This television advertisement is circulating among airline and travel folk:
Why would British Airways make an ad that encourages Britons to stay at home during the Olympics?
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This summer, the greatest sports event on Earth comes to London. And our best sportsmen and women have a once in a lifetime opportunity, to compete at the highest level with the whole country behind them. That’s why we’re asking the nation to join together, to give our athletes the greatest home advantage we can give them. It could be the difference in seconds and millimetres, turning silver into gold. This summer, there’s nowhere else in the world to be.
Even more analysis:
Millard Fillmore traveled to London after his presidency. One story claims that, upon meeting Fillmore, Queen Victoria proclaimed him “the handsomest man” she had ever met.
After the death of his daughter Mary, Fillmore went abroad. While touring Europe in 1855, Fillmore was offered an honorary Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) degree by the University of Oxford. Fillmore turned down the honor, explaining that he had neither the “literary nor scientific attainment” to justify the degree.[22] He is also quoted as having explained that he “lacked the benefit of a classical education” and could not, therefore, understand the Latin text of the diploma, adding that he believed “no man should accept a degree he cannot read.”[9]
Tip of the small, folding travel scrub brush to Gil Brassard, believe it or not.
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Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 