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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 03:26 PM
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Here's a bit of D-day trivia my brother told me.
The Canadian and British beaches were code named after fish. Thus the Brits got Gold and Sword,we got Jelly. Which the Canucks understandably didn't like. So they picked a different "J" word, Juno from Roman mythology.
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HuffleClaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 07:42 PM
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1. 'jelly' ????!!!!!
meep

thank god we didn't stand for that. you sure he wasn't kidding?
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-09-06 09:56 PM
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2. Actually, jelly fish can have quite the sting
I recall reading about an Australian variety whose sting has people crying in agony after they have been put under with morphine. At least that's what Bill Bryson said in his travel book about Australia.
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