Re: Thanks

Ground Zero Games wrote:

> There's the old joke/apocryphal story (depending on where you hear it)
of
> the US Military in the 50s or 60s trying to score a psychological
point
> over the Russkies in the Cold War by ordering one million condoms for
the
> US Army from a Russian rubber manufacturer - the order specifies all
to be
> in "size 12 inch".
> 
> The Russian plant fulfils the order, shipping all one million off in
crates
> labelled "Medium".......

I've always heard it as WW2 Britain sending Russia condoms as war
materials, with the order from Churchill to have the crates marked
"extra small".

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David Brewer

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