Ehmmm NO Gnome - The myth perpetuated by Jim Carroll was that the Government deliberately spread the lie that the war would be over by Christmas - I responded to that by stating that the "Over by Christmas" myth had no official sanction or origin

OK. My mistake. I apologise. If you say you did not say it I will believe you. I am not going to wade back through all that crap to see what was actually said. Life is too short.

Ever heard of editing Gnome?

Yes I have thanks. Which is why I said I have no doubt that what you say was what you said and what I said were both correct. What I object to is, and I don't have to wade though anything here because I know exactly where it is, is the intimation that I had left something out on purpose -

From: Teribus - PM
Date: 07 Jan 16 - 07:10 AM
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Wonder why you, or the person who edited the text in the link you provided, left out the bit in bold there Gnome?

In context it matters not one jot to Joe Armstrong's mates anyway.

By the way Gnome, in the workhouse Joseph Armstrong scrubbed floors.

So, you tell us where he learned about the Franco-Prussian wars. Mine was only a guess.