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You Could Have Heard a Pin Drop
You Could Have Heard a Pin Drop
JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's
when
DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US
military
out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded "does
that include those who are buried here?
DeGaulle did not
respond.
You could have heard a pin
drop
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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.'
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 intend 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
Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged
it so you wouldn't have
to speak German.'
You could have heard a
pin drop.
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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.
posted on July 22, 2009 1:31 PM ()
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