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From: flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn)
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Subject: Possibly offensive to Brits
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Date: Mon, 9-Jan-84 14:41:58 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  9 14:41:58 1984
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	Princess Margaret was visiting a British Army hospital,
chatting with the men, and she stopped at the bed of a man swathed in
bandages and asked what his illness was; he replied "I got these
bloody great red spots all over me dick."  The Princess blinked and
murmured something polite and moved on.  After she had gone, the Matron 
tore into the poor man: "You must not use language like that to
distinguished visitors.  The next time there's a visitor and they ask
you about your condition, just say 'I have large red spots all over my
body.  Don't say 'bloody,' and don't say 'dick.'"

	Sure enough, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother is visiting the
same hospital shortly afterward, and stops by this man's bed to ask
about his illness.  He replied stiffly, "I have large red spots all
over my body."

	"Oh, it's spread, has it?" murmured the Queen Mother, and
moved on.