did you ever thank we yanks for keeping the krauts out of Buckingham Palace during WW 2?Whaddya mean, keep 'em out?
They were already in there!
nothing subtle about this, folks - the Royal Family is essentially Germana simple thank-you card on the Fourth of July might be niceOK.
Thank you for getting out of our hair!


This is starting to sound familiar... ah, here we go:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=8436Seriously, though (very momentarily) - as regards WWII we remember and respect
all the fallen on Remembrance Day. Interestingly enough, remembrance (of those who have died for the freedoms we cherish)is also very closely tied in with our own firework extravaganza, Nov 5th. Pretty good stuff from a USn perspective here:
http://www.bcpl.net/~cbladey/guy/html/center.htmlwith a concise "why it matters" statement a little bit down the page (click on
Our Purpose)
Long may your fires burn bright, friends.