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TEN GERMAN BOMBERS
Powerline ^ | 06/21/2024 | John Hinderaker

Posted on 06/21/2024 11:27:07 AM PDT by DFG

The Euro 2024 soccer tournament is under way in Dusseldorf, and in the U.K. there has been less attention to the games than hand-wringing over the likelihood of English fans singing “Ten German Bombers.” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has denounced the song as “offensive” and urged Brits not to sing it, as has England’s team manager. A German police chief has warned British fans, “Don’t be dicks.” Only a few voices have been raised in defense of English fans and their chant.

So, seeing such consternation, I wanted to hear the song. As you no doubt assumed, it counts down, like the classic “99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall,” as RAF fighters shoot down German bombers during the Blitz:

To be honest, I like it. Sure, we are all allies now, and World War II has been over for a while. But as soccer hooliganism goes, it is pretty mild. And some criticisms of the song, like the claim that it “mocks German casualties,” are ridiculous.

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: bombers; germany; hooligans; soccer; tengermanbombers; typicalsoccerfans; uk; unitedkingdom
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There were ten German bombers in the air. There were ten German bombers in the air. There were ten German bombers, ten German bombers, ten German bombers in the air. And the RAF from England shot one down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_German_Bombers And the RAF from England shot one down. And the RAF from England, RAF from England, RAF from England shot one down.

1 posted on 06/21/2024 11:27:07 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

There were ten German bombers in the air.
There were ten German bombers in the air.
There were ten German bombers, ten German bombers, ten German bombers in the air.
And the RAF from England shot one down.
And the RAF from England shot one down.
And the RAF from England, RAF from England, RAF from England shot one down.


2 posted on 06/21/2024 11:28:21 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG
Spitfire Beer
3 posted on 06/21/2024 11:29:17 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

They really should be disgusted with the Albanian and Croatian fans chanting “Kill The Serbs!” during their match the other day.

https://news.sky.com/story/serbia-threatens-to-pull-out-of-euro-2024-over-croatia-and-albania-chants-13156050


4 posted on 06/21/2024 11:30:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG
article: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has denounced the song as “offensive” and urged Brits not to sing it, as has England’s team manager. A German police chief has warned British fans, “Don’t be dicks.”


5 posted on 06/21/2024 11:34:13 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: DFG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKyH-_0BZEM


6 posted on 06/21/2024 11:35:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Two World Wars and One World Cup....Doo Dah! Doo Dah!


7 posted on 06/21/2024 11:35:40 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG

8 posted on 06/21/2024 11:37:17 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

“It’s called soccer”

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rau997I9Y14


9 posted on 06/21/2024 11:49:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: DFG

I’m a soccer aficionado and I love the fanaticism of English soccer fans!


10 posted on 06/21/2024 11:50:33 AM PDT by old school
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To: DFG

When did the Germans get so touchy? Might they be spoiling for a rematch in the world war category?


11 posted on 06/21/2024 11:53:21 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: old school

Their chants are the best:

His eyes are offside
His eyes are offside
Mesut Özil
His eyes are offside

He bites who he wants
He bites who he wants
Luis Suarez
He bites who he wants


12 posted on 06/21/2024 11:57:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG

[Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has denounced the song as “offensive” and urged Brits not to sing it, as has England’s team manager. ]


I swear this guy is the first autistic person to become PM. First, he schedules an election *before* the first deportations to Rwanda, highlighting the fact that he has either been incompetent on migrant expulsions or deliberately dragged his feet. Then he left early on D-Day commemorations. And now this. Conservatives should migrate wholesale to Reform just to humiliate this guy, make him the man who burned the Tories to the ground. This way, instead of a fine addition to his resume, his PM stint becomes something he’d rather not talk about.


13 posted on 06/21/2024 11:57:20 AM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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Are Rwandans muslim? “Cause I would have thought that he’d send the muslims home first (because that whole Genesis thing don’tcha know)!


14 posted on 06/21/2024 12:02:42 PM PDT by old school
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To: DFG

How is this considered offensive? The Scottish anthem talks about Bannockburn and sending the English “home to think again” The French national anthem talks about watering their furows with “impure blood” of Austrians. How given all that, is it offensive to sing a song about shooting down Nazi bombers in world war ii?


15 posted on 06/21/2024 12:06:03 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: old school

[Are Rwandans muslim? “Cause I would have thought that he’d send the muslims home first (because that whole Genesis thing don’tcha know)!]


Rwanda has agreed to take migrants in, whatever their countries of origin. Quid pro quo. British cash for unwanted migrants.


16 posted on 06/21/2024 12:07:18 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
"Lighten up Francis"

I'm old enough to remember "Francis the Talking Mule" movies. Francis was an Army mule, who happened to run into G.I. Donald O'Conner who played the role of Peter Stirling. Stirling was the only one who could hear Francis, whose voice in the early movies was provided by the actor Chill Wills.

17 posted on 06/21/2024 12:07:20 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: DFG
Katie Hopkins, British commentator, made a short YouTube video on this:

TEN GERMAN BOMBERS: Be proud lads, proud of the courage of your forefathers

18 posted on 06/21/2024 12:09:29 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Love it!


19 posted on 06/21/2024 12:13:27 PM PDT by old school
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To: DFG

Honestly, it seems pretty mild.

I laughed when they played Australia in Rugby and sang “we all shagged Matilda”......


20 posted on 06/21/2024 12:42:14 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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