Fears for the worst as 10,000 Spitfires head for Germany

The Telegraph ^ | June 4, 2006 | Adam Lusher

[Paleo Conservative]

• Fans have been told not to travel without measles vaccinations because an epidemic has infected more than 1,300 people in Germany this year. One area is North Rhine Westphalia, which includes two cities hosting the World Cup Cologne and Dortmund.

I'm surprised they don't require rabies vaccinations.

[dfwgator]

Do they come with signs saying "Two World Wars and one World Cup"?

[BullDog108]

Let's wait and see," said a spokesman. "Maybe they won't inflate these toys."

Chuckle, chuckle....

[Sloth]

"The Germans," he said, "have a sense of humour."

Yeah, right.

Remind me, who won again?

[FearlessFreep]

That would be like walking in Hiroshima with A bomb balloons.

[rageaholic]

Why the st. george cross instead of the RAF roundel? Looks ugly.

[DTA]

[Vectorian]

Because the RAF roundel encompasses Scotland and Wales as well and those countries couldn't qualify for an under 12 all girls match and are having an anti-English sulk because England can! :D

[Waverunner]

Today's germans won't even know what a Spitfire is.
Like today's japanesse don't know a thing about nanking.

[Vectorian]

'That would be like walking in Hiroshima with A bomb balloons.'

Errr, not quite the same really! More like waving F4 Corsair models when the US plays Japan or the japs waving Zeros at you! :D

[Vectorian]

LOL, yes.

Here's a copy of the official WW2 german schools history textbook in full:

'In the 1930's the nazis came to power but they weren't german and no germans voted for them. A few years later our good friends the Americans and British liberated us from the hated nazis - nothing to do with us, we were just following orders. The end.

:D

[johnny7]

No Hurricanes? Churchill boasted of the plane when mentioning the Battle of Britain... “There were two 'Hurries' for every 'Spit'.”

[FearlessFreep]

Personally I don't care. If they want to sell balloons let them.

[oh8eleven]

The last time they flew across the Channel, they were 32 feet long,
with Rolls-Royce engines and wings bristling with 20mm cannons.

Oh, those Spitfires. And here I was worried about parking...

[antiRepublicrat]

I'm surprised they don't require rabies vaccinations.

Rabies is actually pretty rare in Europe. In Germany it's localized to a few areas in the wild fox population. We have something like 7,000 confirmed cases a year, and they're freaking because they've found something like 50 in one year. In the US we've had 30+ human cases since 1980, Germany 20+. Not too big a difference until you realize that only two of those German cases originated in Germany, the rest brought back from India, etc.

[r9etb]

Does this make sense? How do the Spitfires glorify Nazism?

It does make sense, if you recall that the speaker is a Eurocrat who recognizes the continuing nationalistic tendencies that will cause the EU to crumble before too long.....

[goldstategop]

World Cup Week is drawing closer in Germany. Game Day 1 begins Thursday and the fans are coming to Germany to watch the month long spectacle surrounding the triumphs and agonies of the world's greatest sport - football!

Welttasse Deutschland 2006

[VoxEcho]

would a bunch of germans with blow up Faulker-Wulfs (sp) be in trouble in England? -Echo