From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Fri Mar 31 2006 - 20:51:14 PST
That is funny.
But didn't the French bail out butts out during the Revolutionary War?
As I recall that was pretty significant. How did they make the wrong
turn after that??
Dave
Kent Schaffer wrote:
> OH...MY...GOD!!!!
>
> Man, now that's funny!!!
>
> Kent
>
>
> Sonny Heath wrote:
>
>> I hauled this home in my M998 today,
>>
>> "France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these
>> drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by
>> prostitutes." --Mark Twain.
>>
>> "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French
>> one behind me." --General George S. Patton.
>>
>> "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
>> accordion." --Norman Schwartzkopf.
>>
>> "We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."
>> --Marge Simpson
>>
>> "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure." --Jacques Chirac,
>> President of France
>>
>> "As far as France is concerned, you're right." --Rush Limbaugh,
>>
>> "The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is
>> sitting in Paris sipping coffee." --Regis Philbin.
>>
>> "The French are a smallish, monkey-looki ng bunch and not dressed any
>> better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit
>> outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more
>> stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whisky I
>> don't know." --P.J O'Rourke (1989).
>>
>> "You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of
>> the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't
>> have the face for it." --John McCain, U.S. Senator
>>
>> "You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he
>> hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French,
>> people." --Conan O'Brien
>>
>> "I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get
>> Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get Hitler out
>> of France either" --Jay Leno.
>>
>> "The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into
>> Paris under a German flag." --David Letterman
>>
>> "Only thin g worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in
>> Canada." --Ted Nugent.
>>
>> "War without France would be like ... uh ... World War II."
>>
>> "The favorite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that
>> says 'First Iraq, then France.'" --Tom Brokaw.
>>
>> "What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of
>> its national will fighting against Disney World and Big Macs than the
>> Nazis?" --Dennis Miller.
>>
>> "It is important to remember that the French have always been there
>> when they needed us." --Alan Kent
>>
>> "They've taken their own precautions against al-Qa'ida. To prepare for
>> an attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag,
>> and a three-day supply of mistresses in the house." --Argus Hamilton
>>
>> "Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being
>> advertised on eBay the other day -- the description was, 'Never shot.
>> Dropped once'." --Rep. Roy Blount (MO)
>> "The French will only agree to go to war when we've proven we've found
>> truffles in Iraq." --Dennis Miller
>>
>> Q. What did the mayor of Paris say to the German Army as they entered
>> the city in WWII?
>>
>> A. Table for 100,000 m'sieur?
>>
>> "Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris? It's not
>> known, it's never been tried." --Rep. Roy Blount (MO)
>>
>> "Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer France in
>> WWII? And that's because it was raining." --John Xereas, Manager, DC
>> Improv.
>>
>> The AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced after the
>> London bombings that it has raised its terror alert level from Run to
>> Hide. The only two higher levels in France are Surrender and
>> Collaborate. The rise in the alert level was precipitated by a recent
>> fire which destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively
>> disabling their military.
>>
>> French Ban Fireworks at Euro Disney - (AP), Paris, March 5, 2003
>>
>> The French Government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the
>> use of fireworks at Euro Disney. The decision comes the day after a
>> nightly fireworks display at the park, located just 30 miles outside
>> of Paris, caused the soldiers at a nearby French Army garrison to
>> surrender to a group of Czech tourists.
>>
>>
>> Sonny
>>
>>
>>
>>
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