party scene, I'm sure.”

“Unless you started to hallucinate. Then you might have been the life of the party.”

“LOL! Hilarious Bit!”

“OK, the tractor guy gave up. Life goes back to normal for D.C....”

“Glad you qualified that, bit.”

“From the AP: "U.S. Park Police Chief Theresa Chambers said Watson surrendered to a SWAT team comprised of FBI agents and park police. She said the North Carolina man negotiated the terms of his surrender with the team, but she did not disclose the conditions."


Think they agreed to increase tobacco subsidies just for him?”

“Maybe they said they'd kick in for gas to get back home.”

“Probably went more like this:

Negotiator: You can't stay awake forever, and if we have to come in and get you, I promise you will spend the rest of your life in jail. Surrender, and we'll go easy on you.

Tractor Wacko: Zzzzz...uh...yah...whatever...okay...”

“I'm sitting in a conference center in Las Vegas at a conference...just etween sessions. On a laptop with a wireless card. Isn't technology grand. I just hope I'm able to fly home on Friday without any problems.”

“Who set up the wi-fi connection, skiracer? Did the conference take care of it for you, or do you have a provider in LV?”

“What are you doing on this thread ski? Your post has nothing to do with tractor dude.”

“Better wait for warmer weather before going for a swim!”

“i know, i know...the shrinkage factor, treebait. i'm actually a 65-year-old man.

well, i see my work here is done...the guy has given up! i'm not telling what i said to make him, though.”

“Didn't have anything to do with skinny-dipping, did it?”

“where the heck would you get that idea? sicko.

;-P”

“you kept talking about peeing didn't you... that forced him to run for the bathroom”

“definitely. i'm NEVER going skinny-dipping in there again."
lyra
10:29:41 AM
03/19/03

You brought it up, Miss Adorableness!

lol...

Actually, I figure you just send the monkeys in and had him carted off.”

“alright, alright, i lied! man, you people are good. i actually just went to lunch.”

“Maybe that did it...”

“Oh, BTW, you weren't wrong about the sicko thing, lol...”