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>> "William Black" ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> You're writing this in humor, aren't you? Let me see if I can follow
>> up...
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>>> Traditionally French ships act in a very specific manner when facing the
>>> Royal Navy, they sink...
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>> Uhm, sinking... sinking... oh yes, the behavior of the HMS Sheffield when
>> facing a French-built anti-ship missile!
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> No.
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> That should be 'burning'.
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> She was scuttled the next day.
Not a lot of difference there, heh. Down to the bottom it went.
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>> And maybe that case might have some more relevance to events taking place
>> in 1985, than the glory that was Britain at Trafalgar and the courageous
>> deed at Oran, eh?
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> Doubtful.
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> The historical record shows that the French fleet when faced with teh
> Royal Navy, erm, sank...
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So yes, you believe that the unfortunate case of the Sheffield, taking
place, what? two years before this hypothetical, would be less relevant than
what had happened centuries before. You _are_ joking, aren't you.
>>> Mad Maggie got blown up by the IRA in 1984 and she came marching out of
>>> the rubble, shaking the bricks out of her hair and looking for a fight.
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>> Well yes, but that was a nickname. You seem to be claiming that she
>> actually would say she's Napoleon on workdays and Christ on weekends...
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> Christ!
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> Never Christ.
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> Her father owned a shop and didn't work with his hands...
Oh right, what about Mohammed, he traded camels, would that be OK?
I note you saw my point about embarassing sinkings in port happening even in
the best families...
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