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Old 23rd Jun 2007, 20:45
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Double Zero
 
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Nope,

not a clue but frog baiting is far more fun.

I lived in Burgundy for a while - distict lack of any pill boxes or anything warlike, except for the remains of bridges the Allies had taken out.

I like the French very much, they know how to live, while we only know how to fight.

When my father was looking after a Sea Harrier at the Farnborough show just after the Falklands, a young American F-16 pilot asked John Farley " are you going to do anything special for us today, John ? "

" Well, put up a couple of froggies & I'll shoot them down for you ! "

At the same show Heinz Frick managed to put dozens of stickers reading " Sea Harrier - actions prove louder than words " - showing a Seajet landing with empty launcher rails - on the flaps of the Mirage, only revealed as he taxied out to take off for his display - the French had a major sense of humour failure, and put a guard on the aircraft after that.
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