British Newspaper Offers Chunk of Statue

[j.m@talk]

Sun April 20, 2003 08:23 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - A popular British newspaper opened a competition on Saturday with the sole prize a chunk of the giant bronze statue of toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein that was torn down in Baghdad.
To qualify for the winning draw, readers of the top selling Sun tabloid just have to do identify which country Iraq invaded in 1990, triggering the first Gulf War.

The Sun, which has been using the wave of patriotic support that surged after U.S. and British troops invaded Iraq last month to boost its circulation, said the winner would be the first correct answer picked out of a beret.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

I knew it would be the sun as soon as i read the first line. Writen by monkeys for monkeys.

--Jakk

[j.m@talk]

Wodda ya meen?

[mireland]

Originally posted by Bigjakkstaffa
I knew it would be the sun as soon as i read the first line. Writen by monkeys for monkeys.

--Jakk

HA!

[Optimus Prime]

Yeah, it's a really bad newspaper.

I read the mirror and the metro, the latter because it's free .

[MTAtech]

Isn't this a "War or Political Thread" and therefore tabbo?

[j.m@talk]

Nope it is neither ......................

Your stand point is?

[MTAtech]

The point is that it is hard to determine what is allowed and what isn't. The rule is "no War or Political Threads."

This thread mentions the Gulf War and Baghdad. Sounds like a war thread. If this isn't one, where is the line drawn? I don't want to violate any rules.

[Optimus Prime]

It mentions the Original Gulf and Baghdad.

Does that mean we can't say City names because of politicalities? I'll refer to my city as City #1, and yours as City #2 then .

[j.m@talk]

Rule violation isn't really my strong point

Just do as the "Retired Col" does BE DIPLOMATIC