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Re: No more steel in jolly old England
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lugnet.pirates
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Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:42:20 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.pirates, Jason Catena writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > > The British naval officers wore blue coats. The British Marines wore red.
> > > Of course, you can make 'em whatever you want - I use 'em all as British or
> > > French and British as fancy takes me.
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> > *boggle*
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> > Their marines wore *red*?
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> > Wouldn't that make them excellent targets? ;)
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> Why do you think the Americans beat their [bottoms] off in 1776? It wasn't
> just determination; these guys were obvious targets, and couldn't get around
> rough terrain, while the locals knew all about camouflage and the good hiding
> places... :-)
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> -Shiri
Early Bill Cosby routine....
Bruce
(OoooOOooo, showing my age)
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| (...) Why do you think the Americans beat their [bottoms] off in 1776? It wasn't just determination; these guys were obvious targets, and couldn't get around rough terrain, while the locals knew all about camouflage and the good hiding places... :-) (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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