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Greece has shitloads of sunshine but not much else going
for it, these days.
Northern Europe has shitloads of cash, but stuff-all
sunshine.
Therefore, UBCo has made diplomatic approaches to
George Osborne (UK Chancellor of the Exchequer),
Wolfgang Schäuble (German Finance Minister) and
France's
Christine Lagarde, to do a deal that will see Greece pay
off
its foreign debt in a century or two.
In short, massive parabolic solar collectors will be
stationed in the sunniest parts of Greece and hooked up
to
large, internally mirrored pipelines.
Sunshine goes in one end, bounces along the pipeline for
a
few milliseconds and exits via solar skylights in British,
German and northern French homes, cheering up the
cranky, pasty denizens of those unfortunate places, for a
small fee.
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It would be far simpler just to let the
Germans invade again … |
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I think you'll find Ms Lagarde has got stuff-all to do with France's monetary policy too, being the replacement for DSK at the IMF. |
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George "Gideon" Oliver Osborne, currently Chancellor
of the Exchequer. |
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Sorry, French one is now Francois Baroin. Doesn't
really matter... still someone French. |
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// It would be far simpler just to let the Germans invade
again … // |
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It wasn't exactly 'simple' the first time... |
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Germany's invasion of Greece this time appears to be by way of imports. |
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It was last time as well. |
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About 70,000 of them, with tanks. |
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And cheese in toothpaste tubes. |
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"I've got a toothpaste tube full of cheese, and I'm not afraid to use it ..." |
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No, doesn't work. Something with an 88mm gun screwed to the front is probably going to be much more effective. |
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Given the success (?) of US operations in Sicily during WWII, maybe it would be more cost-effective in the medium term to let the Mafia take over Greece ? They do have an admirable record for fiscal responsibility, i.e. living within someone else's income.... |
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Yes. Regrettably, 88mm armour-piercing rounds do have the side effect of causing cavities in the things they hit. |
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I read in an account of the battle of Kursk, of an 88
round passing clean through the turret of a T-34
tank. Cavity indeed. |
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Did the account state what happened to whatever the shell
hit next? I'll bet there was cavitation involved at some
point. |
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No, it didn't. I think the observer was more
impressed with the fact it had gone through, pulping
the 4-man crew on the way. |
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If it went through the turret it would only have pulped 3
men at most; the opening between the driver's
compartment and the turret compartment is only about
20cm wide when the driver's seatback is locked in place.
However, I think I know which book you're talking about.
The description sounds very familiar. |
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I cannot, for the life of me, remember where I read
it. Too many books have passed through my hands. |
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ain't just the original shell; molten armour also. |
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And flakes, from hull spalling. |
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And the crew's hopes, aspirations and dreams for the future. |
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Or you could just send them this message: |
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"Dear Greece, get off your fat, lazy, loafing in the
sun all day asses and get to work. Signed: Europe." |
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With the turmoil in the European Union these days,
what you guys need is another Winston Churchill.
That guy was so brilliant and badass you'd almost
think he was half American. |
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He was no fan of mob-rule style democracy, though. |
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