Falklands
I was in bangkok in april 82 and the thai media revelled in it,so many lies were told to sell papers.
Luckily reuters were on the top floor of our apartment building and i could read the teletype at night.
The poms were very lucky to win,they under estimated the argie air force and the exocet was a winner.
The aluminium ships burnt really well after a missile strike.
The homecoming parades were huge,gormless jingoistic poms were ecstatic.
The parades lost a little of their lustre when injured and wheel chair bound casualties were banned-we dont people to really know how messy wars are.
The best result was the end of the generals who were very good at torturing,murdering and disappearing people-all under US tutelage of course.
The US was in a bind,they loved the murderous bastards yet had to help the poms-which they did begrudgingly in the end.
After my cousin died I found this obituary that showed he had a hand in the argies downfall.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... sonby.html
Luckily reuters were on the top floor of our apartment building and i could read the teletype at night.
The poms were very lucky to win,they under estimated the argie air force and the exocet was a winner.
The aluminium ships burnt really well after a missile strike.
The homecoming parades were huge,gormless jingoistic poms were ecstatic.
The parades lost a little of their lustre when injured and wheel chair bound casualties were banned-we dont people to really know how messy wars are.
The best result was the end of the generals who were very good at torturing,murdering and disappearing people-all under US tutelage of course.
The US was in a bind,they loved the murderous bastards yet had to help the poms-which they did begrudgingly in the end.
After my cousin died I found this obituary that showed he had a hand in the argies downfall.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... sonby.html
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ken svay wrote: The parades lost a little of their lustre when injured and wheel chair bound casualties were banned-we dont people to really know how messy wars are.
Don't really want to get sucked into this thread, but the most famous face of the war in England is Simon Weston
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A guy I work with served out there and told me that the soldiers called all the islanders 'Bennies' after 'Benny' a borderline retarded character from the 70s UK soap 'Crossroads' known for his slow-witted nature and woolly cap.
When the soldiers were ordered by their officers to stop calling the locals 'Bennies' they began calling them 'Stills' instead. Why? Because the islanders were still Bennies.
''Benny''
When the soldiers were ordered by their officers to stop calling the locals 'Bennies' they began calling them 'Stills' instead. Why? Because the islanders were still Bennies.
''Benny''
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"Benny" was very good in the BBC adaptation of Romeo & Juliet!Was it Paul Henry or Henry Paul?
I think one of them was a former rugby player?
Better ask Miss Doiane. She'd know!
I think one of them was a former rugby player?
Better ask Miss Doiane. She'd know!
O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven
Always reminds me of this ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iesm1Pujv8w
Basically the Falklands dispute should be between Spain, France, The Netherlands and the British - Argentina wasn't even a country, and the Falklands wasn't inhabited at the time those nations were planting their flags ... (Izzard, "do you have a flag?")
Basically the Falklands dispute should be between Spain, France, The Netherlands and the British - Argentina wasn't even a country, and the Falklands wasn't inhabited at the time those nations were planting their flags ... (Izzard, "do you have a flag?")
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
connecticuter wrote:I am interested in views/comments on the Falkland Islands situation.
Basically, we will give them a good hiding again if they think they're hard enough to have a pop.
andyinasia wrote:ken svay wrote: The parades lost a little of their lustre when injured and wheel chair bound casualties were banned-we dont people to really know how messy wars are.
Don't really want to get sucked into this thread, but the most famous face of the war in England is Simon Weston
Yeah, the only Welshman famous in England.
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Bradshaw wants all those Falklands sheep for himself.Bradshaw wrote:connecticuter wrote:I am interested in views/comments on the Falkland Islands situation.
Basically, we will give them a good hiding again if they think they're hard enough to have a pop.
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Reminds me of an old joke.keeping_it_riel wrote:Bradshaw wants all those Falklands sheep for himself.Bradshaw wrote:connecticuter wrote:I am interested in views/comments on the Falkland Islands situation.
Basically, we will give them a good hiding again if they think they're hard enough to have a pop.
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I'll skip to the punch line.
Farmer says "Jesus Christ Bradshaw, what the fuck are you doing? I told you to shear the sheep!"
Bradshaw says "Fuck off, I'm not sharing them with anybody."
Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men.
A true sheep-shagger is like a Swan or a Gibbon. We mate for life. My sheep is a real diamond and I would never go behind her back with a Falklands tart.keeping_it_riel wrote:Bradshaw wants all those Falklands sheep for himself.Bradshaw wrote:connecticuter wrote:I am interested in views/comments on the Falkland Islands situation.
Basically, we will give them a good hiding again if they think they're hard enough to have a pop.
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Good banter lads but I feel you wont be smiling a week on saturday when the superior Welsh team dismantles the English at Twickenham. Days like these are what Welshman live for. Oh, the glory!!
I smile when anyone dismantles the English rugby team.
Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it... well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men.
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It's not something the Welsh have managed to do on a regular basis for a while now. New Zealand and South Africa yes. Wales and Australia no.MoodyMac wrote:I smile when anyone dismantles the English rugby team.