A special relationship?

Eichhörnchen · 03-01-25, 05:23 AM

Hey, guys - please! My fault all this - the tenor of my OP was meant to question whether GB is quite as prominent or important as our press seem so needy to hear about in dealings with the US. Perhaps clumsy of me to attempt to illustrate this with the anecdote as I did

Platapus · 03-01-25, 06:54 AM

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”
― George Carlin

mapuc · 03-01-25, 09:51 AM

We have to go back to the beginning of the 80's where the Swedish King and Queen was on an official visit in USA.

Each day there were news report from this visit. One day(I'll never forget it)the reporter was visiting a bar/pub and there he asked the quest if they knew Sweden and where it could be found on the map.

Those he asked didn't know there was a country named Sweden...Until he came to this man who was pretty sure Sweden was an island and it could be found north of Japan

Markus

Platapus · 03-01-25, 09:54 AM

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Until he came to this man who was pretty sure Sweden was an island and it could be found north of Japan

Markus

Well... if you go enough North from Japan....

Catfish · 03-01-25, 11:27 AM

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Well... if you go enough North from Japan....

Not true, you will fall off the map. Also the map in the video further north in this thread is unfair, everyone knows that America is left on the map, and Asia is right. Strict geographically of(f) course.

Commander Wallace · 03-01-25, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Hey, guys - please! My fault all this - the tenor of my OP was meant to question whether GB is quite as prominent or important as our press seem so needy to hear about in dealings with the US. Perhaps clumsy of me to attempt to illustrate this with the anecdote as I did

You have nothing to apologize for, Eichhörnchen.

I was being facetious when I posted the funny map of England. Of course, you, Jim and others took it as the joke it was meant to be. I know you, Jim and others have a sense of humor here in the Forum's. Some decided to highjack the thread in pursuit of their own agenda. As far as England being Important, rest assured, it is.

You understand the Importance of having a sense of humor in these difficult and uncertain times. Unfortunately, some people don't. It's all good, Eichhörnchen.

Aktungbby · 03-01-25, 12:20 PM

.../\ let's be honest here CW

your's and my knowledge of geography does not extend much beyond a hockey rink or a Rugby pitch

....and, this being a

forum based on WWII, the only geographical primary factotum is: "the Atlantic is an English speaking Lake;" as Donitiz conceded in May of 1943 when he withdrew his lost-cause submersibles from action! That said, my favorite places on the spinning mudball are Moorea, (CubMed-French), Bonaire,(SKUBA-Dutch), and Islay(peat-fired Scotch whisky-Gaelic)!

Commander Wallace · 03-01-25, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

.../\ let's be honest here CW

your's and my knowledge of geography does not extend much beyond a hockey rink or a Rugby pitch

....and, this being a

forum based on WWII, the only geographical primary factotum is: "the Atlantic is an English speaking Lake;" as Donitiz conceded in May of 1943 when he withdrew his lost-cause submersibles from action! That said, my favorite places on the spinning mudball are Moorea, (CubMed), Bonaire,(SKUBA), and Islay(peat-fired Scotch whisky)

I must disagree. I barely knew my way around the Hockey rink either.

Although, I knew the way to the Penalty box.

I suspect, you may well have been the same.

That being said, Geography and History was a big deal in my Primary School. The other kids and I learned well. I used to help an older family friend with his oversized Garden. He had served in WW2 and unbeknownst to me at the time, taught me Geography and History as well. He was a good man.

Aktungbby · 03-01-25, 12:53 PM

That shines. My sixth-grade teacher, and TBD aerial rear-gunner on was on the USS Lexington in WWII when she was sunk at Coral Sea; and my drafting instructor was captured on the beach at Dieppe on the practice raid for D-day! Their war-stories and Homer's Illiad/Odessey probably prompted my interest enroute to a '73 History degree BA.

Commander Wallace · 03-01-25, 01:07 PM

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That shines. My sixth-grade teacher, and TBD aerial rear-gunner on was on the USS Lexington in WWII when she was sunk at Coral Sea; and my drafting instructor was captured on the beach at Dieppe on the practice raid for D-day! Their war-stories and Homer's Illiad/Odessey probably prompted my interest in history and a '73 History degree BA.

They were called the Greatest Generation for good reason.

I'm sure the men you knew were exceptional men of character in their own right.

Good on you for not only following their exemplary examples but also for being a font of knowledge regarding treatises and other subjects of a Historical nature here.

I knew we had a bit in Common other than being a couple of Scots Miscreants and Scamps.

Jimbuna · 03-01-25, 01:43 PM

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You have nothing to apologize for, Eichhörnchen.

I was being facetious when I posted the funny map of England. Of course, you, Jim and others took it as the joke it was meant to be. I know you, Jim and others have a sense of humor here in the Forum's. Some decided to highjack the thread in pursuit of their own agenda. As far as England being Important, rest assured, it is.

You understand the Importance of having a sense of humor in these difficult and uncertain times. Unfortunately, some people don't. It's all good, Eichhörnchen.

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,613 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	We have to go back to the beginning of the 80's where the Swedish King and Queen was on an official visit in USA. Each day there were news report from this visit. One day(I'll never forget it)the reporter was visiting a bar/pub and there he asked the quest if they knew Sweden and where it could be found on the map. Those he asked didn't know there was a country named Sweden...Until he came to this man who was pretty sure Sweden was an island and it could be found north of Japan Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,140 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	That shines. My sixth-grade teacher, and TBD aerial rear-gunner on was on the USS Lexington in WWII when she was sunk at Coral Sea; and my drafting instructor was captured on the beach at Dieppe on the practice raid for D-day! Their war-stories and Homer's Illiad/Odessey probably prompted my interest enroute to a '73 History degree BA. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!