I Can’t Help But Think

[ChillDoubt]

we’d be speaking German if the Nazis used rubber dinghies.

Britain is utterly defenceless against them.

[Tuvok]

Don't get it!

[Unsureme]

Tuvok,think illegal Channel crossings.

[Mamyalynne]

Comedy isn't what it used to be.

[sanmac]

Good one, ChillDoubt:)

[retrocop]

At the moment,in this day and age, we are utterly defenceless because we would not deploy a few hundred Vickers K, Lewis, Brens, Spigot Mortars,Boys anti-Tank launchers etc etc. Big difference. We are not facing combatants albeit they are still invading our country.

[sanmac]

(A segment from Pathe News in 1950.)
"In the best of British tradition of assisting the down-trodden of the World, beginning in 1939 the Royal Navy began to escort to our fair and welcoming shores boatloads of German young men, pregnant women, and boisterous young children. They were welcomed to our homes and hearths with open arms and munificent benefits. This practice continued for many a year until, suddenly, the British people woke up, and, as one, cried out: "Mein Gott, was zur Hölle ist passiert?

[Electrochem]

This is the joke section.

[Tilly2]

It hasn't made me laugh.

[Canary42]

Me neither Tilly.

For a more sympathetic outlook on the distressful refugee situation, see my post :-

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Arts-and-Literature/Books-and-Authors/Question1717807.html

[ChillDoubt]

Comedy isn't what it used to be.
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Good luck defining it. One persons ‘funny’ is another’s outrage.