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Aspley Cherry Garrard was the youngest member of the Scott Polar Expedition when he and two others lost their tent to the winds of a night-time snowstorm. They spent hours in temperatures below -70°F stumbling about the ice floes hoping they'd bump into it as it was their only hope of survival.

OK, so that was bad, but we reckon you've had worse. We know how hard you lot are.

(, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 12:40)
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I was working as a cop at the time....
my partner Harry Temple and I were SWAT team explosives experts in Los Angeles. We were called in to free a group of office workers from an elevator that was trapped between floors in a downtown high-rise. Howard Payne, an explosives expert who used to be with the Atlanta, Georgia bomb squad, promised that they would all be blown to bits unless he got paid off. Temple and I rescued the hostages, but Payne escaped. Later, while I was out getting coffee in my neighborhood one morning, I witnessed a city bus explode, killing several people. I picked up a nearby ringing pay phone, only to hear Payne warn that another bus, filled with innocent commuters, has been wired with a bomb. When the bus reaches the speed of 50 miles per hour, the bomb becomes armed, and if the bus drops below 50 after that -- or if any passengers are taken off the bus, or if the ransom isn't delivered at the appointed time -- the bomb will explode. I alerted the bomb squad and went after the bus, boarding it as it sped through rush-hour traffic on a Los Angeles freeway. One passenger, a thug fearing arrest, pulled a gun and accidentally wounded the driver, so passenger Annie Porter had to take the wheel while I made radio contact with headquarters and planned a rescue. Annie was perfect for the job too, because she was without her license because of a speeding ticket! The bus had to be kept moving faster than 50 MPH, so it was given a police escort that cleared the way until it could be rerouted onto an airport landing strip. Then me, Temple, and Payne began a deadly game of cat and mouse. Temple tried to figure out where Payne was hiding, while I tried to figure out where on the bus the bomb was hidden and, once I find it, I tried to figure out how to disarm it.... if you want to know the rest get the film.

I do not apologies for length or speed, but I am sorry for the sequel. It was shit. And I realy liked that Willem Dafoe, especially in Platoon. Oh and also I hate the way some morons think his name is William, it's not- it's Willem!!!!!!!

I still think the length is satisfactory.
(, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 20:55, Reply)

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