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Re: "Canadians. With guns. And a warship. What is this world coming to?"
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lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sat, 9 Feb 2002 20:12:32 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.ca, Calum Tsang writes:
> In lugnet.loc.ca, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > Matthew Gerber wrote in message ...
> > > It was Austrailia last time...but this one is just as funny!
> > >
> > > http://www.satirewire.com/news/feb02/warship.shtml
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> > And here's the real thing... HMCS Vancouver's own website
> > http://www.navy.dnd.ca/vancouver/navigation.htm
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> > And the local paper's report of her leaving for the Gulf:
> > http://www.boardoftrade.com/sov_page.asp?pageID=445
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> Yup. We even have twelve of them. The Halifax class is actually one of the
> most advanced frigate types in the world.
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> We primarily use them to shoot salmon poachers from Spain though.
...which points to a far greater improbability than Canadian warships
(which are actually not that uncommon historically)--*Spanish* warships.
Not bloody likely!
(Also: Are salmon poachers really that well-armed?)
LFB
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