You know why Terry Jones changed his mind? Palin.

[CreekDog]

http://images.smh.com.au/ftsmh/ffximage/2010/02/16/monty_python_wideweb__470x327,0.jpg

[napi21]

1. I don't think so. UI heard an interview of some guy

who was in the room when Terry got the call from Gates. Something Gates said to him convinced him to change his mind. Since this guy could only hear one side of the conversation we'll never know what Sec. GAtes said to him, but Terry's mind was changed right before he hung up the phone.

[CreekDog]

3. why, yes, go on...

:D

[napi21]

9. Here's one link to the story I heard.

Musri said he was in the room, meeting with Jones, when Defense Secretary Robert Gates called Jones to impress upon him how dangerous the Koran-burning could be to U.S. troops serving in Muslim countries. He believed it was Gates' call alone that changed Jones' mind.

http://www.1041thetruth.com/News/tabid/2618/xmid/45814/Default.aspx

[CreekDog]

18. is Gates a fan?

:shrug:

[msanthrope]

38. "Yes. Nudge nudge. Snap snap. Grin grin, wink wink, say no more?"

I bet CreekDog can go at this all night...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. No one expects the Secretary of Defense!

[Dr. Strange]

22. His chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...

fear and surprise.... His two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency...

[CreekDog]

27. that's three

from the math wizard... :eyes:

[Dr. Strange]

28. That's it. Someone fetch hither the comfy chair.

Oh, and my Rush albumry.

[CreekDog]

32. albumry

:rofl:

[Richardo]

2. Ha!

Was it a cleese-and-desist order?

:thumbsup:

[gratuitous]

4. We may never know

So, please, no Idle speculation.

[CreekDog]

5. +1

[Junkdrawer]

7. No more puns...

Fed up to the gill I am.

[Richardo]

40. You're a good chap, man.

:D

[HughBeaumont]

8. I heard they met in Cleveland to discuss it.

:hide:

[Gin]

10. he accomplished his mission without burning any books...we all know who

he is....hell...he is world famous...and all those who agree with him will be sending him money...so..he has a new, bigger, congregation developing as we speak..he is laughing all the way to the bank (IMO)

[Kalyke]

16. ...over tea and Spam.

[CreekDog]

29. Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.

:shrug:

[Stevenmarc]

11. Money, he was told he was about to receive a rather large bill for the police presence.

[CreekDog]

12. when you read DU, are pictures visible?

:shrug:

[BurtWorm]

13. Oh, yes, dear, there are some lovely pictures on the telly.

Or is it a penguin?

[Joey Kidd]

23. BURMA !

[Forkboy]

31. I panicked.

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

19. Really? How much are they charging now?

[Starry Messenger]

14. .

[Kalyke]

15. LMAO! Touche!

K & R!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

17. This thread is full of at least 57 flavors of Win.

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

30. The Larch

[sufrommich]

20. He's now a lumberjack.......

and that's OK.

[Fumesucker]

21. And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out there in space

Cuz there's bugger all down here on Earth

[RainDog]

24. LOLOLOL!!!

love it.

[Swamp Rat]

25. LOL!

:D

[SoCalDem]

26. I heard that his plane was met by NY cops..

Maybe they "persuaded" him to desist:evilgrin:

[msanthrope]

39. With a blancmange, eh?

[immoderate]

33. You have to love...

--imm

[EstimatedProphet]

34. No he didn't!

Yes he did!
No he didn't!
Yes he did!
No no no!
Yes he did!
He most certainly did not!
Of course he did!
He did no such thing!
...
Look, this isn't a thread.
Yes it is.
No it isn't! A thread is more than just a series of posts right after another.
...
It can be.
No it isn't! There has to be a be a continuous stream of exposition.
...
No there doesn't.
Yes there does!

[Kablooie]

35. And those Brits just love their tea.

[Mendocino]

36. "Are you suggesting that coconuts are migratory?"

[kwassa]

37. Shut your festering gob.

Don't give me that, you snotty-faced heap of parrot droppings.

Your type makes me puke. You vacuous toffee-nosed malodorous pervert.