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To: ManyMoose who wrote (196256)	2/12/2007 9:14:12 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

Pommy Bastard The classic one is a Upper Class British Army Officer. The type England used to put in command over Aussi troops. In places such as Gallipoli. As Churchill said, "Lions, led by Donkeys." The classic story, supposed to be true, is of a group of British Officers waiting on the dock for a troopship of Aussies they were going to take command of. The Aussies, using the large Australian penny, stood by the rails of the troopship and hurled them at them, driving them from the dock.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (196256)	2/12/2007 9:27:33 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

Pommy: en.wikipedia.org

To: ManyMoose who wrote (196256)	2/13/2007 11:25:15 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

The full expression is "whinging pommy bastards". It's a racist expression denigrating the English [including the whinging mini-poms = the Welsh and Scots. It excludes the Irish who have their own denigrated status as Irish jokes - deservedly so when they have such low-life animals as Gerry Adams as their "leaders". google.co.nz It originated during the British Disease of industrial relations carnage, strikes, socialism, and economic malaise when hordes arrived in Australasia, transferring their failed culture to the scene in their new countries. Mqurice