Comments on: The 12th War http://www.zeptoworld.com/2008/08/03/the-12th-war/ My tech playground Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.zeptoworld.com/2008/08/03/the-12th-war/#comment-8874 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:54:46 +0000 http://www.zeptoworld.com/2008/08/03/the-12th-war/#comment-8874 Apparently you don't have the killer instincts that it takes to win the prize, Dan. But that was very magnanimous of you. Apparently you don’t have the killer instincts that it takes to win the prize, Dan. But that was very magnanimous of you.

]]> http://www.zeptoworld.com/2008/08/03/the-12th-war/#comment-8846 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:13:27 +0000 http://www.zeptoworld.com/2008/08/03/the-12th-war/#comment-8846 There I was pushing the stroller home from picking plums and the Sills wanted to chat. I looked around but didn't see anyone suspicious and I suspected the Sills were not participating in the 12th War. After a while I noticed the Hill kids coming down the street...one with a water bottle in hand. What was I to do? If I ran the Sills might feel bad that I left so abruptly. On the other hand little Jenna Hill might have felt bad that she was unable to capture her target when I was out in plane sight. Travis Hill had a bottle of root beer which I suspected was a bribe to let them squirt me with water. In an effort to make the moment fun I thought about grabbing sister Sills hose which she was using to water her plants at the time, drench the kids, then walk away with the root beer in hand unscathed...but I had second thoughts. I ended up doing a little two-step dance move I learned in college to dodge the tiny stream of water squirting out of the bottle about 3 feet. After about 20 seconds of that I couldn't take any more and let Jenna the sniper take me down. They did give me the root beer though which was very kind of them. I worn you all to watch out for the innocent looking children or those bearing gifts...it may all be a facade to take all the glory! Dan Jones There I was pushing the stroller home from picking plums and the Sills wanted to chat. I looked around but didn’t see anyone suspicious and I suspected the Sills were not participating in the 12th War. After a while I noticed the Hill kids coming down the street…one with a water bottle in hand. What was I to do? If I ran the Sills might feel bad that I left so abruptly. On the other hand little Jenna Hill might have felt bad that she was unable to capture her target when I was out in plane sight. Travis Hill had a bottle of root beer which I suspected was a bribe to let them squirt me with water. In an effort to make the moment fun I thought about grabbing sister Sills hose which she was using to water her plants at the time, drench the kids, then walk away with the root beer in hand unscathed…but I had second thoughts. I ended up doing a little two-step dance move I learned in college to dodge the tiny stream of water squirting out of the bottle about 3 feet. After about 20 seconds of that I couldn’t take any more and let Jenna the sniper take me down. They did give me the root beer though which was very kind of them. I worn you all to watch out for the innocent looking children or those bearing gifts…it may all be a facade to take all the glory!

Dan Jones

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