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American joke on the Brits
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 Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer |
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message ... 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. And you wonder how the good ole' U.S. of A. came up with Garrison Keillor ? :-) Richard. |
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message
... 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 Visit my WW II B-26 website at: 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 |
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And of course the one we told about the the yankss, " Overpaid, Over sexed
and whats worse Over here!". Myc "Ken Duffey" wrote in message ... "ArtKramr" wrote in message ... 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 Visit my WW II B-26 website at: 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 |
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On 23 Jul 2003 21:10:30 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:
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 Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer I don't get it. US forces shot 30-06's, pretty much the same caliber as the .303. |
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Subject: American joke on the Brits
From: Blair Maynard Date: 7/24/03 9:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: On 23 Jul 2003 21:10:30 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote: 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 Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer I don't get it. US forces shot 30-06's, pretty much the same caliber as the .303. RAF. Air operations. We shot 50 caliber. Get it now? (sigh) Arthur Kramer Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer |
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"Blair Maynard" wrote in message ... I don't get it. US forces shot 30-06's, pretty much the same caliber as the .303. Think US air forces. |
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In article ,
Blair Maynard wrote: On 23 Jul 2003 21:10:30 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote: 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 Visit my WW II B-26 website at: http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer I don't get it. US forces shot 30-06's, pretty much the same caliber as the .303. Not from most front-line aircraft, at least during most of the war in which we participated. |
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And of course the one we told about the the yankss, " Overpaid, Over sexed
and whats worse Over here!". Myc To which the response was "you are just jealous 'cause you are underpaid, under sexed and under Eisenhower." Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired |
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