Posted on 08/26/2014 3:51:25 AM PDT by Fenhalls555
British diplomats in Washington are apologizing for Twitter posts that made light of the 200th anniversary of their troops torching the White House in the War of 1812.
The apologies were prompted after the British Embassy posted a picture Sunday of Patrick Davis, deputy British ambassador to the United States, with a caption saying he was participating in "the anniversary of burning of the White House with a BBQ.”
The picture was followed by another, about an hour later, that showed a White House replica atop a sheet cake, flanked by sparklers. The caption said: “Commemorating the 200th anniversary of burning the White House. Only sparklers this time!”
Within hours of the tweets, the embassy received several angry Twitter responses and eventually backed off. "Apologies for earlier Tweet. We meant to mark an event in history & celebrate our strong friendship today," the embassy wrote.
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Brits have some strange senses of humor, intent is often mistaken.
I actually thought it was pretty funny.
Nothing at all to apologize for. I know exactly how you feel.
Oh, those classy Brits.....
It’s funny. If Americans are upset that the least 2nd world country in Europe is joking about an event over two hundred years old that turned out to be nothing, then we’re the goofs.
The now-defunct Canadian national anthem, “The Maple Leaf Forever,” talked about how the British Canadians (Canada was still a British colony) defeated the nasty Americans in battles during the War of 1812, and the US national anthem talks about how we kept the nasty British from defeating us in a battle during the War of 1812.
Hmmm. I missed that part in history class...
I wasn’t offended by it. Its just typical British humor like when I thank them for their generous gift of America.
They simply cannot get over losing the American colonies!
How many times has Obama, figuratively slapped the U.K. in the face?
I would have liked to have seen photos of the first white house. Since it was burned before photography, we have nothing but drawings of it. Sad loss and arson is not nice.
I thought it was funny too.
I remember joking with my Brit in-laws who were thoroughly unaware of the incident. They were a tad embarrassed.
After some time the host couldn't help himself and asked Allen if he noticed the portrait. He replied that he had. Well, what did Allen think of the location? He replied that he thought it was entirely appropriate. Shocked, the host asked why. "Because nothing will make an Englishman s#$% faster than the sight of George Washington.
Lewis' next line in the film was "I love that story". So do I. People need to lighten up and get a sense of humor.
Sorry, but I am not offended.
” “the anniversary of burning of the White House with a BBQ.”
I know someone that almost had the same thing happen. His grill was too close to the house; melted the vinyl siding.
First time I knew the was what happened 200 years ago.
It’s okay.
We still have the Fourth of July.
(language warning)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UsGEyz_2rE
I remember that story-very funny!
A little tweaking. Using sparklers makes clear it’s just being silly.
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