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Re: OT: Christmas Greetings
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On Fri, 2010-12-24 at 20:05 +1100, Geoffrey Heard wrote:
> >I wish everybody a very happy Christmas, and I wish to us all a constructive
> >2011. A year when we shall have a 1.1.11 and a 11.11.11.
> >In German Switzerland, the Carnival fans start preparing for the Carnival on
> >11.11. at 11.11, it's an impressive moment. So next year, it's going to happen
> >on 11.11.11., 11.11 ;–))
> >Greetings!
> >Anne
> 
> Hmmm -- on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 
> 11th month, we in Oz have Remembrance Day ... 
> marking the end of WWI, a war in whcih between 
> 50,000 and 60,000 Australians (well, Australian 
> residents, a lot of them were immigrants) died. 
> In fact, more than twice as many Australian died 
> in WWI than in WWII. Amazing carnage in WWI.
> 
> Cheers (or something), geoff

Embarrassingly, what I know of WWI I know from the appendices of the
Lord of the Rings Extended DVDs (because of Tolkien's involvement in the
war, which they went over fairly extensively). The level of carnage
doesn't surprise me at all. Anybody here up on what REALLY started that
one?

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