Anyone remember flying with this guy? Which Squadron? NLR? Misfits?

"Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was."
( Catch 22)

Well it can't be me because I'm impressive, very very impressive.

As a matter of fact I'm the most impressive fella I know

Ah! Now I want to read that book again. The movie was pretty dang good too!

“‘Anything worth living for,’ said Nately, ‘is worth dying for.’
‘And anything worth dying for,’ answered the sacrilegious old man, ‘is certainly worth living for.'”

For those of you that never read the book:

“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.

"That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed.

"It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.”

(Catch 22)

“They're trying to kill me," Yossarian told him calmly.
No one's trying to kill you," Clevinger cried.
Then why are they shooting at me?" Yossarian asked.
They're shooting at everyone," Clevinger answered. "They're trying to kill everyone."
And what difference does that make?”

(Catch 22)

“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.”
(catch 22)

Husky Dog {WP**} wrote: Ah! Now I want to read that book again. The movie was pretty dang good too!

Movie? Is it available online? Amazon purchase?

Romeo oh Romeo where far out thou Romeo
\guess which boox this is from

Dang auto correct

zuperman wrote:

Husky Dog {WP**} wrote: Ah! Now I want to read that book again. The movie was pretty dang good too!

Movie? Is it available online? Amazon purchase?

Yup, Amazon has it. Can't go wrong with a movie that has both Alan Arkin and Orson Welles!

BLACKHAWKGHOST wrote: Romeo oh Romeo where far out thou Romeo
\guess which boox this is from

Catch 22?

BLACKHAWKGHOST wrote: Romeo oh Romeo where far out thou Romeo
\guess which boox this is from

Alas poor romeo! He is already dead
Stabbed with a white wench's black eye; run through the ear with a love song; the very pin of the heart
Cleft with the blind bow-boy's butt-shaft

“Where were you born?"
"On a battlefield," [Yossarian] answered.
"No, no. In what state were you born?"
"In a state of innocence.”

(catch 22)

“He knew everything there was to know about literature, except how to enjoy it”
(Catch 22)

[*M] MISFIT CROCKETT wrote: Well it can't be me because I'm impressive, very very impressive.

As a matter of fact I'm the most impressive fella I know

that's impressive Davy

“The Texan turned out to be good-natured, generous and likable. In three days no one could stand him.”
(Catch 22)


So......Davy, which of those southern states are you from....?

“He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.”

(Catch 22)

I'm not exactly sure what this post is about but I'm guilty of flying as [M]-Catch22- a few weeks ago for like a day...O.o

[M]WarEagle! wrote: I'm not exactly sure what this post is about but I'm guilty of flying as [M]-Catch22- a few weeks ago for like a day...O.o

Nothing personal War Eagle

Catch 22 is a novel about flying bombing missions, and its got a lot of classic quotes that I thought DF'ers would find amusing, but few seem to be interested, so I think I will stop it.