USA--- Lucky not to have the French on board

[peter mccue]

Lets not forget the humiliating backside booting our man general Wolfe handed out when we took Canada off them.

 

Oh yes & how many times do we have to destroy their navy before they admit they're as bad at fighting on water as they are on land.

 

Should stop now chaps, there's too much material in this one we could go on forever!

[craig mason]

colin you didnt mention the second world war were the french had a larger army than the germans but when hitler invaded the french ran away like chickens i think there national symbol should be a chicken instead of a rooster as whenever they have to fight they turn into chickens

[Cranfield]

I found this and thought it was very good.

 

PARIS-

In a stunning reversal of policy, French President Jacques Chirac announced today that the French government will be supporting the 'War on Terror' after all. Five hundred soldiers from the elite Battalion du Specialistes d'Abandonnement of France's vaunted Armees de la Terre are preparing for movement to Iraq, where they will advise the Iraqi Republican Guards on the protocol of their upcoming surrender to American Armed Forces.

 

"It is important to be overbearingly haughty and insufferable when surrendering," said Colonel Philippe Marie-Jeane Yves-Montand Gauloise du Petite Pommes, commanding officer of the elite Surrender Specialists, who has personally surrendered in countless battles dating back to Dien Bien Phu in 1954. "We French are world masters at surrendering, n'est c'est pas? Not like you arrogant Americans, who never surrender. Ha! I spit on your American victories!"

 

President Chirac also announced that his government will be sending 3,000 advisors from the elite Force du Collaborateurs Francaise to assist the Iraqis in avidly collaborating with the Americans, while pretending to be part of a non-existent resistance movement.

[catchaplenty]

It makes you wonder if the U.N. is worth bothering with when a country like France can wield the power they are at the moment. No to the euro and flood that bleedin' tunnel too!

Dave

[peter mccue]

Cranfield....

[Colin Brett]

craig mason:

colin you didnt mention the second world war were the french had a larger army than the germans but when hitler invaded the french ran away like chickens i think there national symbol should be a chicken instead of a rooster as whenever they have to fight they turn into chickens

Oh yes I did! Just there's no space in between WW1 & WW2. I was probably laughing too much to notice my error.

 

Hang on a minute, where does the name Brett originate? Hopefully it's a corruption of Brit, or is it possible it's a shortening of Brittany? God!! I hope it's the former!!

 

Colin Brett

[Nightwing]

Well, agree or disagree on U.S./U.K. foriegn policy, at least we all seem to agree on where the French fit into out world view!

[corydoras]

quote:

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Originally posted by Colin Brett

 

Hang on a minute, where does the name Brett originate? Hopefully it's a corruption of Brit, or is it possible it's a shortening of Brittany? God!! I hope it's the former!!

 

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I would not worry toooo much if you have Breton ancestry Colin. Most true Breton (Celts) are not all that mad on the rest of the French either.

 

Regards

 

Corydoras