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| Moi (Moi@moi.com) |
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From: Moi <Moi@moi.com>
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On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:59:22 GMT, HMS Victor Victorian
<VictorVictorianREMOVE@hushmail.com> wrote:
>It is admittedly true that we can be rather haughty at times ... it is
>a trait inherited, I fear, by our dear cousins across the pond. But I
>must share with you an item I discovered in another group, just so you
>may know we monarchists can laugh at ourselves! Well, I thought it
>was hilarious ... but there is no accounting for taste, I suppose.
>
>"This is the transcript of the ACTUAL radio conversation between the
>British and the Irish Navy, off the coast of Kerry, Oct 98. Radio
>conversation released by the Chief of Naval Operations 10-10-01:
>
>IRISH: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the South, to avoid a
>collision.
>
>BRITISH: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to the North, to
>avoid a collision.
>
> IRISH: Negative. You will have to divert your course 15 degrees to
>the
>South to avoid a collision.
>
>BRITISH: This is the Captain of a British navy ship. I say again,
> divert YOUR course.
>
> IRISH: Negative. I say again, You will have to divert YOUR course.
>
>BRITISH: THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS BRITANNIA! THE SECOND
> LARGEST SHIP IN THE BRITISH ATLANTIC FLEET. WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY
>THREE DESTROYERS, THREE CRUISERS, AND NUMEROUS SUPPORT VESSELS. I
>DEMAND THAT YOU CHANGE YOUR COURSE 15 DEGREES NORTH, I SAY AGAIN, THAT
>IS 15 DEGREES NORTH, OR COUNTER-MEASURES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO ENSURE
>THE SAFETY OF THIS SHIP.
>>
>IRISH: We are a lighthouse. Your call."
>
>
>
>Of course, it's all bollocks, you know!!
>
>
>Victor
>God Save Her Majesty the Queen.
>God Preserve the Prince of Wales.
>Rule Britannia!
no wonder you lost the empire LOL
hugs
Moi
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