The Battle of Ventnor

[flip_flop]

Thought I'd share this.

I asked a youngster in the office (well, I say youngster, he is 28, so only 10 years younger than I am) this morning where another one of our colleagues has gone on holiday.

Conversation went like this;

Me: Where's John gone on holiday?
Him: He's gone to the Isle of Wight.
Me: Nice, I haven't been there since I was a kid - what's he up to.
Him: He's doing a tour of the 1st World War battlefields.
Me: Oh. Are you quite sure he's gone to the Isle of Wight and not France.
Him: No, definitely the Isle of Wight.
Me: OK, right, I'm off for a coffee (turns away quickly).

I must've missed the famous Battle of Ventnor!

Now, I accept the above probably comes across as a bit smug and superior - its not meant to - but genuinely, I was a little shocked.

[jake-the-peg]

So do you think it's his history or geography that's deficient?

[jno]

I don't know about battlefields exactly, but...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A894314

[spudqueen]

Made me smile flip-flop - but maybe he was just told this by the bloke who's actually gone to the Isle of Wight - if so he's going to get a bit of a shock!

[paraffin]

He probably meant the Channel Isles?