Levi Stubbs 5:52 Mon May 9
Did Poland win the Battle of Britan.
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I have a rather mouthy Polish colleague who is telling everyone that the Polish Servicemen had a higher kill rate and were far more accurate than our brave lads. He also claims that the BBC are planning a program backing up this claim.
Would any history buffs care to comment at all on this assertion, preferably to the opposite.
He also once said that some Dinosaurs had more than one brain, so his track record is a bit poor.
I do agree with him that Poland is responsible for Cheesecake and Kevlar... But this is too much for me.
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Takashi Miike
5:52 Mon May 9
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no
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Joe C
5:56 Mon May 9
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Do you work with Hammer and Pickle?
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Bromley Reject
5:58 Mon May 9
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He's right about the dinosaurs though. The stegosaurus had a "second" brain in its hip called the sacral or hip ganglion.
Not sure about the Polish Battle of Britain pilots, good luck with that BTW
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Levi Stubbs
6:00 Mon May 9
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Thanks for your feedback Mike. Very Informative.
At this point I'll not comment on what it informs me about you though.
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afan
6:00 Mon May 9
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Well they didn't do too well in the battle of Poland a year earlier .
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Hammer and Pickle
6:01 Mon May 9
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http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/online-exhibitions/the-polish-air-force-in-world-war-2/303-squadron.aspx
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Marco Boogers
6:01 Mon May 9
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afan 6:00 Mon May 9
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Hermit Road
6:02 Mon May 9
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Given that we were only in it because of Poland, he'd be better placed adopting an attitude of gratitude.
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Agent Scud
6:02 Mon May 9
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This might surprise a few...
http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-polish-pilots-who-flew-in-the-battle-of-britain
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Levi Stubbs
6:02 Mon May 9
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Not sure on that Bromley:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-double-dinosaur-brain-myth-12155823/?no-ist
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Northern Sold
6:09 Mon May 9
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STOP THAT POLISH CHIT-CHAT AND STEER TO 2... 4... ZERO....
Ohh God....
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ironsofcanada
6:16 Mon May 9
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I love the rivalry (including in regards to the Americans) by people like us 70 years removed form it.
All our ancestors made sacrifices in what turned out to be a pretty decent cause.
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Far Cough
6:18 Mon May 9
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Soldo, *puts pedantic hat on*
two three zero
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gph
6:18 Mon May 9
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"The Poles' reputation for gallantry towards women became so famous that some British pilots pretended to be Polish. Collier's Weekly published a supposedly successful pickup line devised by one of the RAF pilots: 'I am a Polish aviator. Please have a drink with me. I am very lonely'."
"I yam Polish aviyator. Please have drink with me. I yam very lonely"
Is that any good as a Polish accent, H+P?
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mashed in maryland
6:19 Mon May 9
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If it devalues anything done by our ancestors and paints us in a bad light you can bet your house that the BBC will make a documentary "proving" it.
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Far Cough
6:19 Mon May 9
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Put yer hands up you Bosch bastard
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Hammer and Pickle
6:23 Mon May 9
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It's more "dreenk" geep, but very good.
The bloke at work sounds like a bit of a cunt - nobody wants to be reminded they owe anybody anything in wartime.
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Lee Trundle
6:25 Mon May 9
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The British planes weren't cleaned by themselves now, were they?
They did a fantastic job.
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Northern Sold
6:26 Mon May 9
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They was very good and cheap at fitting new hoses to the Spits and Hurricanes....
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ironsofcanada
6:29 Mon May 9
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http://www.bbm.org.uk/participants.htm
All deserve some thanks.
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