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Listen I'm trying to oust b3th as mod here, leave it out yeah?(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 13:20,
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12 years ago)
r e Sainsburys is your friend
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 13:25,
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He still moans about that loaf of bread(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 13:33,
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Moans more than the French did about us sinking their fleet during WW2(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 13:34,
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Ha ha A friend was in Brittany the other week and one of the locals did actually mention it to him.
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 13:36,
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'serves you right for being well-known cowards then doesn't it?'(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 13:40,
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"It was very simple, surrender or die. You made the choice."No way we were going to let the Germans get their hands on more battleships.
(, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 13:46, Reply)
It was even more reasonable than thatIt is impossible for us, your comrades up to now, to allow your fine ships to fall into the power of the German enemy. We are determined to fight on until the end, and if we win, as we think we shall, we shall never forget that France was our Ally, that our interests are the same as hers, and that our common enemy is Germany. Should we conquer we solemnly declare that we shall restore the greatness and territory of France. For this purpose we must make sure that the best ships of the French Navy are not used against us by the common foe. In these circumstances, His Majesty's Government have instructed me to demand that the French Fleet now at Mers el Kebir and Oran shall act in accordance with one of the following alternatives;
(a) Sail with us and continue the fight until victory against the Germans.
(b) Sail with reduced crews under our control to a British port. The reduced crews would be repatriated at the earliest moment.
If either of these courses is adopted by you we will restore your ships to France at the conclusion of the war or pay full compensation if they are damaged meanwhile.
(c) Alternatively if you feel bound to stipulate that your ships should not be used against the Germans unless they break the Armistice, then sail them with us with reduced crews to some French port in the West Indies — Martinique for instance — where they can be demilitarised to our satisfaction, or perhaps be entrusted to the United States and remain safe until the end of the war, the crews being repatriated.
If you refuse these fair offers, I must with profound regret, require you to sink your ships within 6 hours.
Finally, failing the above, I have the orders from His Majesty's Government to use whatever force may be necessary to prevent your ships from falling into German hands.
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