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Old 02-10-2007, 08:26 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Put me out of my misery - what song is this?

http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/

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Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM.
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Old 02-10-2007, 08:45 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I'm missing something here.............What song?
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"You were given the choice between war and dishonor.
You chose dishonor and you will have war."

(Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.)

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Old 02-10-2007, 09:46 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Ah, sorry Geoff. When you open that website, assuming you have speakers and/or sound turned on, a song starts up and it's driving me nuts cos I know it.
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Old 02-10-2007, 10:24 AM   #4 (permalink)
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All my gear is working correctly.

Maybe you are the only one that can hear it! Freaky.
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My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html

"You were given the choice between war and dishonor.
You chose dishonor and you will have war."

(Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.)

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Old 02-10-2007, 01:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Andy's having those audio-visions again (I'll keep him distracted whilst somene slip some of his pills into his coffee). Sorry mate, can't hear anything.
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Old 02-10-2007, 02:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Who said that? Wha...? There I was flat on my back...you're freaking me out man, no I'm not, you're the one with a Beau in your hair...

Seriously, there's a song that plays when you're on the homepage of that site! Maybe I'm just special...more pills thanks Kyt (shakes coffee cup in mouth as arms tied up in straight jacket....)
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Old 02-10-2007, 04:11 PM   #7 (permalink)
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It's ok folks he is not losing it!

It's OK Andy I, at least, can vouch that you are not losing your marbles.

There is a tune there but I’ve er heard it somewhere before but...erm can’t think where. Oh well over to you lot now.

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Andy, how much did you pay Hugh to say that? It desn't prove that you're sane - just that Hugh may need the same medication
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What frellin song?
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Andy,
Are we the only two that can hear it? What's the name of your pills? I will check and see if they are the same ones that I am on
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