Glasgow’s Jack Bauer Gets Award from the Queen

Glasgow’s Jack Bauer Gets Award from the Queen March 4, 2008

Posted by Lipstick in Heroes, Terrorist Hemorrhoids.
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All hail John Smeaton, the baggage handler who kicked a terrorist in the nuts.

I love this guy.

“I did nothing special. I just booted a guy.”

Comments

1. eddiebear - March 4, 2008: Good for him. We need more heroes such as this.
2. Muslihoon - March 4, 2008: The Queen’s shoes totally don’t match her outfit. And she has no handbag or hat to make it match either. Tsk tsk.

I’m so proud of the Smeatonator. People like him reassure me that the UK is not going to heck in a handbasket. Or at least not as fast as I thought.

Angus Campbell was also hono(u)red.
3. kevlarchick - March 4, 2008: Scots warrior thru and thru. Good stuff.
4. Lipstick - March 4, 2008: Angus Campbell — now there’s a Scottish name!

And doesn’t Smeato look yummy in his kilt?
5. Muslihoon - March 4, 2008: He’s single, FWIW.
6. kevlarchick - March 4, 2008: Yes he looks yummy. Now if I could only hear that accent…

*swoon*
7. Bart - March 4, 2008: I wonder what the queen looks like naked.
8. sandy burger - March 4, 2008: Damn it, Bart. We can’t take you anywhere.
9. daveintexas - March 4, 2008: We’ll set aboot ye.

Classic quote. Good lad.
10. Cathy - March 4, 2008: Glaswegians don’t mess around.

I think of them as Texans of the U.K.

Agree with the yummy.
11. Mrs. Peel - March 4, 2008: You gals are all married. Leave the ogling to spinsters such as myself.

bunk
12. kevlarchick - March 4, 2008: Peel, you crazy. I ogle all day long everywhere I go. Creation is meant to be appreciated.
13. skinbad - March 4, 2008: Great googly! did you see the pic of Lisa Marie Presley at the link? She looks like the less attractive sister for a riding-the-bus-with Rosie movie. Wow.

*queen whispering*
“Young man, I could arrange for you to handle my baggage.”
14. Mrs. Peel - March 4, 2008: I know, I was kidding. I just thought it was funny that Musli commented that he was single.

She looks like the less attractive sister for a riding-the-bus-with Rosie movie.

You mean the pitcher in League of Their Own?
15. Lipstick - March 4, 2008: Queen: “I’d like to see what’s behind your sporran.”
16. Bart - March 4, 2008: Moron of the Week Award goes to…

me, Bart. I explainz:

My Compaq notebook has touchpad area to control the cursor/pointer. It’s getting kinda worn so I looked on ebay and lo I found a used one!

So I get in the mail yesterday and try to replace my touchpad. The piece is the entire top panel that surrounds the keyboard, it’s not just a snap-in-place piece, it involves taking the

entire

notebook

apart.

I thought it would be just a few little screws and I’d be done. Nah-uh. I had my notebook in ten pieces after unscrewing 20 screws and unplugging a few ribbon wires. My monitor was off it’s hinges and hanging by a wire and my dvd drive literally fell out on the kitchen counter when I wasn’t even trying to remove it.

I got nervous that a) I wouldn’t be able to reassemble my laptop, and b) I would break something. So I aborted the mission and put everything back together. I had one screw left over. Not happy about this. I’m a moron for attempting the job. And I’m a failure and wuss for not being able to complete the job.

I quit when it dawned on me that I was imminent danger of ruining my $800 notebook (and all the crap on it) for a $7 part that I don’t *really* need at the moment.

See, that’s the thing. Replacing your pc sucks for 2 reasons.
1) Spending $$ (worse when you break your pc in the first place)
2) Painstakingly customizing for your needs: favorites, software, settings, etc.

Moral of the story: Receiving packages in the mail is fun. Breaking your shit, however, is not fun.
17. Bart - March 4, 2008: ^

Wow, a Muslihoon-ish (in length, not content) comment.
18. Mrs. Peel - March 4, 2008: Hey, has anyone seen lauraw recently?
19. Ray Charles - March 4, 2008: Nope
20. its amishs way or the highway - March 4, 2008: And speaking of blind musicians – Jeff Healey died today. He was the guitar player in the movie Road House. Talented fellow who suffered from cancer for much of his life.
21. Tushar D - March 4, 2008: If you want to hear funny scottish accent, go to youtube and search for ‘Robin Williams Golf’
22. sandy burger - March 4, 2008: I saw lauraw comment at AoS today, so she’s still around. Probably just busy.
23. The Lovely Janis Mother-to-be - March 5, 2008: I too think he is dreamy and the accent I am sure adds only more to him.

I wonder what he is wearing under the kilt? And if it is true — nothing???
24. sandy burger - March 5, 2008: I feel your pain, Bart. I pretty much hate home computers.
25. Lipstick - March 5, 2008: Nothing is worn under the kilt.

It’s all in perfect working order.
26. Lipstick - March 5, 2008: Speaking of blindness, today we found out that one of our new baby ferrets is blind in one eye.

I’m so tempted to change her name from Sophie to Sammy. As in Davis Jr.

Is that wrong?
27. Dave in Texas - March 5, 2008: You know, I wonder if at this moment they both were thinking “yeah, that’s right. Ain’t no boxers underneath this tartan”.