April 1778 - US attacks England!

[Binky Bainbridge]

Yeah, we kicked England's butt and what did they do to us? They waited nearly 200 years and sent over Musicians.

We kicked our own butt - don't forget it was English colonists, (with French assistance) vs English - America didn't exist then.

So, starting at 6:30, KONQ's going to play its entire Beatles library; just to acknowledge the one good thing they did do for the US of A.

P.S. We're playing Eagles music now.

Is it possible to get the radio show via the internet? What about having a whole British Invasion show with the Stones, Yardbirds, Small Faces, Dave Clark 5, Hollies, etc etc.

What do you mean by the comment the one good thing we did for you? We gave you our language for heaven's sake - although you do love corrupting it!

[KONQ RADIO]

The British tried to give us computers; but they couldn't figure out how to make them leak oil. :D

[Binky Bainbridge]

The British tried to give us computers; but they couldn't figure out how to make them leak oil. :D

The British tried to give us computers; but they couldn't figure out how to make them leak oil. :D

.... and you gave us the culinary delight of McDonalds ..... thanks! Clogged arteries, obesity, and career opportunities as burger flippers .....:)

[booger]

not me, i've just began to fight, he said, i don't like tea, and i want to keep my musket. i'm dam happy about the outcome.

[banyon]

Very interesting, Mr. Binky. I did not know of the attempted invasion.

It also inspired me to look up his Wiki and I learned this too:

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In May 1790, Jones arrived in Paris, where he remained in retirement during the rest of his life, although he made a number of attempts to re-enter the Russian service. In June 1792, Jones was appointed U.S. Consul to treat with the Bey of Algiers for the release of American captives. Before Jones was able to fulfill his appointment, however, he died and was found lying face-down on his bed in his third-floor Paris apartment, No. 42 Rue de Tournon, on July 18, 1792. A small procession of servants, friends, and loyal soldiers walked his body the four miles (6 km) for burial. He was buried in Paris at the Saint Louis Cemetery, which belonged to the French royal family. Four years later, France's revolutionary government sold the property and the cemetery was forgotten. The area was later used as a garden, a place to dispose of dead animals, and a place where gamblers bet on animal fights.

In 1905, Jones' remains were identified by US Ambassador to France Gen. Horace Porter (Goodheart 2006) who had searched for six years to track down the body using faulty copies of Jones' burial record. Thanks to the kind donation of a French admirer, Pierrot Francois Simmoneau, who donated over 460 francs for a lead coffin for Jones, Porter knew what to look for in his search. Porter's team, which included anthropologist Louis Capitan, identified an abandoned site in northeastern Paris as the former St. Louis Cemetery for Alien Protestants. Sounding probes were used to search for lead coffins, and 5 coffins were ultimately exhumed. The third, unearthed on April 7, 1905, was later identified by a meticulous post-mortem examination by Doctors Capitan and Georges Papillault as being that of Jones, and the face was later compared to a bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon.

Jones' body was ceremonially removed from his interment in a Parisian charnel house and brought to the United States aboard the USS Brooklyn, escorted by three other cruisers. On approaching the US coast, seven US Navy battleships joined the procession escorting Jones' body back to America. On April 24, 1906, Jones's coffin was installed in Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, following a ceremony in Dahlgren Hall, presided over by President Theodore Roosevelt who gave a lengthy tributary speech.[13] On January 26, 1913, the Captain's remains were finally re-interred in a magnificent bronze and marble sarcophagus at the Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis

[banyon]

Also I did not know this:

next command came as a result of Commodore Hopkins' orders to liberate hundreds of American prisoners forced to labor in coal mines in Nova Scotia and also to raid British shipping.

Friggin' Limies! :D

[Highwayman]

....What do you mean by the comment the one good thing we did for you? We gave you our language for heaven's sake - although you do love corrupting it!

We didn’t corrupt the language Binky, we just honed down a few rough edges and made it workable.

In the meantime, you can keep this wonderful policy all to yourselves. There are still good reasons why we don’t let England run our business.

Toddlers who turn their noses up at spicy food from overseas could be branded racists by a Government-sponsored agency.

The National Children's Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance to play leaders and nursery teachers advising them to be alert for racist incidents among youngsters in their care.

This could include a child of as young as three who says "yuk" in response to being served unfamiliar foreign food.

The guidance by the NCB is designed to draw attention to potentially-racist attitudes in youngsters from a young age.

It alerts playgroup leaders that even babies can not be ignored in the drive to root out prejudice as they can "recognise different people in their lives".

The 366-page guide for staff in charge of pre-school children, called Young Children and Racial Justice, warns: "Racist incidents among children in early years settings tend to be around name-calling, casual thoughtless comments and peer group relationships."

It advises nursery teachers to be on the alert for childish abuse such as: "blackie", "Pakis", "those people" or "they smell".

The guide goes on to warn that children might also "react negatively to a culinary tradition other than their own by saying 'yuk'".

Staff are told: "No racist incident should be ignored. When there is a clear racist incident, it is necessary to be specific in condemning the action."

Warning that failing to pick children up on their racist attitudes could instil prejudice, the NCB adds that if children "reveal negative attitudes, the lack of censure may indicate to the child that there is nothing unacceptable about such attitudes".

Nurseries are encouraged to report as many incidents as possible to their local council. The guide added: "Some people think that if a large number of racist incidents are reported, this will reflect badly on the institution. In fact, the opposite is the case."

Toddlers who dislike spicy food racist, say report - Telegraph

[blondemoments]

It also inspired me to look up his Wiki

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You looked UP his what?????

sorry, couldn't resist

[Binky Bainbridge]

John Paul Jones certainly had an eventful life!

We didn’t corrupt the language Binky, we just honed down a few rough edges and made it workable.

mmmmmm... workable maybe for you, not us! :) But hey that's what's made the English language such a universal language, the fact that it is so adaptable and secondly the fact that you guys speak it as your main language, (at the moment anyway). We don't really mind your spelling, dropping the "u", (e.g., favor instead of favour, neighbor instead of neighbour).
What I do find annoying on my visits to your great country is when I ask for "water" - nobody seems to understand me! And it's such a simple word.

As for the Daily Telegraph report, its just a case of some people in this country taking "political correctness", (how I hate that phrase), to extremes! It's a load of c**p!

[jeezeweeze]

You looked UP his what?????

sorry, couldn't resist