American joke on the Brits

Kulvinder Singh Matharu writes:

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 00:07:00 +0100, "Paul J. Adam"
wrote:

In message . uk,
Kulvinder Singh Matharu writes
On 31 Jul 2003 03:35:02 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:
[snip]
They were little guys, but tough as nails.

Description of hobbits!

Or Paras. Or Gurkhas.

Met a few Gurkhas in London and Hong Kong. Very friendly too!

I guess they go by Churchill's motto 'If you have to kill a man, it
doesn't hurt to be polite'....just kidding.

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G Hassenpflug * IJN & JMSDF equipment/history fan

They were little guys, but tough as nails.

For confirmation of that, read Cornelius Ryan's _Last Battle_
(the battle for Berlin) about the long trek of the released British
POWs to reach Allied lines.

vince norris

Really too stupid !!!!
And bad taste comments !
Claude

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Claude Brunet
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"ArtKramr" a écrit dans le message news:
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ubject: American joke on the Brits
From: "Nick Pedley"
Date: 8/1/03 2:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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(bendel boy) wrote:

Based on an intensive survey of people at Disney Orlando (I looked
around me while waiting in the lines), in size, as in so many other
areas, the US growth rate continues at a higher rate than the UK. Not
so much up, you understand.

And based on an intensive survey of people from the UK and Europe
visiting our lovely state of Florida (I looked around me while waiting
in the lines) in hygiene, as in so many other areas, the UK and
European continues to be non-existent. ****-breath, rotten teeth,
fanny packs and dark socks with sandals, or weenie benders on
the beach, you understand.

LOL! You can spot the American tourist in Britain from half a mile away.
In
London last week the style was a tartan flat cap, t-shirt saying "I went
to
London and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" or a drawing of a London
landmark, shorts, sandals with socks, camera and camcorder around neck,
bum
bag (aka fanny pack) and a guide to London gripped in one hand. A US flag
can often be seen somewhere about their person and they buy overpriced
tat
from the expensive tourist shops without question.
And they wonder how people know they're American before they say a word?
;-)

(The variations to the above are endless but the main change is that if
they
are ex-military they wear a baseball cap with their unit name, ship name
or
the aircraft they flew. These are usually WW2 veterans.)

Nick





But there is a way to handle that. When a Brit says to me, "you are
American
right?" I just answer in German.

Arthur Kramer
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer