FB: That’s cool!

Greenie: Chapter 12 was marvelous. 😂

Good morning, chaps!

@FB, Awesome!

One of y'all need to move to Australia 😂

@D_R

I hope to one day! 😄

@D_R Back in the day there was a chance that my dad's work would move us to Australia... but it never happened. We actually had some friends move there, well, really they were my sisters friends 😂. I don't really remember that much about them, it was a long time ago, but they moved there.

I just read your pigeon story, @Greenie.
Thank you for that. 😆

@Snappy You are most certainly welcome!

**P O G E O N S **

Chuck: Po-Geons?

thanks guys 😄 just so y'all know, we won't be on mecabricks tomorrow (we're headed for LEGOLAND Winsor 😃)

Did I ever tell you about the time I got duck taped to the side of a Russian ICBM?

O_O

FB: Oh, awesome! And it's Windsor, with a "D".

@Greeny, I smell a story! And it smells like duct tape, what a surprise.

D_R: Where'd you get that conclusion? 😂

Well, that was fun! Just spent an hour outside roasting hot dogs (or frankfurters, as some call them) over an open fire pit. I also got some good photos, but they're mostly of my family and dog. But who knows, I might share some others.

Well, I only edited (and therefore posted) one photo, but here it is. Not LEGO-related, I know, but I like photography. 😂

Neato!

So, it was a dark and clear night. The air was dry and a keen sense of danger lurked around every corner. I was with my buddies John and Ethan, and we were on a secret mission to, well, I can't remember what we were doing up so late in the small town of Sugar Creek Ohio, but we were up to something. If I remember right, we wanted to see if the giant coo coo clock went off and midnight, but were simply too scared to be seen, or embarrassed, not sure which one it was. Anyways, what we didn't know was that a U.S. secret agent was also in that same area, disguised as a teenage boy. He'd just escaped from the Soviet Union with some secret information about how Russia was planning to nuke us in less than a week, and the Russians knew this. They'ed sent KGB's top agent to track down the man and bring him back, for torture and death. Well, when they saw us sneaking around, waaaay past our bedtime, they thought they had everything in control. Before we knew what was going on, we found ourselves tranquilized. When we woke up a bright light was shining in our eyes, and an interrogator was standing before us with a cattle prod in hand. He said something that we couldn't understand, and when we gave no answer he zapped us with the device. This went on for about an hour, till finally he called in some burly guards to do something with us. Thirty minutes later, we found ourselves Duct Taped to the side of three ICBM's, all heading for the U.S. capital.

"Goodbye world!" John said in terror.

"And keep my ducky safe, amen" Ethan prayed.

"Remember the Ala-- argh!!!!!" My phrase was cut short as the missiles were launched into the air. 

We thought we were goners, deader than doornails. Suddenly, my phone rang.

"Hey Siri," I shouted, "put me on speaker phone!"

Siri obeyed quickly, and in called a rough and purely American voice.

"This is Bob Johnson, leader of the American SSSAOA!"

"What in the entire swimming pool is that!" Ethan called.

"Oh, that's the *Super Secret Agents of America* you nincompoop!" The man retaliated. "It's the most secret organization in all the world! How could you not know about it?"

"Idda know, I guess I need to watch more TV," Ethan said apologetically.

"Exactly, and now, to save your lives. Let me fill you in on what's happened." 

For the next fifteen minutes he explained the entire mix up and dangers of he situation. He also explained that there was a keypad behind a removable panel on one of the missiles that would disarm all three of them. As it turns out, the keypad was on Johns. 

"Great," he responded as soon as he found out, "now how do I get unduct taped?"

"Um... let me think about that. Oh, wait, never mind. Okay, so, close your eyes and tap your feet and say, 'There's no place like home' three times."

"WHAT!!!" John retorted.

"It's the only way, now do it!"

John was hesitant, this was embarrassing, besides, Russia was broadcasting this to the entire world! Anyways, he finally surrendered... and then disappeared in a poof.

"It worked!" Bob shouted in triumph.

"Yeah," I said, "but he's not here to disarm the things anymore.

"Oh, well... um... then say goodbye to the world because there ain't much I can do for ya now. Sorry, but I gotta evacuate!"

The phone hung up, leaving Ethan and I soaring through the air, and fearing for our lives.

"There has to be a way! There just has too!" Ethan cried.

"No hold on pal, I know where in trouble but..."

TBC

#NoCheckOfAnyKind

@Op, that's a brilliant picture! (I've done a photography course and can appreciate the level of awesome) It's really well done!

@Greeny . . . Yipes! You must be awfully old to have lived through the Cold War.