You could have heard a pin
drop
When
in England, at a fairly large conference, Condi Rice was asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were
just an example of empire building' by George
Bush.
She
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 to
help 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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A
U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that
included Admirals from the U.S., English,
Canadian, 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 English.' 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 'Maybeit'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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