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To: Area Freeper
many still associate the country with Adolf Hitler, beer and football, a survey shows.

Since when do young Brits dislike beer and soccer?

2 posted on 07/30/2004 9:06:43 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo
In the U.K., a couple of years ago, the Shepherd Neame Brewery ran poster adds for its "Spitfire Ale" with such alliterative references to the Krauts as:

"SPITFIRE ALE,

DOWNED ALL OVER ENGLAND JUST, LIKE THE LUFTWAFFE!

I empathize with this sentiment toward the Germans.

12 posted on 07/30/2004 9:20:56 AM PDT by elbucko (A Feral Republican)
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