Jon,
Don't you think that it was amazing that the *chunnel* connecting France and
the UK actually met at the correct place during construction.
This must have been a first in history :)
fredd
> Ah, but you overlook the fact (perhaps unknown to you) that
> the Brits and the French have been at one another's throats
> for well over a thousand years. At the moment, they won't
> import our beef (probably any more than they're willing to
> import yours either) and the mutual animosity nation to
> nation is as alive and well as ever it was. Doesn't go
> necessarily to an individual level but nationally we hate
> one another's guts - and I don't presently see any
> likelihood of the picture improving in the next few days
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