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d000hg replied

16 December 2009, 11:50
Keep Calm & Carry On

It is good advice though, given that things like share prices, runs on banks and the economy in general are hugely fragile to pessimism and panic. If people act like things are bad (stop spending), they will be.
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BlackenedBiker replied

16 December 2009, 11:35
Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post

You are Ben Fogle AICMFP.

How very dare you. My IQ is slightly higher than 7
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Moscow Mule replied

16 December 2009, 11:35
Originally posted by BlackenedBiker View Post

We have it framed on our kitchen wall.

You are Ben Fogle AICMFP.
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Clippy replied

16 December 2009, 11:32
Originally posted by Diver View Post

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Scuppered by the swear filter.

Sorted now.
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BlackenedBiker replied

16 December 2009, 11:30
Originally posted by Platypus View Post

I think it's really really cool! I love the slogan!

(and so, for once, I'm not being sarky)

We have it framed on our kitchen wall. It was re-launched in an art exhibition at the V&A.

Very cool in a retro kinda way
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Diver replied

16 December 2009, 11:28
Originally posted by Clippy View Post

Sage advice. *NSFW*

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Clippy replied

16 December 2009, 11:22
Sage advice. *NSFW*

Last edited by Clippy; 16 December 2009, 11:32.
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HairyArsedBloke replied

16 December 2009, 10:45
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

It was never used in WWII: it was intended for use in the event of a German invasion, which (for the benefit of those who have been educated recently) didn't actually happen.

Then a bookseller found a copy of it a few years back and started flogging prints, and it sort of grew from there.

Linky.

Yeah, it's time has come. We ARE living under Nazi occupation.
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Diver replied

16 December 2009, 10:36
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

Loose lips sink ships.

Lose seamen
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gingerjedi replied

16 December 2009, 10:30
Originally posted by zeitghost

Be Like Dad, Keep Mum.

http://www.ww2poster.co.uk/posters/i...DadKeepMum.jpg

Them were the days.

Or this one.
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RichardCranium replied

16 December 2009, 10:24
Originally posted by zeitghost

Wot's a "dad"?

It's those various blokes that all get the little darlings Christmas presents.
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NickFitz replied

16 December 2009, 10:14
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

WTF is all this about? I know it was first used in WWII but why now?

It was never used in WWII: it was intended for use in the event of a German invasion, which (for the benefit of those who have been educated recently) didn't actually happen.

Then a bookseller found a copy of it a few years back and started flogging prints, and it sort of grew from there.

Linky.
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Platypus replied

16 December 2009, 09:57
Originally posted by threaded View Post

Actually the poster said:

Loose Lips Might Sink Ships

I always thought that loose lips made an amusing farting sound
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threaded replied

16 December 2009, 09:55
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

Loose lips sink ships.

Actually the poster said:

Loose Lips Might Sink Ships

they were a bit more accurate back in the day.

threaded in "Careless talk costs lives" mode
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gingerjedi replied

16 December 2009, 09:53
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

WTF is all this about? I know it was first used in WWII but why now?

Err, becuase the UK is but a few months from a debt downgrade, quickly followed by a boycott of gilts, followed by default and bankruptcy.

But, don't worry, keep calm and carry on (voting Labour).

So this one is next.
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