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I'd call these stories "busting their chops."


It makes you proud to be an American even if the following never happened. I never realized our aircraft carrier had such capabilities..




Subject: FW: 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 internation al 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

& gt; 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.