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'... A wife says: "Beige ... I think we'll paint the ceiling beige."'

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Paul, I laughed out loud when I say that line.

For some reason, my wife has never found that joke as funny as I do.

Bob

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Odd that nobody here seemed to mention anything about the British Red color so often found in oak and leather gun cases, and its relationship to red used by the British military. Red must be the British National color, or some such thing, as they had their military dress in so much red that it seemed a bit silly (made a wonderful rifle target for the enemy, during wartime, I am sure), but it was the British military way of intimidating the enemy, I think---not too smart, in my opinion. Does anyone know the connection between Great Britain;s use of red so often, and the red they so often used in gun cases? The Scots National color was blue, so was red the National color of Britain at the time?

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as they had their military dress in so much red that it seemed a bit silly

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We learned that the British used Red Coats so as to disguise the blood on the uniforms. Not allowing an enemy to see you are wounded shows strength.

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Red was also the martial colour of the Romans and before them the Spartans.

Which I'm sure was also part of the reason the Brits used red uniforms originally.

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