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Subject: Re: Monday - British Fact of the day...
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"::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org> wrote in
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> Monday - British Fact of the day...
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> It is a superstition in the British army not to light 3 cigarettes
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> off the same match. This dates from the Boer War (1899 - 1902) when
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> the flame gave an enemy sniper time to sight his rifle, and the
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> soldier lighting the 3rd cigarette was invariably shot.
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> ~~~~~~~~~~
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Filthy habit anyway LOL.
Mercury.
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