On the flip side there was the classic naval meeting at Nato headquarters where a French admiral got chatting to a British one and was commenting on the Falklands gong he was wearing. The British officer explained he'd been on one of the submarines in the Falklands war.
He then made a comment about how stupid the Argentines were claiming that British submarines were off their coast when it was well known they were in the middle of the Atlantic.
The French officers reply was laconic to say the least "Yes, we heard about that on the news. It is terrible, there were French submarines off their coast drag racing to annoy them and we got no recognition, they didn't even try and chase us!"
by eno » Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:54 am 
