TonyHancock
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Due to overwhelming* demand I am attempting to set up a trip to France to concrete over it.^
June 2014 would seem to be the earliest the "event" could be held given some of the "unique" logistical requirements.
The plan is to gather in MEL, with a stay at the HSW, prior to taking QF9 to DXB, this will provide an excellent opportunity for some F lounging at MEL. Rather than head straight through on QF9 a switch to QF1 will be made at DXB to give sufficient F lounge time there.
Following a shower, all round freshen up, and breakfast in the AA arrivals lounge a luxury coach service will be provided to The Hilton at Dartford River Crossing.
Evening festivities will include drinking 13 pints of Spitfire Ale and dining on cottage pie and chips.
The luxury coach will depart early the next morning and head for Dover where it will board a chartered cross channel ferry. The Ferry will already be loaded with a fleet of luxury concrete mixers and a squadron of Tiger tanks.~
The Ferry will head to Calais`where an unopposed disembarkation is to be expected. An advance party of AFF officials will have handed out white flags for the locals to wave.
The concreting will begin immediately and is expected to be completed as far as Paris by May 2018.
This is the trip of a lifetime for Francophobes. All food and accommodation in the UK is included in the price, whilst in France itself it can just be taken from the locals.
Initial cost estimates are around AUS$1,500,000 per person"...and this might sound expensive...but this is likely to be a 10 year exercise so all in all it represents excellent# value for money, when you consider flights, concrete mixer hire, ferry hire, Tiger tank hire, and UK accommodation and food is included.
This is an advance post to guage interest.
In line with AFF rules I am obliged to link to the guidelines for the collection of funds for an AFF event and they can be found here. Unfortunately given the unique and bloody expensive nature of this event these guidelines will not be followed and all payments will need to be made into my Ecuadorian Bank Account.
*Overwhelming is such a subjective term.
^Excluding the better vineyards, sites of British and German military victories, Commonwealth War Grave sites, and any other bit we might like to keep for ourselves.
~Whilst every effort will be made to complete the concreting without using brute force a squadron of Tiger tanks will be provided "just in case".
`Unfortunately chartering a ferry to the Normandy beaches was not possible due to landing issues.
#Excellent is such a subjective term
"Price does not include cement, sand, gravel and water.
For the more literal this is not a real event but an attempt at the sort of bigoted humour that we all thought had died out in the 1970's.
Brought to you by the National Association of of Concrete Mixers, in conjunction with the Keep France British Foundation.
June 2014 would seem to be the earliest the "event" could be held given some of the "unique" logistical requirements.
The plan is to gather in MEL, with a stay at the HSW, prior to taking QF9 to DXB, this will provide an excellent opportunity for some F lounging at MEL. Rather than head straight through on QF9 a switch to QF1 will be made at DXB to give sufficient F lounge time there.
Following a shower, all round freshen up, and breakfast in the AA arrivals lounge a luxury coach service will be provided to The Hilton at Dartford River Crossing.
Evening festivities will include drinking 13 pints of Spitfire Ale and dining on cottage pie and chips.
The luxury coach will depart early the next morning and head for Dover where it will board a chartered cross channel ferry. The Ferry will already be loaded with a fleet of luxury concrete mixers and a squadron of Tiger tanks.~
The Ferry will head to Calais`where an unopposed disembarkation is to be expected. An advance party of AFF officials will have handed out white flags for the locals to wave.
The concreting will begin immediately and is expected to be completed as far as Paris by May 2018.
This is the trip of a lifetime for Francophobes. All food and accommodation in the UK is included in the price, whilst in France itself it can just be taken from the locals.
Initial cost estimates are around AUS$1,500,000 per person"...and this might sound expensive...but this is likely to be a 10 year exercise so all in all it represents excellent# value for money, when you consider flights, concrete mixer hire, ferry hire, Tiger tank hire, and UK accommodation and food is included.
This is an advance post to guage interest.
In line with AFF rules I am obliged to link to the guidelines for the collection of funds for an AFF event and they can be found here. Unfortunately given the unique and bloody expensive nature of this event these guidelines will not be followed and all payments will need to be made into my Ecuadorian Bank Account.
*Overwhelming is such a subjective term.
^Excluding the better vineyards, sites of British and German military victories, Commonwealth War Grave sites, and any other bit we might like to keep for ourselves.
~Whilst every effort will be made to complete the concreting without using brute force a squadron of Tiger tanks will be provided "just in case".
`Unfortunately chartering a ferry to the Normandy beaches was not possible due to landing issues.
#Excellent is such a subjective term
"Price does not include cement, sand, gravel and water.
For the more literal this is not a real event but an attempt at the sort of bigoted humour that we all thought had died out in the 1970's.Brought to you by the National Association of of Concrete Mixers, in conjunction with the Keep France British Foundation.
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