You could have heard a pin drop

[Rhonda]

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 our 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 thingytail 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 but 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 Brits,
Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you
wouldn't have to speak German.'


You could have heard a pin drop..


Robert Whiting, an elderly 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 Frenchmen to show a passport to."


You could have heard a pin drop.


Anyone can count the seeds in an apple... but only God can count
the apples in a seed.

[aka]

Thanks Rhonda, I really did enjoy this one.

Hugs,