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May 27, 2005
We Are Doomed, Doomed (No. 47)
From Stop The Bleating comes this pathetic yet by-now-utterly-predictable item:
A re-enactment of the Battle of Trafalgar is not an opportunity for "French-bashing", says the Royal Navy. Instead of the British taking on a French/Spanish fleet at next month's event to mark the battle's bicentenary a "red" force will take on a "blue".
Navy organisers fear visiting officials may be embarrassed at seeing their side beaten, The Sunday Times reported.
Portsmouth MP Mike Hancock said an event which did not acknowledge who the enemy was is "absolute twaddle".
Usually an angry, well-spoken Brit is a wonder to behold. But MP Hancock misfired with "twaddle"--I'm quite sure that one of Patrick O'Brian's characters would have done much better ("Grass-combing, dutch-built buggers" comes immediately to mind.)
Official literature for the event refers to "an early 19th-century sea battle" instead of the Battle of Trafalgar, The Sunday Times said.
Red hell and bloody death! Damn their eyes!
I'm glad Admiral Nelson is not around to witness this travesty.
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