> ~ POINTED REPLIES WHEN YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP
> >
> > Veer Savarkar once started addressing a public meeting in
> > Hindi at Bangalore.The crowd started shouting " Speak in Kannada. We will
> > hear only in kannada."
> > Veer Savarkar replied " Friends, I have spent 14 years
> > of rigorous imprisonment in ill famous Andaman Jail where
> > all freedom fighters were kept in jail. I have learned
> > Bengali from the freedom fighters coming from Bengal, Hindi
> > from those coming from Uttar Pradesh, even gujarathi and
> > punjabi. Unfortunately there was none from Karnataka from
> > whom I could have learned Kannada."
> > ...and there was pin drop
> > silence.
> >
> > At a time when the US President and other US politicians
> > tend to apologize for their country's prior actions,
> > here's a refresher on how some former US personnel
> > handled negative comments about the United
> > States.
> >
> > JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in
> > the early 60's when Charles DeGaule, the French
> > President, decided to pull out of NATO.
> >
> > DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as
> > soon as possible.
> >> > Rusk responded "does that include those who are buried
> > here?
> >
> > DeGaule did not respond.
> > You could have heard a pin drop.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
> > When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin
> > Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury
> >
> > if US plans for Iraq were just an example of empire
> > building by George Bush.
> >
> > He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United
> > States has sent many of its fine young men and women into
> > great peril
> > to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
> >
> > The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is
> > enough to bury those that did not
> > return.'
> >
> > You could have heard a pin drop.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > There
> > was a conference in France where a number of international
> > engineers were taking part, including French and American.
> >
> > During a break, one of the French engineers came back into
> > the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt
> > Bush has done?
> > He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the
> > tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb
> > them?'
> >
> > A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our
> > carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat
> > several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can
> > supply emergency electrical power to shore
> > facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity
> > to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce
> > several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each
> > day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in
> > transporting victims and injured to and from their flight
> > deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France
> > have?'
> >
> > You could have heard a pin drop.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
> > A
> > U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that
> > included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian,
> > Australian and French Navies.
> >
> > At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with
> > a large group of Officers that included personnel from
> > most of those countries.
> > Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
> > drinks when a French admiral suddenly complained that,
> > whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn
> > only English.
> >
> > He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak
> > English in these conferences rather than speaking
> > French?'
> >
> > Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied,
> > 'Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians,
> > Aussie's and Americans arranged it
> >
> > so you wouldn't have to speak
> > German.'
> >
> > You could have heard a pin drop.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
> >
> > ............ AND THE FOLLOWING STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE
> > ABOVE....... ...
> >
> > Robert Whiting , an elderly US
> > gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
> > At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his
> > passport in his carry on.
> >
> > "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the
> > customs officer asked sarcastically.
> >
> > Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France
> > previously.
> >
> > "Then you should know enough to have your passport
> > ready."
> >
> > The American said, 'The last time I was here, I
> > didn't have to show it."
> >
> > "Impossible. Americans always have to show your
> > passports on arrival in France !"
> >
> > The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look.
> >
> > Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came
> > ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this
> > country,
> >
> > I couldn't find a single Frenchman to show a passport
> > to."
> > You could have heard a pin drop.
