On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:22 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Reminds me of an apparently true story here in Italy from the 2nd World War. > The phone lines to the isle of Sicily were interrupted and the switchboard > operator reported to his superior officer :- "Signore, the mainland is > isolated!"
Barry, the same set of circumstances happened in the UK, reportedly in 1939. "Dense Fog in [the English] Channel: Continent Isolated for Three Days." http://www.englishforums.com/English/ArePhoneTermsTurning/21/hwwcg/Post.htm I remember hearing this anecdote in my childhood, and I could not see what was funny about it - seemed to make sense to me, but it sits strangely on the shoulders of a sea-faring nation. Bernard _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
