You could have heard a pin drop

[DKW 86 7,441]

*Four Great Stories*

*Here are a few military comebacks.....*

*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.*

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*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 l 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.*

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*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 s peak

German.'*

*You could have heard a pin drop.*

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*AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...*

*A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a tour.

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 '44 to help

liberate this country, I couldn't find any damn Frenchmen to show it to.'*

*You could have heard a pin drop*

[autiger4life 3]

I don't know if those are true, but I sure do enjoy reading them.

Good post DKW.

[tgr4lfe 220]

Those are awesome!!

[DKW 86 7,441]

I don't know if those are true, but I sure do enjoy reading them.

Good post DKW.

I know, I didnt Snopes them out, but the idea within them is still true. We did liberate France X2. We did send aid to Indonesia. etc. The facts of the individual stories may be pure crap. The ideas behind them are very true however.