Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Whitby Incident


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The result was delete. Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 13:05, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

The Whitby Incident

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From what I can tell, this is an old stale joke, (traditionally associated with Hartlepool in County Durham) restated to poke fun at Yorkshiremen (who supposedly think a chimp is Frenchman because of what they read in London newspapers). Google gives only 2 relevant hits: WP and the reference used in the WP article. The real Whitby incident involved the first Luftwaffe plane shot down in England during WW2. The joke is adequately covered under Hartlepool, although I'm pretty sure similar jokes predated the Hartlepool incident. Tubezone 03:31, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Just out of interest, I think several Luftwaffe planes had already been shot down in Scotland. .. dave souza, talk 22:40, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete - Per nom and lack of any source. --Bryson 03:40, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom - Aagtbdfoua 03:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. MER-C 05:47, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom... and avoiding references to surrenderchimpanzees. SkierRMH, 07:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom - the source makes only a passing reference, and reads like the Hartlepool story misremembered – the two towns aren't that far apart. .. dave souza, talk 22:33, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


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