Originally Posted by
hanoijane
Why is it, when the Americans become involved in anything, it always goes to hell in a handbasket? Personally, I think they eat too much popcorn. It's bad for the bowels.
Methinks you misread the news. It was John Bull and Johnny Turk who have embarked upon handbasket travel.
Details remain unclear, but informed sources said the Typhoons, which are part of a total of six aircraft sent to the RAF Akrotiri airbase for possible actions against Syria, flew over the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus to intercept unidentified planes.
According to reports, Turkey sent two F-16 fighters to intercept the British planes claiming they violated the airspace over the occupied part of Cyprus.
You can't make this stuff up. Peter Sellers, wherever you are, I have an inkling that you are writing this script.
As to popcorn, I long ago switched to tortilla chips and salsa.