File this one under "so good, you can't make it up." While skimming the Telegraph this morn, we came across this fantastic headline: English to "Kill" Joan of Arc Again. (You could also tack on "and Boy are the French Pissed!" to the end of that.)
However, this time around, it's not a 19-year-old girl the English are burning, but a naval ship. The aging French vessel, named Jeanne-d'Arc, is set to be dismantled by British hands after it finishes its final world tour in the near future. Naturally, French naval officers are horrified by the idea.
One senior officer said that the prospect of the ship being 'burned, martyred and dismembered' in England would be too much to stomach after the old enemy's earlier hand in the death at the stake in 1431 of France's national heroine, after whom the ship is named.
Read the rest of the Telegraph's excellent article here (unless you're not up for a good laugh).