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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.
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