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Thread ID: 139358	2015-04-20 12:24:00	ANZAC? Really?	fred_fish (15241)	PC World Chat

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1399001	2015-04-21 06:46:00	You weren’t on Flagstaff Station, Melbourne, the other day were you? From an Aussie mate. This actually happened in an Underground station in Melbourne. [I]There were protesters on the Flagstaff station concourse handing out Pamphlets on the evils of Australia. I politely declined to take one. ~ And on Saturday don’t forget the 122,000 Aussies and Kiwis who gave their lives in two world wars so we can have this discussion. Lest We Forget. Mmmmmmmmmm. So it "actually happened" Snopes: Home --> Politics --> War/Anti-War --> Old Lady and Umbrella Old Lady and Umbrella Claim: Old lady offered an anti-war pamphlet offers to shove her umbrella up an anti-war protester's ass. Status: Undetermined. Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 2003] To nobody's surprise there were protestors today in DC, they attempted to disrupt the metro system and block the Key Bridge, a leading artery into DC from Northern Virginia. I got hosed twice because I come in from NoVA [Northern Virginia] on the metro and it is raining hard which makes traffic worse anyway...to the point — I got off my train in Rosslyn because I had to use the bathroom. When I was getting back on the train, there were protestors on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20ish) female protestor offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young protestor put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, "Ma'am, don't you care about the children of Iraq?" The old woman looked up at her and said, "Honey, my first husband died in France during World War II so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth your country. And if you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it." I'm glad to report that loud applause broke out among the onlookers and the young protestor was at a total loss for words. [Collected on the Internet, February 2012] GOD BLESS THE OLD BRITS!!! It happened in an underground station in London . There were protesters on the concourse handing out pamphlets on the "evils of Britain". I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman behind me was getting off the escalator and a young (20-ish) female protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young protester put her hand on the woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, 'Madam, don't you care about the children of Iraq?' The elderly woman looked up at her and said, 'My dear, my father died in France during World War II, I lost my husband in Korea and my grandson in Afghanistan . All three died so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth our country. If you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ****ing arse and open it.' God Bless Great Britain Origins: This tale about a wizened old lady standing up to the pushy anti-war protestor first landed in our inbox on 27 March 2003. Some versions we've received identify the author as "an Army captain stationed in Washington, DC," but others don't provide even that much of an attribution. The authorship of the piece is unknown. Did the events as described actually take place? Well, they might have. Then again, this account of a feisty war widow's response to anti-war protestors could just be someone's attempt to express in story form how that person feels about those who oppose the war in Iraq. Let's look at what little is known. On 20 March 2003, war protesters blocked rush-hour traffic on the Key Bridge, one of the main bridges between Northern Virginia and Washington, closing the span for about 30 minutes. The protests began shortly after 8 a.m. in Rosslyn and continued throughout the day. Although news accounts we examined failed to mention anything about protestors handing out pamphlets, that does not mean those involved in the event were not providing literature to passersby. Yet that something could have happened does not mean that it did happen. One point in the account does give us especial pause — the author speaks of getting off his train in Rosslyn because he had to use the bathroom. Those familiar with the station at Rosslyn point out there are no public washrooms in that facility. Even so, for now let's place this one in the "possibly apocryphal" category and leave it at that. :(	WalOne (4202)
1399002	2015-04-21 07:57:00	Rosslyn is just outside Seattle and was used for filming in the show Northern Exposure	gary67 (56)
1399003	2015-04-21 07:57:00	Like I said Wal it came from a mate and I just laughed. The point is the parallel, but I doubt you would understand that. And as Snoops says in the post you quoted: “Even so, for now let's place this one in the "possibly apocryphal" category and leave it at that.” Every day we all say or quote things that have been said before, but I do realise the message can be a bit sublime for some. :(	B.M. (505)
1399004	2015-04-21 09:53:00	The first world war was totally unnecessary, purely a political argument. The Kiwis who went with the misguided impression that they were serving God & Country, were really going to be used as Cannon fodder by British Officers whose mission was to kill. There were also those who were escaping from the tedium of living in New Zealand in primitive conditions with rife unemployment and dozens of kids. At no time was Britain or New Zealand in danger. I lost two ancestors in the first world war, and so far as I was concerned they shouldn't have been there. I too was used by the British Government, spent 3 years fighting terrorists, then they gave my country away to the terrorists, and I had to leave because they wouldn't give me a work permit.	mzee (3324)
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