I believe the schmuck to be the guy that can't leave an insult out of his praise...
But that's just me. On Oct 2, 10:53 am, Hollywood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Travis, > > What an interesting and informative story, thank you. > > What a shame your such a schmuck. > > On Oct 2, 9:04 am, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: *Travis* > > Date: Wed, Oct 1, 2008 > > Subject: Interesting Story > > > INTERESTING STORY ABOUT WW II > > > Starting in 1941, an increasing number of British airmen found themselves as > > the involuntary guests of the Third Reich, and the authorities were > > casting-about for ways and means to facilitate their escape. Now obviously, > > one of the most helpful aids to that end is a useful and accurate map, one > > showing not only where-stuff-was, but also showing the locations of 'safe > > houses', where a POW on-the-loose could go for food and shelter. Paper maps > > had some real drawbacks: They make a lot of noise when you open and fold > > them, they wear-out rapidly and if they get wet, they turn into mush. > > > Someone in MI-5 got the idea of printing escape maps on silk. It's durable, > > can be scrunched-up into tiny wads, and unfolded as many times as needed, > > and makes no noise what-so-ever. At that time, there was only one > > manufacturer in Great Britain that had perfected the technology of printing > > on silk, and that was John Waddington, Ltd. > > > When approached by the government, the firm was only too happy to do its bit > > for the war effort. By pure coincidence, Waddington was also the U.K. > > Licensee for the popular American board game, Monopoly. As it happened, > > 'games and pastimes' was a category item qualified for insertion into 'CARE > > packages', dispatched by the International Red Cross, to prisoners of war. > > > Under the strictest of secrecy, in a securely guarded and inaccessible old > > workshop on the grounds of Waddington's, a group of sworn-to-secrecy > > employees began mass-producing escape maps, keyed to each region of Germany > > or Italy where Allied POW camps were located (Red Cross packages were > > delivered to prisoners in accordance with that same regional system). When > > processed, these maps could be folded into such tiny dots that they would > > actually fit inside a Monopoly playing piece. > > As long as they were at it, the clever workmen at Waddington's also managed > > to add: > > > 1. A playing token, containing a small magnetic compass, > > 2. A two-part metal file that could easily be screwed together. > > 3. Useful amounts of genuine high-denomination German, Italian, and > > French > > currency, hidden within the piles of Monopoly money! > > > British and American air-crews were advised, before taking off on their > > first mission, how to identify a 'rigged' Monopoly set by means of a tiny > > red dot, one cleverly rigged to look like an ordinary printing glitch, > > located in the corner of the Free Parking square! Of the estimated 35,000 > > Allied POWS who successfully escaped, an estimated one-third where aided in > > their flight by the rigged Monopoly sets. Everyone who did so was sworn to > > secrecy indefinitely, since the British Government might want to use this > > highly successful use in still another, future war. > > > The story wasn't declassified until 2007, when the surviving craftsmen from > > Waddington's, as well as the firm itself, were finally honored in a public > > ceremony. 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