Posted by Bill Farnsworth on 09/09/06 18:31

<mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote
> The presumption of the aristocracy and stiff manners are not the
> only measure of class and certainly not of the type I was thinking
> of, but even so, their mere facade of ponciness belies the fact of
> their immense ruggedness and durability, this same group still make
> up some of the hardest men in the army today, world class in that
> respect, as current events are demonstrating so emphatically. These
> are the decedents of those marine adventurers and empire builders
> (pirates to everyone else), whose achievements in the face of
> ridiculous odds are unlikely to be repeated. Furthermore it's my
> experience that they will fart and belch with a lot greater
> abandoned aplomb than most.
>
>
> --
> John Lubran

Hear. Hear.

Bill

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