Friday, December 19, 2014

The Grateful Enemy Soldier



https://archive.org/stream/theyllneverquit011882mbp#page/n271/mode/2up

Harvey Klemmer, They’ll Never Quit (New York: Wilfred Funk, 1941), pp. 259-60.

Will the Germans use gas?

I have heard many stories in England which point that way. There is the story of the English nurse and the German pilot. The pilot is supposed to have become very fond of his nurse in the English hospital to which he was taken after being shot down. When it came time for him to be taken away, he is reported to have told the girl:

“You have been very nice to me here. I don’t know how to repay you. The only thing I can do now is to warn you – never go out without your gas mask after September 15.”

It will be noted that this anecdote ties in with the stories of the attempted invasion, which was supposed to have taken place on September 15 [1940]. It is possible, of course, that this pilot was acting under instructions; it is also possible that he wasn’t.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Used Panty Vending Machines (Japan)




Tech in Asia
11 December 2014


J.T. Quigley

[…] Is someone, somewhere in Japan selling used panties out of a vending machine? I wish I could tell you that the answer is no, but the honest truth is, well, maybe. One thing is for sure, though – the urban legend is certainly more popular than the machines ever were.

Carol Singers Burgle Houses




Hull Daily Mail [UK]
11 December 2014


POLICE say widespread rumours about “bogus” carol singers visiting houses in Kingswood before returning to burgle them are false. […]