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Title: Why do I find this funny?
Post by: Nickbat on 12 March 2009, 22:31:35
Brown met Obama last week.

Their exchange of gifts:

Brown gave Obama a desk pen-holder carved from the timber of a Royal Navy anti-slavery ship of the 19th century. To that he added the framed commission for HMS Resolute, a British ship saved from Arctic ice by America and whose timbers a grateful Queen Victoria had made into a desk now standing in the Oval Office.

To top it off, Brown gave Obama a first edition of a new seven-volume biography of Winston Churchill.

So what thoughtful gift did Obama give in return to the half-blind Brown? Twenty-five DVDs of American films.  :D :D :D :o

How much to read into this faux pas is unclear. But add to it Obama’s decision to return to Britain a bust of Churchill that stood in his office.

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_obamas_gift_for_offending/
Title: Re: Why do I find this funny?
Post by: BigAl on 12 March 2009, 22:44:21
Wonder if it has anything to do with Obama's granddad being tortured?
http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2009/090310obama_brit_torture.html
British Ask: `Will Obama Forgive Britain for Torture of his Grandfather?'
Title: Re: Why do I find this funny?
Post by: Tawfield on 12 March 2009, 22:55:58
Obamas step mum lives in my town,she suddenly emerged when he looked certain to win,not heard anything of her since he was sworn in though.
Reckon there will be a cooling of relations between Britain and the US  now he is in power.    
Title: Re: Why do I find this funny?
Post by: CaptainZok on 12 March 2009, 23:00:28
Does this mean we're not trying to be the 51st state anymore?
Title: Re: Why do I find this funny?
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 12 March 2009, 23:08:02
I wonder if they where a box collection of john wayne movies???? and if they got em off e-bay???? ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Why do I find this funny?
Post by: albitz on 12 March 2009, 23:40:01
special relationship ?????? ::) ::) ::)