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Right on !! Couldn't have been said any better! THESE ARE GREAT! We sure have great representatives. A quick enjoyable read. > 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" > > It became very quiet in the room. > > > > Then 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 intended 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?" > > Once again, dead silence. > > > > 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, Ameri > cans > 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! > |
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Very nice post. The last one is especially good.
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Roger that!
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Very eloquent. But those incidents never really happened.
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French Navy? That's a good one. :giggling: :giggling: :giggling: :giggling: :giggling: :giggling: :giggling: :giggling:
You almost had me, until the French Navy part.:redx: Would that be four rowboats and three oars? :giggling: |
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NO !!! there are not 3 whores in the french navy... |
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Its not if the story is true or false, but the moral of the story |
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