View Full Version : How shocking! The Brits do it, too!
Skybird
11-05-13, 10:59 AM
:o They spy on us! Eeeeeeek...!
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/revelation-of-spy-nest-in-british-berlin-embassy-angers-germans-a-931868.html
Naive Germans. Dear Germans, if you want others not spying on you, i advise you to do this: become strong in spionage so that you are able to fight them off and prevent them from successfully doign what they do. That is what counter-espionage is about.
To accuse the Americans or the British of trying to steal our economic and business secrets is as rational as to accuse German export industry to be stronger than that of those complainig about it.
Dear Germany, fight foreign intel off instead of crying about their operations!
Dear America - become economically stronger yourself instead of crying about us hvaign strong exports (the same greeting goes to France, England and the EU).
Too good that Germany's diplomatic elite has forced America to accept singing an anti-spying-treaty. That will teach America its limits, I'm sure. :har:
the_tyrant
11-05-13, 11:17 AM
Oh, come on. Its not like you guys don't do it.
Spying on politicians is a fact lf life. Hell, even the tabloids do it!
Herr-Berbunch
11-05-13, 11:43 AM
Your telling me that during the cold war (West) Germany didn't build up its own espionage network?
Or that it's a complete surprise to Germans that spying ever took place from Teufelsberg, even when it looked like this (but in better state of repair)? -
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Teufelsberg_ehem_Radaranlage.jpg
Only the subjects change. :sunny:
Well...you know...you are Germany, and we are Britain...you know... :O: It's tradition. We spy on the French too, just in case. :yep:
Catfish
11-05-13, 12:33 PM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/angelsachsen_zps67464c82.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/angelsachsen_zps67464c82.jpg.html)
:haha:
Jimbuna
11-05-13, 03:29 PM
Time to change the Enigma rotors I guess.
Madox58
11-05-13, 03:37 PM
I don't think the Brits spy. That's to crude and not British as they say.
I'd think it would be called 'a Clandestine Inquirey'.
:D
Jimbuna
11-05-13, 03:50 PM
The British ambassador in Berlin has been called in to Germany's foreign ministry to respond to spying allegations.
The UK's Independent newspaper says the British embassy in Berlin may house a "top-secret listening post".
It cites leaked US National Security Agency (NSA) documents suggesting the UK could be using hi-tech equipment housed on the embassy roof.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24824633
I don't think the Brits spy. That's to crude and not British as they say.
I'd think it would be called 'a Clandestine Inquirey'.
:D
No no my dear sir. One does not speak of such things under any circumstances.
AndyJWest
11-05-13, 04:16 PM
Spying on allies makes sense. You know your enemies are up to no good - with your friends you need to check...
Cybermat47
11-05-13, 04:16 PM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/angelsachsen_zps67464c82.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/angelsachsen_zps67464c82.jpg.html)
:haha:
What?! We don't spy on you Germany! Our secret service probably sucks too much!
CaptainMattJ.
11-05-13, 04:33 PM
Called it.
Madox58
11-05-13, 04:35 PM
No no my dear sir. One does not speak of such things under any circumstances.
Ah yes. I stand corrected.
I'm sure it was more a nudge nudge wink wink sort of situation, eh Bruce?
:03:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24824633
It cites leaked US National Security Agency (NSA) documents suggesting the UK could be using hi-tech equipment housed on the embassy roof. Oh...oh that!
No, that's not for spying! That's for getting certain late night channels. :03:
Madox58
11-05-13, 04:44 PM
That's the smokeing room isn't it?
:hmmm:
Penguin
11-05-13, 04:45 PM
O Tempora, o mores.
Wolferz
11-05-13, 04:53 PM
Keep your eye on the Chinese. They'll steal whatever they can in order to undercut you in the world marketplace.
Ah yes. I stand corrected.
I'm sure it was more a nudge nudge wink wink sort of situation, eh Bruce?
:03:
Indeed. :03:
Madox58
11-05-13, 05:22 PM
Indeed. :03:
Gotta keep an eye out for those poofters!!
:shifty:
Skybird
11-05-13, 05:32 PM
Your telling me that during the cold war (West) Germany didn't build up its own espionage network?
Or that it's a complete surprise to Germans that spying ever took place from Teufelsberg, even when it looked like this (but in better state of repair)? -
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Teufelsberg_ehem_Radaranlage.jpg
Only the subjects change. :sunny:
That'S the Teufelsberg in Berlin. The sinstallation was maintained by the US, if I am correctly informed.
Even back then they already spied on us...:Kaleun_Mad:!
Herr-Berbunch
11-05-13, 05:56 PM
That'S the Teufelsberg in Berlin. The sinstallation was maintained by the US, if I am correctly informed.
Even back then they already spied on us...!
Yes it was a US installation, but with a totally separate British contingent of 26 Signals Unit, and it was within the British zone. A much more discrete one at Marienfelde too, but all American. :sunny:
Madox58
11-05-13, 05:57 PM
Even back then they already spied on us
No. That's a Smokeing area.
No. There was a leak on the roof and this covered it until repairs could be done.
No. It was side bet. 2 contractors bet one of them couldn't get Golf Balls in the design of the roof.
No. That whole section was designed for the Presidental Golf thing but due to standard Governmental screw ups? Ended up in Germany.
:hmmm:
I got nothing else. The I'm Sorry scene from a Cheech and Chong Movie probably says it best.
:nope:
Gotta keep an eye out for those poofters!!
:shifty:
You only need a short stroll down Westminster to find that sort of thing. :03:
Sailor Steve
11-05-13, 07:01 PM
Even back then they already spied on us...:Kaleun_Mad:!
Of course we spied on you! We spy on all you foreigners. We have to; you're all so...foreign! :O:
Of course we spied on you! We spy on all you foreigners. We have to; you're all so...foreign! :O:
I'm not. :O:
Jimbuna
11-06-13, 05:45 AM
I'm not. :O:
He meant to say "Foreigners and especially the criminal fraternity" :)
He meant to say "Foreigners and especially the criminal fraternity" :)
Still doesn't apply. Got rid of me ball and chain ages ago. Got one of the female persuasion though.
Jimbuna
11-06-13, 07:13 AM
Still doesn't apply. Got rid of me ball and chain ages ago. Got one of the female persuasion though.
Can't go wrong if you've got a good 'trouble and strife' :03:
Can't go wrong if you've got a good 'trouble and strife' :03:
Oh she's good at both of those.:yep:
Jimbuna
11-06-13, 07:18 AM
http://pb-i4.s3.amazonaws.com/photos5/96736-1244999552-0-l.jpg
http://pb-i4.s3.amazonaws.com/photos5/96736-1244999552-0-l.jpg
Mrs Buna's looking feisty today.:O:
Jimbuna
11-06-13, 07:27 AM
Always is when she's wearing my leopard skin thong on her head :)
Always is when she's wearing my leopard skin thong on her head :)
That's just weird Jim.
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/711/3k37.jpg
Herr-Berbunch
11-06-13, 09:31 AM
I thought this was the happy couple -
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/09/10/article-1310941-0B02EC0F000005DC-262_468x331.jpg
And whilst searching for a good Stan and Hilda pic I came across this from 1974 -
http://showbizgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Screen-Shot-2013-05-03-at-11.05.55.png
Back row: Betty Williams (Betty Driver, died 2011), Annie Walker (Doris Speed, died 1994), Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander).
Front row: Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear), Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire), Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride), Mavis Wilton (Thelma Barlow), and Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox).
Who'd have thought Emily Bishop scrubbed up so well in her younger days?
Jimbuna
11-06-13, 09:36 AM
That's just weird Jim.
Most definitely...mine are those below :hmmm:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31%2Br5U0K9fL._SY300_.jpg
Platapus
11-06-13, 09:48 AM
No no my dear sir. One does not speak of such things under any circumstances.
Gentleman do not read other gentleman's letters.
Does any one have a steaming teapot handy? :D
Sailor Steve
11-06-13, 10:38 AM
They do at Bletchley, room 40, ...and Langley
Ah, but not all Brits are gentlemen, and certainly not most Yanks.
BrucePartington
11-06-13, 04:10 PM
That's just weird Jim.
http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/711/3k37.jpg
Most definitely...mine are those below :hmmm:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31%2Br5U0K9fL._SY300_.jpg
Me knows what Tarjak is talking about, but I'm not going to spoil the fun :O:
Herr-Berbunch
11-06-13, 05:30 PM
Me knows what Tarjak is talking about, but I'm not going to spoil the fun :O:
We all know, it's not the first time thongs and Aussies have been mentioned on these boards. :03:
We all know, it's not the first time thongs and Aussies have been mentioned on these boards. :03:
I just like highlighting the foreign language you foreigners speak. :03:
Madox58
11-06-13, 10:04 PM
Hey! This is a Texas server last I heard.
You take your South of the Equator additude and move along.
:stare:
:haha:
(Those other hemisphereions! I swear!)
Stop getting so Ohio and mighty. Put your shoes on your feet and stop wearing them as underwear.
:arrgh!:
Jimbuna
11-07-13, 03:22 AM
Stop getting so Ohio and mighty. Put your shoes on your feet and stop wearing them as underwear.
:arrgh!:
Now now Sydney dear...don't get all hot and bothered :)
Are another thread derailed and crashed I see. From spying to soap operas and who knows....
Welcome to the Twilight Zone.
Jimbuna
11-07-13, 11:59 AM
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Are another thread derailed and crashed I see. From spying to soap operas and who knows....
Welcome to the Twilight Zone.
Spies are boring. :03:
Spies are boring. :03:
Not if there randy naked sexy women spy's who want hot sex with you. :)
Jimbuna
11-07-13, 04:25 PM
Not if there randy naked sexy women spy's who want hot sex with you. :)
Must be your type then :)
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Hurley burley. I don't want to go where Shane Warne's been before thanks.
Jimbuna
11-08-13, 03:31 AM
Too right :)
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