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3 STUPID QUESTIONS, 3 GREAT ANSWERS
1. 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."
It became very quiet in the room.
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2. 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?"
Once again, dead silence.
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3. 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"....
Needless to say, you could have heard a pin drop!
1. 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."
It became very quiet in the room.
********************************************************
2. 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?"
Once again, dead silence.
********************************************************
3. 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"....
Needless to say, you could have heard a pin drop!
