[Groop] OT even the UK has pirates....

[Finn Smith]

Gary!

What a coincidence!  My mum just mailed me THE SEAHAWK on DVD (because I 
loved it so much when I rented it).  Excellent film!

finn


>From: "Grossmann, Gary (DOR)" <GaryG at DOR.WA.GOV>
>To: <chris.emmett at hsbcib.com>, <groop at groo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Groop] OT even the UK has pirates....
>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:48:34 -0700
>
>Alternatively, rent "The Seahawk" (1940)  Errol Flynn at his
>swashbuckling best as a privateer.  Flora Robson makes a great QEI.
>Lot's of pirates!
>
>-Gary G.
>
>PS  Spanish Groopies might prefer The Adventures of Don Juan.(1948) Old
>Errol's last great swashbuckler.  No pirates, but at least the Spanish
>are not the bad guys for once.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: groop-bounces at groo.com [mailto:groop-bounces at groo.com] On Behalf
>Of chris.emmett at hsbcib.com
>Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:39 AM
>To: groop at groo.com
>Subject: Re: [Groop] even the UK has pirates....
>
>
>She's the one who mandates all the privateers. The Queen delegates jobs
>like this since it aids deniability. Our Prime Minister had a similar
>system.
>
><scene>
>Queen - "Who will rid one of these vexing Spaniards who are removing all
>the gold from theirthe colonies which by God's will belongs to England?"
>Vice-Queen - "Ah ha!" <cuts to filthy dock in Plymouth> Vice-Queen -
>"Walter, here's a parchment authorising you to pillage Spanish ships"
>Raleigh - "Right you are, your Royal Vice-Highness" <cuts to filthy
>Court-room in Runnymede> Queen - "It was a rhetorical question. One does
>not involve oneself with such things. Besides, that all stopped years
>ago. Isn't there a statute of limitations in one's country?"
>
>
>Womble
>
>
>
>
>
>
>There are junior royals?!? Like a Vice Queen or something?
>
>on 7/11/07 9:40 AM, Bodhikt at aol.com at Bodhikt at aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 7/11/2007 12:58:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > chris.emmett at hsbcib.com writes:
> >
> >>> I believe we call them "privateers" and they're in the employ of the
>Queen
> > (well, not any more obviously) :-)<<
> > So you're saying this black-market vendor has/had royal backing?? I
> > might
>
> > suspect this of a certain one of the junior royals... but not the
> > Queen!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Kaytee
> > Proudly marching to a different kettle of fish
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