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helo18
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Posted: March/08/2008 at 00:59 |
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 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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?' 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 sta nding 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE... A group of American 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 |
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Steelbenz
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My dad would have loved the last one, he wasn't at Omaha beach on D-day, he was in a little place called Anzio.
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RONK
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Those are great stories Helo-18; thanks for posting them. I hope we never forget what a Jewel this great nation is because of men like Steelbenz' father and millions like him.
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AMEN!!
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8shots
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Man, nothing like great comebacks! Winston Churchill was also a master at it!
One of my favourites is when he was confronted by a lady at a cocktail evening:
She" Sir, you are drunk!"
Winston" And you lady are ugly, but in the morning I will wake up sober!" Edited by 8shots - March/10/2008 at 04:04 |
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cyborg
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I do so hate this PC BS. Winston was one of the last great Statesmen. Much of what he would say would get him tossed nowadays.
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RONK
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On another occason, a woman who was debating him on some subject became so enraged at his witty replies to her arguments, that she sputtered "if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!"
He replied," And Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it happily!"
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helo18
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Good one Ronk! |
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