No mention of the Yanks ... but

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Originally Posted by JodieTs

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its
terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in
France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a
recent fire that destroyed France?s white flag factory, effectively
paralyzing the country's military capability.

This reminds me of the treat "Top 10" list on "Late Night with David Letterman" from some time ago. It was "Top 10 Things the French are Doing to Prepare for German Reunification." Two of them were:

- cutting all of the nation's bedsheets into small, white rectangles
- printing up 50 million t-shirts that say "Don't Shoot. I'm a Collaborator."

Originally Posted by JodieTs

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the
only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.

Don't forget the possibility of Dubbel and Tripel shortages.

Originally Posted by JodieTs

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No
worries" to "She'll be alright, Mate." Two more escalation levels
remain: "Crikey! I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend!"
and "The barbie is canceled." So far no situation has ever warranted use
of the final escalation level.

Some of this concern is mitigated by smashing empty Foster's cans against the forehead repeatedly until all thoughts of terrorism has been beaten out of the Oz head.