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.
Update
3 days ago
5 comments:
the last two links are the same place. I want to hear how they were going to dam the nile :-)
Linky fixy!
I think the British exist simply to come up with ideas like this.
Jim
w/v: shempent. To apologize, Three Stooges-style.
Also remember these are the guys who wanted to make an aircraft carrier out of frozen sawdust.
Tsk, "frozen sawdust," it's Pyecrete. ...Or, yeah, what you said....
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