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[Mike Thomas]

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Subject: FW: FWD:Fw: You could have heard a pin drop


 


 
 



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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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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
to20help 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.
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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 En glish. 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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AND  THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...

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 Frenchmen to
show a passport to."

You  could have heard a pin drop.


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