Friday, May 29, 2009

History They Hid

1956: things get altogether sticky in the Middle East (no, even more than usual) and the Brits gin up a plan to dry up the Nile.

Dang. Y'can't accuse 'em of thinking small, at least.

PS: A. Links fixed, thanks!
B. Here's the main shut-off point.
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5 comments:

  1. plblarkMay 29, 2009 at 3:28 PM

    the last two links are the same place. I want to hear how they were going to dam the nile :-)

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  2. Roberta XMay 29, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    Linky fixy!

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  3. AnonymousMay 29, 2009 at 8:19 PM

    I think the British exist simply to come up with ideas like this.

    Jim

    w/v: shempent. To apologize, Three Stooges-style.

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  4. pdbMay 30, 2009 at 1:23 AM

    Also remember these are the guys who wanted to make an aircraft carrier out of frozen sawdust.

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  5. Roberta XMay 30, 2009 at 6:51 AM

    Tsk, "frozen sawdust," it's Pyecrete. ...Or, yeah, what you said....

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