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Yes, there was one thing.

PULSAR (the Lancaster uni sci-fi club) showed a host of kids favourite programmes tonight for a change.

One of them was Inspector Gadget. :D But as much as I liked the series, I hear Diznee has made a straight to vid sequel of the original film with Matthew Broderick (which was okay but the car sucked). }p

Other than that, we also watched Defenders Of The Earth, Trapdoor, Dogtanian And The Muskerhounds, the first X-Men episode and Dungeons & Dragons as well as the first and cheesiest episode of Jayce & The Wheeled Warriors. :P

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French food is deserving of it's reputation.

French wine is good, in my limited experience with it. American and Australian wines are like chewing on oak splinters in comparison, flavor wise.

French warships of 19th century were novel, and exciting designs.
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I have never really found French food anything special. I don't drink wine.


However I agree that 19th century French predreadnaughts were good for a laugh :)
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French wines are goooooooood.
As is French food. Especially the myriads of cheese sorts. Paired with one of the myriads of german bread sorts, the perfect team :mrgreen:
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My dad says the only good French wine they keep for themselves, they're not stupid. :P That and Oz and Chilean wines are the best.

French cheese isn't too bad.
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yeah, the french food, architecture, and fashion are rather nice.

its the politics where things get dicey.
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French Maid Uniforms especially when a beautiful woman is wearing it :twisted:
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Monica Bellucci!



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Yeah she's up there.

Though I have to admit their cooking and reciepes are very good...though I like Italian a little bit more for main dishes.
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Lonestar wrote:Monica Bellucci!

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Ahem....she's from Italy!
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Damaramu wrote:
Lonestar wrote:Monica Bellucci!

*pic snipped*


Ahem....she's from Italy!
Score another one for Italy!

Well France does have many museums of art that are very nice....they keep the Mona Lisa and David in good shape.
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I would have to say the best thing to come from France would be mid-twentieth to late-twentieth centry military tactics. I mean, the Maginot line, look at it, it is brilliant! Have a length of simple fortifications running along a short border with a single country to hopefully keep them from invading, how BRILLIANT! I mean, it is a good thing (for the Germans, anyways...)
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Didn't the French invent the blowjob?
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Ghost Rider wrote:
Score another one for Italy!

Well France does have many museums of art that are very nice....they keep the Mona Lisa and David in good shape.
If you're talking about Michelangelo's David, then score another one for Italy. :wink:
Florence, Italy, that is.
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RedImperator wrote:Didn't the French invent the blowjob?
Well, if you talk to P.J. O'Rourke, sure. :D
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RedImperator wrote:Didn't the French invent the blowjob?
I don`t think so,read..........i mean look at the Kama Sutra. :wink:

And the worste thing to come out of France (Brigitte Bardot) annoying bitch she should learn to STFU and stop badmouthing my country. :evil:
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Frank Hipper wrote:
Ghost Rider wrote:
Score another one for Italy!

Well France does have many museums of art that are very nice....they keep the Mona Lisa and David in good shape.
If you're talking about Michelangelo's David, then score another one for Italy. :wink:
Florence, Italy, that is.
I know that :P

Just saying they are at least keeping it in good shape :wink:
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Sea Skimmer wrote:It was the exploding shell you fools!
Seriously? A Napoleonic invention?
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Durran Korr wrote:
RedImperator wrote:Didn't the French invent the blowjob?
Well, if you talk to P.J. O'Rourke, sure. :D
P.J. is the only information source I need!
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Damaramu wrote:
Lonestar wrote:Monica Bellucci!

*pic snipped*


Ahem....she's from Italy!
Yes, but she's a FRENCH movie star.
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Lonestar wrote:Monica Bellucci!



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She's hot, for sure, but that is the most faked looking picture I've seen in a while. Maybe because of the lighting.
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Durran Korr wrote:
Lonestar wrote:Monica Bellucci!



<SNIP>
She's hot, for sure, but that is the most faked looking picture I've seen in a while. Maybe because of the lighting.
Are you sure its a fake picture maybe the photographer who took the pictures do not know how to use his equipment.
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I like French Fries.

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