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• > Subject: Frenchisms
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  >> "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." Secretary of Defense
  >> Donald Rumsfeld.
  >>
  >> "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-looking 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 from Arizona.
  >>
  >> "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 thing 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 Blunt (MO)
  >>
  >> "The French will only agree to go to war when we've
  >> proven we've found truffles in Iraq." Dennis Miller
  >>
  >> Raise your right hand if you like the French ... raise
  >> both hands if you are French.
  >>
  >> 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. R.
  >> 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.
  

  Anonymous 02 dec 2005, 09:51 - Rapporteer misbruik

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