On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:43:19 -0000 "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> England, of course. > > A civilising force for the good of all mankind. Welcomed with open > arms the world over for several hundred years, our friendly dominion > was universally loved by the people of all nations who invited us to > govern their helpless little countries and teach their people the > benefits of tea-time, grey flannels and a sporting fair chance for all > (which even now we continue to extend to our charmingly uncouth > antipodean cousins). > > We never asked for anything for ourselves, but devoted the flower of > each generation to the charitable work of ridding your nations of the > pestilence of rubber, spices, oil, coffee, cotton, minerals and other > undesirable commodities. > > Finally we handed it all back to you whenever you asked, and there > were never any angry words between us, just the warm glow of > satisfaction that a father feels when his stupidest child finally > learns to read. bob, have you ever read a book called 'the men who ruled india" by a certain philip mason? i believe someone came out with a sequel too. just curious... the humour quotient is nowhere near yours but if you don't watch out you'll get a copyright infringement notice from one of his heirs (if any)... :)) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
