# Eight days to go. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 18, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-days-to-go/486375 "2009-02-18T06:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-days-to-go/486375/21 "2009-02-18T22:55:12Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Yeah, you’re right. With a bit of digging I figured it out. > > The OP’s profile states his occupation as “co-pilot”. I’m going to go out on a limb and assume this means he routinely runs black ops in Colombia, smuggling cocaine _into_ the country in order to provide an unlimited source of fuel for the U.S. drug war as part of a larger government conspiracy. You know, make a big show of destroying coca crops by day, while the OP and his co-conspirators fly in bricks of lab-processed coke by night. > > The OP has decided this just isn’t the life for him, and wants to turn a new leaf whereby he will serve as head of a fine art museum in Finland. A quiet, uncomplicated life in his charming Finnish cottage where he will happily live out the rest of his days. Or so he thinks. But wait! Some of the drug-lord enemies he made during his missions in black ops have tracked him down, and forced him to make a hasty departure to Cairo where he plans to sell jewelery from a street caravan until things die down. > > To adapt to this new life as a street vendor he has had to make some adjustments, like learning to whittle and wearing a fez hat. Also he was considering purchasing a monkey to keep on his shoulder, but nixed that idea after reading about [this](http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/17/chimpanzee.attack/index.html?section=cnn_latest). I can’t believe you figured it out! Damn you, **Rigmarole**! ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-days-to-go/486375/22 "2009-02-18T22:58:11Z")
I am actually giving up my job and apartment to travel around the country while I finish up my degree. I am taking my big gay boyfriend and a '77 Lincoln Continental. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-days-to-go/486375/23 "2009-02-18T23:03:21Z")
> [@erleichda](#): > > I am actually giving up my job and apartment to travel around the country while I finish up my degree. > I am taking my big gay boyfriend and a '77 Lincoln Continental. Good luck with that Lincoln. I’ve owned three. Turds every one of them. ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-days-to-go/486375/24 "2009-02-18T23:20:35Z")
We figure we can get another 100,000 miles out of her if we treat her right. What years were yours? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-days-to-go/486375/25 "2009-02-18T23:46:11Z")
May I ask, what kind of degree are you getting that permits you to travel the country, while you ‘finish it up’? Aside from that curiosity, it sounds a wonderful plan, hope you have a fabulous road trip. I radically changed my life on a couple of occasions and it turns out they’re right when they say, “Ever notice that, “What the Hell!”, is always the right choice?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-days-to-go/486375.md?page=1)