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Sako7STW
Well-known member
You could have heard a pin drop...!
When in England ,at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was
asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example
of empire building by George Bush.
He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has
sent
many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for
freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in
return is enough to bury those that did not return.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break,
one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you
heard
the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier
to
Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do,
bomb
them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers
have
three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are
nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore
facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed
3,000
people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of
fresh
water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters
for
use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.
We
have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a Naval conference that
included
Admirals from the U.S , English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At
a cocktail reception,he found himself standing with a large group of
officers that included personnel from most of those countries.
Everyone was
chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French
admiral
suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages,
Americans
learn only English. He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to
speak
English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's
because
the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't
have
to speak German.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by
plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes! to locate his passport in
his
carry on.
'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer
asked
sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France
previously.
'Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.'
The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have to
show
it.'
'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on
arrival in
France !'
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day
in
1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchman
to
show a passport to!!'
You could have heard a pin drop.
When in England ,at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was
asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example
of empire building by George Bush.
He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has
sent
many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for
freedom
beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in
return is enough to bury those that did not return.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break,
one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you
heard
the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier
to
Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do,
bomb
them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers
have
three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are
nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore
facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed
3,000
people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of
fresh
water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters
for
use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.
We
have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a Naval conference that
included
Admirals from the U.S , English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At
a cocktail reception,he found himself standing with a large group of
officers that included personnel from most of those countries.
Everyone was
chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French
admiral
suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages,
Americans
learn only English. He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to
speak
English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's
because
the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't
have
to speak German.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by
plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes! to locate his passport in
his
carry on.
'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer
asked
sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France
previously.
'Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.'
The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have to
show
it.'
'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on
arrival in
France !'
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he
quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day
in
1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchman
to
show a passport to!!'
You could have heard a pin drop.
Not trying to defend them, more like trying to get people to question writings that seem to try and evoke a specific emotional response about a certain topic...
