Friday 18 November 2011

Cameron, Merkel and the bazooka

Wonder if David Cameron is regretting suggesting to Angela Merkel that they take a bazooka to the problems of the EU.

He's clearly sailed very close to breaching the old adage of 'don't mention the war'.

Not only that, his language skills leave something to be desired.

Bazooka isn't a German word. It was a name given to a home-made musical instrument played by comedian and performer Bob Burns, who was in World War 2 the leader of the US Marines' jazz band.

The German word Dave was after was 'Panzerschrek' (literally, tank terror) or perhaps 'Panzerfaust' (tank, er, fist).

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