Stephen Moore > > I've heard a permutation of this story, probably an urban legend, > but what the heck: > > In the late 1930s, when the storm clouds of war were gathering > over Europe, there was a Briton who saw what was coming and > decided to move to someplace safe. He did extensive research, > pored over maps for months, and finally settled on a spot. > He picked up himself and his family and moved to a small > island in the middle of the Pacific, a place few had heard of, > in which nobody could possibly have the slightest interest. > > It was a little island called Guadalcanal...
No 1930s Briton, except possibly a cartographer, could possibly have heard of Guadalcanal. Perhaps you are confusing it with the story of the American(s) who moved to Hawaii? ;-)
