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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"> </font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font size="2">From: <span><span style="color:rgb(91, 16, 148)"></span></span><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 104, 28)"></span></span><span><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);"></span></span></font><span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#c88900">Sandy Fleming</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:fleemin@live.co.uk">fleemin@live.co.uk</a></span></span></p>
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Subject: <span></span><span></span><span></span></font><span class="gI">LL-L "Humor" 2011.06.04 (03) [EN]</span><font size="2"><span></span><br></font>
<font size="2"><span><br></span></font><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2">> From: <span><span style="color:rgb(91, 16, 148)"></span></span><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 104, 28)"></span></span></font><span><span style="color:rgb(0, 104, 28)">Hellinckx Luc</span> <span><a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com" target="_blank">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a></span></span>
<font size="2">> Subject: <span></span><span></span></font><span>LL-L "Humor"</span><br>
<font size="2"><span><br></span></font>> Beste Leeglanders,<div><br></div><div>> This one made me crack up. It's a
revision by John Cleese of an older text, originally written by John
Humberstone. The article has been published before, but got popular
again:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="border:medium none;padding:0px"><div><span style="color:rgb(1, 41, 68)"><b>“Alerts to Terror Threats in 2011 Europe,” by John Cleese</b></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(1, 41, 68)"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(1, 41, 68)">The
English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats
and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to
"Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to
"Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross." The English have not been "A Bit
Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out.
Terrorists have been re-categorized from "Tiresome" to "A Bloody
Nuisance." The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning
level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(1, 41, 68)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(1, 41, 68)">The
Scots have raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's Get
the Bastards." They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they
have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300
years. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(1, 41, 68)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(1, 41, 68)">The
French Government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror
alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France
are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent
fire that destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing
the country's military capability. </span></div></blockquote><font style="font-size:10pt" size="2"><br>Is this John Cleese, really? I'd expect a humorist of his experience to recognise cheap overgeneralisations for what they are.<br>
<br>Maybe any remaining French resistance fighters or people who knew them would like to express an opinion?<br><br>Sandy Fleming<br><a href="http://scotstext.org/" target="_blank">http://scotstext.org/</a><br><br>----------<br>
<br>From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: Humor<br><br>Sandy,<br><br>Perhaps John Cleese was channeling Basil Fawlty at the time.<br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>
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