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more French baiting.

Posted: 2003-03-11 02:44am
by Stuart Mackey
Great French Quotes ...

"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

"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 whiskey I don't know." P.J O'Rourke (1989)

"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the1940s 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

"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag." David Letterman

How many Frenchmen does it take to change a light bulb? Answer - One. He holds the bulb and all of Europe revolves around him.

"Next time there's a war in Europe, the loser has to keep France". anon

Posted: 2003-03-11 02:50am
by Dalton
That France accordion quote was actually by some dude named Jed Babbin:

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/babbin.htm

Posted: 2003-03-11 02:53am
by Stuart Mackey
Dalton wrote:That France accordion quote was actually by some dude named Jed Babbin:

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/babbin.htm
Fair nuff. I just copy/pasted, they made me chuckle.

Posted: 2003-03-11 03:10am
by Captain tycho
LOL! :lol:

Posted: 2003-03-11 03:30am
by Typhonis 1
*chuckles* this brings up an interesting question Why didnt France attack germany in Spring 1940 after they captured the Germaon OOB for the Western Front?

Posted: 2003-03-11 04:49am
by Stuart Mackey
Typhonis 1 wrote:*chuckles* this brings up an interesting question Why didnt France attack germany in Spring 1940 after they captured the Germaon OOB for the Western Front?
I could look it up, but I cannot be stuffed. I think I will make me a cuppa :D