What do you call an intelligent blonde?

[corydoras]

Q. What do you call an intelligent blonde?

 

A. A labrador! 8-)

 

Corydoras

[Gaffer]

 

Btw, I was never any good at Spanish, what does your signature mean?

[corydoras]

Gaffer:

 

Btw, I was never any good at Spanish, what does your signature mean?

Gaffer

 

Its not Spanish, it's an old French proverb. Literally it means 'The paths to war do not grow corn' but it has a 'hidden' meaning. 'Blé' is corn or wheat, but it is also a slang word for money. I guess it means something like 'Nobody profits from war in the long run'.

[chesters1]

quote:

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'Nobody profits from war in the long run'.

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seems a strange quote from the motherland of the chap that invented the machine gun

[corydoras]

chesters1:

quote:

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'Nobody profits from war in the long run'.

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seems a strange quote from the motherland of the chap that invented the machine gun

Chesters

 

You've lost me mate. I'm a Scot, sig is French and I always thought that the machine gun was invented by one Hiram Maxim, born in Sangersville, Maine in 1840 and thus an American, or am I just being thick? Would'nt be the first time

[chesters1]

your right about maxim but little known is it was first made in blighty (hatton garden) the french bit maybe i got wrong but there is a connection somewhere

[corydoras]

chesters1:

 

little known is it was first made in blighty (hatton garden)

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Ten out of ten chesters. Go to the top of the class. Maxim's first machine gun factory was indeed in Hatton Garden. Click here to read more.

 

Still looking for a French connection, but they were used by armies all over the world.

 

What do you know about Mr Gattling?

 

[ 15. March 2003, 09:51 PM: Message edited by: corydoras ]