I greatly enjoyed these...

[Quakindude]

From an email I received from my step-father.

Military rejoinders

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of 'empire building' by George Bush. He 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. It became very quiet in the room. Then 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?'

Once again, dead silence.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included

Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian 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 'Maybe it'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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A group of Americans, retired teachers, recently went to France on a

tour. 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 '44 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any damn Frenchmen to

show it to.

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[azianai]

I approve, gonna post these around thanks dude =)

[Zambini]

I like these

[Hitman]

Originally Posted by Quakindude

'Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any damn Frenchmen to show it to.

LMFAO, now thats funny.

[screwballl]

those are great... I am passing them on!!

[da0s44]

Wow! Absolutely awesome reading there bud. Thanks

[Phosphorous]

Originally Posted by Hitman

LMFAO, now thats funny.

NO DOUBT!!!

[Dread]

Great quips (true or not), worthy of passing on to my military buddies.