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I Just Can't Get Anywhere These Days
2006-07-15 17:59
by Ken Arneson

So I traded my tank in for a tractor, but wouldn't you know it, the next place I went, they had banned those, too:


No Tractors

I suppose because that house is so famous for its failure to reach an agreement on a ban (you all know that story, right?), that people felt compelled to ban something. Let us offer our sympathies for the poor tractor, forced to suffer the burdens of history, and the unfair fate of the scapegoat.

Comments
2006-07-15 18:42:07
1.   Sam DC
That line definitely goes over the tractor.
2006-07-15 19:27:45
2.   Bluebleeder87
do those things really excist over in Oakland? (the signs)
2006-07-15 19:34:26
3.   Ken Arneson
That's not in Oakland. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to figure out where in the world this house is, and what it is famous for.

This message will self destruct in five seconds...

2006-07-15 19:42:48
4.   Ken Arneson
FWIW, I took this picture on Thursday morning.
2006-07-15 21:01:57
5.   Sam DC
2 Blubleeder -- click the link on the word "tank" in the post -- that will explain Ken's goofing here pretty well.

Funny comments too.

2006-07-15 21:20:06
6.   vockins
Reagan/Gorbachev nuclear weapons ban? Oct. 11 and 12, 1986 in Iceland? The Hofoi (I don't have my icelandic language pack installed, so I can't do the crazy accents)?

What do I win?

2006-07-15 21:28:49
7.   Ken Arneson
You are correct, vockins. This house in Reykjavik, Iceland is where Reagan and Gorbachev met in 1986. They almost agreed to ban nuclear weapons entirely, until Gorbachev insisted on also banning "Star Wars" research, which Reagan couldn't agree to.

The thing that surprised me about it is that the house was right in the middle of Reykjavik. It was walking distance from my hotel. On TV, the house looked isolated, miles from any other humans.

You win the thanks of a grateful nation, plus some lovely parting gifts some day in the future, should I ever decide to provide lovely parting gifts.

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