A dear Scouser friend of ours bought my kids when they were toddlers tee-shirts with Stan Boardman on them who was a personal friend of his. The slogan read 'De Jeermins bombed aar chippies. We were all having lunch at our favourite restaurant on the beach one summer when the tourists on the next table were peering at my kids tee-shirts. They were a group of jeermins :) Angela ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Feeding the Germans. > It WAS a scouser who joked about bombing chippy's, you know. Stan Boardman, > I believe. > > Now my policy is if they bomb you once then you bomb them 70 times and they > MIGHT think twice about doing it again. Then when they need bread make them > starve. That way they, and others, think twice. Let them eat cake! > > And I doubt that me complementing such rubbish as neighbours, young doctors > and home and away will have the slightest effect on English/australian > relations. Or that, even with their mentality, they will take offence at > their educational programmes being ribbed. Still, if that's your opinion > that's your right. > > Brian > Staffordshire, UK > List Admin > www.lordbramhall.co.uk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marged" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:56 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Feeding the Germans. > > > > I would like to think that once the bombing was over, we did help the > > Germans. Someone mentioned the "eye for an eye" policy earlier (I think > it > > was on this list). That is the Old Testament philosophy. I prefer the > New > > Testament "turn the other cheek". And forgive thine enemeny 70 time > seven, > > or whatever it is. > > > > If we don't have reconciliation, we may as well pack up altogether. > > > > You are right, Jim, they did bomb our chippie, and it's a pity it came to > > that because both Germany and Japan seem to be achieving their aims > without > > any bombing these days - just by economic strength. > > > > Marj > > > > Now that's probably when counselling might have helped > > > because we were all still shell shocked from the being bombed by the > poor > > > starving Germans who probably bombed Marged's Chippy. > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 20/04/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please remember, commercial advertising is NOT allowed on this list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Let's hope they didn't realise THEY were the Jeermins, Angela! Marj (she of the German grandmother) > A dear Scouser friend of ours bought my kids when they were toddlers > tee-shirts with Stan Boardman on them who was a personal friend of his. > The slogan read 'De Jeermins bombed aar chippies. > > We were all having lunch at our favourite restaurant on the beach one summer > when the tourists on the next table were peering at my kids tee-shirts. > > They were a group of jeermins :) > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 19/04/02