Ahh....true. I admit that I didn't really know until my recent international
exercise in Germany. You gotta look real close, the St. Andrews cross part
(white) is offset so there's a larger portion of white to one side than the
other. I must admit I still don't really know which end is up. When I asked,
my Brit soldier friends just cursed and shook there heads, I think they
thought I was joking!
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: John J. Peloquin <peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu>
To: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Cc: ROBERT G. HOWARD <mgbob@juno.com>; miker15@juno.com <miker15@juno.com>;
kevins@khoral.com <kevins@khoral.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: Jingoism at its best
>Dear Netters,
>On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, Paul Hunt wrote:
>=%O> Hey, you should know--is it the narrow stripe that is upper and to
the
>=%O> left when the Union Jack is properly hung? Bad word... Displayed?
>=%O> Exposed.....? With this White House situation in the news, one
hardly
>=%O> knows what to say.
>=%O> Bob
>=%O
>=%OThe broad stripe uppermost beside the, er, pole.
>Now, most Yanks (including myself) aren't really aware that there was any
>asymmetry in the Union Jack!
>
>=%O
>=%OPaulH.
>=%O
>=%O
>
>"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance"
>
>John J. Peloquin
>Molecular Biology &
> Biochemistry
>3205 BioSciences II
>UC IRVINE
>Irvine, CA 92697-3900
>jpeloqui@uci.edu
>
>
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