Reminds me of a storyMy mate (Jon) is an air cadet... Not one of the arrogant arseholes that they tend to be thankfully. Due to the cowboy nature of the US armed forces, he has no time for them.
Anyway, the MOD and 'Old Liz' as he calls her (the Queen), payed for a trip for a bunch of the cadets to Sweden for a few days. There they saw SAAB griffin fighters etc. (I think that's what they're called.) It was an international affair with many country's representitives there. My mate is welsh and can speak the language and had several stories the Americans were all lapping up.
Some may be aware of this but the Americans think the rest of the world live in shanty town in the North of France drinking each other's urine for nourishment (or something similar anyway). On one occasion one of them was talking about call forwarding on phones and how they had technology we 'could only dream of'. So Jon says we lead the world in pastoral genetics. How sheep have been bred to have longer legs on one side to graze the hills.
'That's all very well... but I don't believe you' says one of the American contingient. 'How do you store them when it's winter? When they have to come off the hillside?'
Without breaking stride, Jon claims there is a Welsh company called Stiltei, who make stilts for sheep. These are strapped to our ovine friends when the time comes to take them in. Jon also suggested he look up the stock when he gets home 'cos they're really gonna take off in the US.
The US cadet bought right into it... He was never told the truth and probably asked a broker to look into 'Stiltei' stock. Hmmmm. A demand for stock? Who wants to form a fake company and con millions of brokers?
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Anyway, the MOD and 'Old Liz' as he calls her (the Queen), payed for a trip for a bunch of the cadets to Sweden for a few days. There they saw SAAB griffin fighters etc. (I think that's what they're called.) It was an international affair with many country's representitives there. My mate is welsh and can speak the language and had several stories the Americans were all lapping up.
Some may be aware of this but the Americans think the rest of the world live in shanty town in the North of France drinking each other's urine for nourishment (or something similar anyway). On one occasion one of them was talking about call forwarding on phones and how they had technology we 'could only dream of'. So Jon says we lead the world in pastoral genetics. How sheep have been bred to have longer legs on one side to graze the hills.
'That's all very well... but I don't believe you' says one of the American contingient. 'How do you store them when it's winter? When they have to come off the hillside?'
Without breaking stride, Jon claims there is a Welsh company called Stiltei, who make stilts for sheep. These are strapped to our ovine friends when the time comes to take them in. Jon also suggested he look up the stock when he gets home 'cos they're really gonna take off in the US.
The US cadet bought right into it... He was never told the truth and probably asked a broker to look into 'Stiltei' stock. Hmmmm. A demand for stock? Who wants to form a fake company and con millions of brokers?