"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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I remember during the war in England there was a joke that went around.
The
best time and place to tell it was in an English pub with lots of RAF
around.
The joke went like this:

Eveything in England is smaller.
The cars are smaller.
The trains are smaller.
The rooms are smaller
The houses are smaller.
And they shoot .303's.



Arthur Kramer
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http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer


Then there's the story of the old English pub, somewhere in Norfolk, near a
US airbase.

Three old locals are sat outside drinking their beer when up roars a jeep
with some US Air Force officers aboard.

As they climb out of the jeep to go into the pub, one of the officers turns
to the others and says "watch this you guys - I'll show you how dumb these
Brits are"

He goes up to the old guys and produces a crumpled 1 pound note and shiny
new half-crown coin.

He says to one of the Brits - "Hi old timer - let me buy you a drink - which
of these would you prefer - a crumpled old note - or a shiny new coin ?".

The old timer takes the coin and says "Why thankee sir, I'll take the coin
and get my friends a beer"

The US officers go into the pub laughing at the stupidity of the
Brits................

One of the old timers turns to the man with the coin and says " 'ere, why
didn't you take the 1 pound note ? ".

The other old fella replies - "Don't be daft - if I did that he'd stop doing
it every time he comes here !"

Ken Duffey