I guess Neville Chamberlain is their director of PR.
-Andrew Holmes
>From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
>Reply-To: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
>To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: RE: Only in Britain! (non-lbc)
>Date: Wed, May 10 2000 12:10:07 GMT-0600
>
>
>Why are they all so worried about upsetting the Germans? When the French
>government let the Germans drive their tanks down the Champs Elysee for a
>Bastille day celebration a few years back, there were French who were upset
>about it-but not many others who were!
>
>Is it because they worry about 'German agrression'? In a 'unified Europe'?
>Well, the way to handle bullies certainly isn't to kowtow to them! The
>Brits are acting not so much like politically correct as they are acting
>like an abused wife who wants to keep the peace with an abusive husband! I
>am shocked!
>
>I'll dress up in a RAF uniform and drive onto the field myself!
>
>Laura G. (The 'G' stands for 'Guts & Glory'!)
>
>
> >
> >From: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
> >Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:03:13 -0700
> >To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> >Subject: RE: Only in Britain! (non-lbc)
> >
> >
> >If the Germans are going to get upset over such a trivial thing as that
>they
> >shouldn't have started the war in the first place! Maybe Keith Allen
>should
> >have used a TRIUMPH Spitfire instead. :-)
> >
> >Reid
> >'79 Spitfire (original owner)
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Dean Dashwood [mailto:Dean.Dashwood@enron.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:40 AM
> >To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: Only in Britain! (non-lbc)
> >
> >
> >And another "Only in Britain" story - this time of political correctness
> >gone a
> >little bit mad. With Euro 2000 (the European soccer championships) only
>a
> >few
> >months away, the video for England's official theme song has been
>"censored"
> >by
> >the Football Association.
> >
> >Fat Les (whose unoffical anthem, Vindaloo, was far more popular than the
> >offical
> >song during the World Cup in 1998) are due to release their version of
> >"Jerusalem" in just a few weeks - but the FA have asked that certain
>scenese
> >be
> >removed from the video - including shots of Fat Les founder Keith Allen
> >dressed
> >up as a WWII ace flying a Spitfire! Apparently, they think it will upset
> >the
> >Germans. And I thought that was the whole idea! Come on England!
> >
> >Dean
> >--------------
> >
> >
> >
> >Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 18:30:48 +0100
> >From: "Suzie" <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>
> >Subject: Only in Britain! (non-lbc)
> >
> >Today the Queen opened a new bridge, the first purely pedestrian bridge
>to
> >be built across the River Thames in over a century.
> >
> >So what, you say?
> >
> >I'm sure it could *only* happen in Britain - the bridge isn't finished!!!
>So
> >far it only goes 3/4 of the way across!
> >
> >I know we have a reputation for eccentricity but surely ....
> >
> >Suzie
> >
> >PS. It seems Phoenix have bought Rover for £10 - why didn't they ask me?
>I'm
> >sure I'd have found a spare tenner if that's all they wanted ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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