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Old 30 April 2005, 08:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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A little whiskey with your soda?
Ran across this from a fellow enthusiast in Belgium. Looks Like Raoul Lufbery is having a bit of a go with some friends.
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Stephen- By all accounts, Whiskey loved Lufbery and Soda hated everybody but tolerated Luf. Anybody else trying this would have probably been toast or at least severely scratched.

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What a great picture. Can you imagine having two lion cubs in France today? Or using them as squadron mascots? Every lawyer in Paris would have a field day with you. Not sure that I'd want a giant wild cat for a mascot, but oh, for the days when people were free to be a little stupid.
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As the story goes, a spectator once had the audacity to suggest that Whiskey would eventually have to be caged. Credit James McConnell with this classic retort:
"Why put him behind bars? He'll see all the bars he needs, travelling with this mob."

Is that was is meant by the good ole days? It works for me.
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Great photo!
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What a great picture. Can you imagine having two lion cubs in France today? Or using them as squadron mascots? Every lawyer in Paris would have a field day with you. Not sure that I'd want a giant wild cat for a mascot, but oh, for the days when people were free to be a little stupid.
Stephen... I don't know which would be more aggravating the "blood sucking lawyers" or the "animal rights activists" climbing up your six! Give me "the good old days" anytime!

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Reminds me of my uncle telling me about his friend, Franz von Werra, having a lion cub as a mascot on the Channel in 1940.
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The attractive photograph with Raoul plus lions was even published in a German paper in WWI!
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