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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Sunday, May 10, 2009
We are here purely out of necessity, not because we want to
You know that house practice thing? Because it was compulsory to go for two events I went for javelin and shot put.
And you know they didn't even take down my bloody name for javelin? So I think I've been cheated.
Anyway when Ros and I went down I kept muttering to myself that 'we are here purely out of necessity, not because we want to'. Which I think is quite an accurate statement if I do say so myself.
You know what day it is today?
It's WINSTON-CHURCHILL-ELECTED-AS-PRIME-MINISTER day!
Yes, I know it's also mother's day, but today in 1940 he was elected prime minister! Celebration! It was also somewhere around today that he made that "Blood, sweat, tears and toil" speech. If you're interested go look it up. Churchill Speeches always rock.
Speaking of history quite a few things happened today.
# 1940 – The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
# 1940 – Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
# 1940 – Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
# 1940 – Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
# 1941 – The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
# 1941 – Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland in order to try and negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Germany.
# 1942 – The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
Interesting, isn't it? And today just happened to be mother's day.
I am going to the doctor tomorrow because I have a fever, a cough and a runny nose. And before you all go screaming "SWINE FLU! GET AWAY FROM ME!" I can assure you that my temperature is a mere 37.7C and it is not about to go any higher.
Right. I'll have to be off now. I've got stuff to do. After all, I'm doing this purely out of necessity, not because I want to.
(It is bloody difficult to find Winston Churchill with his bowler hat, cigar and v for victory sign all together. If he's not missing one thing, it's the other.)
~Today in History~
1940: Winston Churchill becomes PRIME MINISTER.
~Quote of the Day~
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.
-Georges Clemenceau. I know the answer! It's both.
You know that house practice thing? Because it was compulsory to go for two events I went for javelin and shot put.
And you know they didn't even take down my bloody name for javelin? So I think I've been cheated.
Anyway when Ros and I went down I kept muttering to myself that 'we are here purely out of necessity, not because we want to'. Which I think is quite an accurate statement if I do say so myself.
You know what day it is today?
It's WINSTON-CHURCHILL-ELECTED-AS-PRIME-MINISTER day!
Yes, I know it's also mother's day, but today in 1940 he was elected prime minister! Celebration! It was also somewhere around today that he made that "Blood, sweat, tears and toil" speech. If you're interested go look it up. Churchill Speeches always rock.
Speaking of history quite a few things happened today.
# 1940 – The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.
# 1940 – Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
# 1940 – Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
# 1940 – Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.
# 1941 – The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.
# 1941 – Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland in order to try and negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Germany.
# 1942 – The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.
Interesting, isn't it? And today just happened to be mother's day.
I am going to the doctor tomorrow because I have a fever, a cough and a runny nose. And before you all go screaming "SWINE FLU! GET AWAY FROM ME!" I can assure you that my temperature is a mere 37.7C and it is not about to go any higher.
Right. I'll have to be off now. I've got stuff to do. After all, I'm doing this purely out of necessity, not because I want to.
(It is bloody difficult to find Winston Churchill with his bowler hat, cigar and v for victory sign all together. If he's not missing one thing, it's the other.)
~Today in History~
1940: Winston Churchill becomes PRIME MINISTER.
~Quote of the Day~
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.
-Georges Clemenceau. I know the answer! It's both.
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