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Re: CHAT: Vexillology and games (was: Re: Flag ofEngland)

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Friday, June 23, 2000, 4:02
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

> John Cowan wrote: > > No, that's a small town in Japan. When my father traveled to Japan in 1941 > > (one of the last Americans to do so, I daresay, before Pearl Harbor) he > > was told that there was a factory there that turned out things (I forget > > just what sort of things) stamped "Made in Usa". > > That sounds like an urban legend to me.
Well, I wouldn't put it past my father to make the story up, and he's dead, so it can't be checked. So maybe. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org "You need a change: try Canada" "You need a change: try China" --fortune cookies opened by a couple that I know