[blml] one more (silly) question

[Manuela Mandache]

Quoting John Probst <john at asimere.com>:

> Huh; Politically correct Americans at work again.!  It starts from a
> standard English mantra. "If all else fails RTFI ." (read the f*****g
> instructions) :) I leave you to work out the significance of the "F" in
> RTFLB

Fabuloug?

, and it's what I'd say to a junior TD who asks me a question "RTFLB
> and then come back and ask me again"
>
> Which reminds me - A particularly fine piece of Francophobia I managed to
> research is related to the English V-sign (F*** Off), but first I have to
> give a historical background.  The English longbowmen used to grease their
> spare bow strings to keep them flexible with tallow (lamb's fat) and the
> French archers used lard (pig's fat). The rats which infest an army
> encampment much prefer the taste of pig fat and selectively ate the French
> archers' spare bowstrings, so once an archer's bowstring broke he had no
> spares and was useless, whilst the English longbowmen weren't so
> inconvenienced. Of such small detail battles are won and lost. Remember
> Agincourt 1415 :) "Cry God for Harry, Englnad and St George!" (Wm.
> Shakespeare)  The English V-sign Francophobia will follow sometime.
> cheers john
> >
> > :-)
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