Awatmath.1783 net.jokes.q utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!jcwinterton Thu Feb 18 04:21:20 1982 Bundles for Britain. During World War II before Pearl Harbor, there was a campaign in the United States called "Bundles for Britain". It was run by some very enthusiastic people who believed that Hitler had to be stopped. One of their activities consisted of importing RAF aces as speakers while they were recovering from wounds (walking wounded) or otherwise prevented from flying. One such officer was Group Captain Jacques Francois of de Gaulle's FFI (attached to the RAF). You must understand that the Group Captain spoke with a heavy French accent, so I will alter the spelling below accordingly. One day, Jacques was address- ing a ladies club in a small midwestern town. He was describing his experience in which he received the wounds from which he was currently recovering. GC J.F. "Alors, mesdames, I was flying at seex t'ousand feet when I noticed that there was ey fokker just below. I looked about, and also deescuvair that there was another fokker just off my weeg teep a droit, and there was yet another fokker on my tail..." Madam Chairperson: "Excuse me, Group Captain, I think I should explain that a fokker is a type of Germain air craft". GC J.F. "No, madame, these fokkers were flying Messerschmitts". ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.