[Tektalkdiscussion] Fw: You could have heard a pin drop.

[Bob Acosta]

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From: Bob Acosta 
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Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 8:18 AM
Subject: You could have heard a pin drop.


                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.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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,
> 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.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.
> If you are proud, pass this on!
> If not delete it.
>
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