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 From: arachedog@zoom.co.uk 
  
 "Limey One"  wrote in message 
 news:fQ2dndEul-ZHY4OiU-KYuQ@brightview.com... 
 > 
 > arache wrote in message ... 
 > > 
 > >"Limey One"  wrote in message 
 > >news:gSCdnVEmFfPGKIeiXTWJhA@brightview.com... 
 > >'Blowback' is the CIA term for the unintended consequences of secret 
 > >operations. 
 > >Or when the monsters you have created like Saddam or Osama no longer 
 serve 
 > >your interests and start to bite you. 
 > >And September 11th was the biggest blowback of all.... 
 > > 
 > >Okay, what's a Limey? 
 > >cheers, 
 > Limey is an old American nickname for the English. 
  
 Too right it's straight out of 1947. It does come across as very dated, are 
 you very dated or English? 
  
 > The British navy were the first to work out that high levels 
 > of scurvey among sailors was due to a lack of vitimin C. 
 > From then on - British ships carried large supplies of limes 
 > on long trips. 
  
 Okay but I learnt where my topsail was by the age of eleven. 
  
 > Hence the Brits became know as 'Limeys'. 
  
 Okay but I think redcoats might be more up to date. 
 cheers, 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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