Legendary quotes on France


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Legendary quotes on France [with apologies to our friend, Pierre("FordGT4fun")]

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'France has neither winter nor summer nor DELETED BY MODERATOR Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.
France has usually been governed by prostitutes.'

Mark Twain

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'I would rather have a German division in front of me than a MODERATOR DELETED one behind me.'

General George S. Patton

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'Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.' (MODERATOR SAYS THIS IS OK)

Norman Schwarzkopf

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'We can stand here like the MODERATOR DELETED, or we can do something about it.'

Marge Simpson

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'As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.'

Jacques Chirac, President of France

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'The only time MODERATOR DELETED wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee.'

Regis Philbin

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'The last time the MODERATOR DELETED asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag.'

David Letterman

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'Only thing worse than a MODERATOR DELETED is a MODERATOR DELETED INDIVIDUAL who lives in Canada.'

Ted Nugent

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'War without THOSE WHO LIVE IN MODERATOR DELETED would be like ... World War II.'

Unknown

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'The favorite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France.'

Tom Brokaw

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'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

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'It is important to remember that the French have always been there when they needed us.'

Alan Kent

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'They've taken their own precautions against al-Qa'ida. To prepare for an attack, each MODERATOR DELETED PERSON is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a three-day supply of mistresses in the house.'

Argus Hamilton

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'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

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'The French will only agree to go to war when we've proven we've found truffles in Iraq '

Dennis Miller

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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?

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'Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris? It's not known, it's never been tried.'

Rep. R. Blount, MO

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'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

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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.
 
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OK Ralphie, you're putting the new moderator to the test today! Say your sorry.
 
Who is the new moderator?? You Mr. Cantwell???
 
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RALPHIE said:
'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
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This is a classic. I love Dennis Miller.

Chip
 
I'll just leave this here.
 

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STUNTS said:
Who is the new moderator?? You Mr. Cantwell???
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Is this thread a TEST for me????
 
Moderator exercising his muscle

timcantwell said:
Is this thread a TEST for me????
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As to not offend anyone, the new moderator has done his job. Thanks for the TEST Ralphie!:rofl
 
We love you, Tim​
 
As a former Canadian, who had to endure 6 years of French in school an being taught the French version of history in some of those classes(living in S. Alberta where French is not spoken except in French class in school), I really understand the humor. Thanks for reminding me of how much I hated those classes and the arrogant teacher in High School (who was French).
 
RALPHIE said:
We love you, Tim​
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I "love" you too Ralphie. Now I'm scared to see what you'll do to get even with me.
 
Finally, a Moderator who only alters posts, and doesn't delete my post count.
 
fjpikul said:
Finally, a Moderator who only alters posts, and doesn't delete my post count.
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Tim - time show your "stuff". Only post count for fjpikul should be those that actyally thanked Stormcat!

Thus it would be a Permanent 1. And as long as you're at it, please change his Green dots to RED.
 
I've always liked "Bonjourrr, yah cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys!". Attributed by Wikipedia to a 1995 episode of the Simpsons. Hopefully this doesn't duplicate the OP's Simpson quote which was moderated.
 
..they are currently expending more man-power and fire-power fighting against the proposed raising of the retirement age from 60 yrs old to 62 years old than they did in all of WW II .! I guess its easier to fight your own policeman than a real enemy. We had better send in the United Nations Peacekeeping force to restore order in Paris.
AJB
 
The French GOVERNMENT made it to the top of my you-know-what list when it forced Waldo's buddies to FLY AROUND FRENCH AIR SPACE to deliver a personal 'greeting' to 'the Daffy one' from Saint Ronnie. 'Pretty pathetic.
 
My favorite story of recent French history is when they would not allow us to fly over FRENCH air space in 1986 when we sent 24 F-111's from England to bomb the sh..t out of Libya after they bombed a dico in Berlin killing a US Serviceman. "The French embassy south of the main targets received HEAVY collateral damage." OOOOOOPPPPPPPSSSSS !!!!!! They added 6 hours roundtrip for our pilots. And after this we sent in a SR-71 Blackbird, checkout this story from the pilot, Out ran his refueling tanker by 500 miles!!!!!!

Great story from Pilot who flew the SR-71 in to do recon photos:

In April 1986, following an attack on American soldiers in a Berlin disco, President Reagan ordered the bombing of Muammar Qaddafi's terrorist camps in Libya. My duty was to fly over Libya and take photos recording the damage our F-111's had inflicted. Qaddafi had established a 'line of death,' a territorial marking across the Gulf of Sidra , swearing to shoot down any intruder that crossed the boundary. On the morning of April 15, I rocketed past the line at 2,125 mph.

I was piloting the SR-71 spy plane, the world's fastest jet, accompanied by Maj Walter Watson, the aircraft's reconnaissance systems officer (RSO). We had crossed into Libya and were approaching our final turn over the bleak desert landscape when Walter informed me that he was receiving missile launch signals. I quickly increased our speed, calculating the time it would take for the weapons-most likely SA-2 and SA-4 surface-to-air missiles capable of Mach 5 - to reach our altitude. I estimated that we could beat the rocket-powered missiles to the turn and stayed our course, betting our lives on the plane's performance.

After several agonizingly long seconds, we made the turn and blasted toward the Mediterranean 'You might want to pull it back,' Walter suggested. It was then that I noticed I still had the throttles full forward. The plane was flying a mile every 1.6 seconds, well above our Mach 3.2 limit. It was the fastest we would ever fly. I pulled the throttles to idle just south of Sicily , but we still overran the refueling tanker awaiting us over Gibraltar.

Scores of significant aircraft have been produced in the 100 years of flight, following the achievements of the Wright brothers, which we celebrate in December. Aircraft such as the Boeing 707, the F-86 Sabre Jet, and the P-51 Mustang are among the important machines that have flown our skies. But the SR-71, also known as the Blackbird, stands alone as a significant contributor to Cold War victory and as the fastest plane ever-and only 93 Air Force pilots ever steered the 'sled,' as we called our aircraft.
 
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I love reading this kind of stuff and as I recall I was proud to be an American.
 
SteveA said:
I love reading this kind of stuff and as I recall I was proud to be an American.
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I am going to have to bring you with me the next time I am out at Beale AFB. You might as well be 'proud' in person Steve.
 
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