Way off topic, but it has do to with the French

On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:12:07 -0500, Daedalus
wrote:

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:18:06 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:4ZKyj.6120$TT4.1637@attbi_s22:

Perhaps your minor in history didn't cover The Great War, the
Napoleonic Wars, or the Seven Year's War.

Look those up and then come back and discuss France's place in world
history.

Wow, that's really impressive. Not.

Try to keep up, please? We weren't talking about France's "place in
history" -- we're talking about their national behavior in World War
II, their current status as a former world power, and their current
role as the butt of much disparaging humor in America.


All of which says you're an asshole.


Bertie

Why weren't the French involved in this conversation?

Jade

Probably because they speak poopytalk.

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:36:33 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Mar 3, 12:12 pm, Daedalus wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:18:06 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:



"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:4ZKyj.6120$TT4.1637@attbi_s22:

Perhaps your minor in history didn't cover The Great War, the
Napoleonic Wars, or the Seven Year's War.

Look those up and then come back and discuss France's place in world
history.

Wow, that's really impressive. Not.

Try to keep up, please? We weren't talking about France's "place in
history" -- we're talking about their national behavior in World War
II, their current status as a former world power, and their current
role as the butt of much disparaging humor in America.

All of which says you're an asshole.

Bertie

Why weren't the French involved in this conversation?

Jade

They were.

Les gens d'Iowa sont des idiots.

Please observe the "No Poopytalk" rule on usenet.

Aratzio wrote in
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On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:32:19 +0000 (UTC), in alt.usenet.kooks, Bertie
the Bunyip bloviated:

Aratzio wrote in
m:

On Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:47:30 -0800, in the land of alt.usenet.kooks,
mariposas rand mair fheal got double secret
probation for writing:

In article ,
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:4ZKyj.6120$TT4.1637@attbi_s22:

Perhaps your minor in history didn't cover The Great War, the
Napoleonic Wars, or the Seven Year's War.

Look those up and then come back and discuss France's place in
world history.

Wow, that's really impressive. Not.

Try to keep up, please? We weren't talking about France's
"place
in history" -- we're talking about their national behavior in
World War II, their current status as a former world power, and
their current role as the butt of much disparaging humor in
America.

why exactly am i suppose to be disparaging france?
this seems to have started after they said they were not going to
fight in iraq without real evidence that iraq was making nbc weapons

it sounds to me like i supposed to flush two hundred years
of friendship and mutual struggle down the toilet
because they were right about iraq

does that sum it up correctly


Pretty much.

Nothing like having a handy French Fleet to bottle up Cornwallis on
a
penninsula.

How would things have turned out if the French were not on our side
in
the revolution?


We'd probably be speaking English right now if they hadn;t!


Oh wait.

Bertie

The word yer lokin fer is "commonwealth"


As i the imperial power raping the other country?

Sounds better than "chattel" I suppose.


Bertie

Aratzio wrote in
:

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:34:10 +0000 (UTC), in alt.usenet.kooks, Bertie
the Bunyip bloviated:

Aratzio wrote in
m:

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:18:06 +0000 (UTC), in the land of
alt.usenet.kooks, Bertie the Bunyip got double secret
probation for writing:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:4ZKyj.6120$TT4.1637@attbi_s22:

Perhaps your minor in history didn't cover The Great War, the
Napoleonic Wars, or the Seven Year's War.

Look those up and then come back and discuss France's place in
world history.

Wow, that's really impressive. Not.

Try to keep up, please? We weren't talking about France's "place
in history" -- we're talking about their national behavior in
World War II, their current status as a former world power, and
their current role as the butt of much disparaging humor in
America.


All of which says you're an asshole.


Bertie

Can I be the ****head?

If you like. We have a few already, but there's always room for
another.


Bertie

YAY!!!!!!

Royalist trash.


Mmmmkay..


Bertie

Gig 601XL Builder wrote in news:13so54kfvgqqb93
@news.supernews.com:

wrote:


Perhaps your minor in history didn't cover The Great War, the
Napoleonic Wars, or the Seven Year's War.

Look those up and then come back and discuss France's place in world
history.

My master's in History and I will be waiting.


Dan



Well Rome used to rule the known world. It hasn't translated well into
modern military or even diplomatic power for Italy.


Yes, but they terrific coffee and very reasonably priced high quality
restaurants. Not to mention Alfa Romeos and the ability to look cool even
when riding a motor scooter.

What else could you want?


Bertie

On Mar 2, 11:17 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
Perhaps your minor in history didn't cover The Great War, the
Napoleonic Wars, or the Seven Year's War.

Look those up and then come back and discuss France's place in world
history.

Wow, that's really impressive. Not.

Try to keep up, please? We weren't talking about France's "place in
history" -- we're talking about their national behavior in World War II,
their current status as a former world power, and their current role as the
butt of much disparaging humor in America.

But it's well and good that you bring it up, since France's legitimate
history as a great power makes their current status more pathetic -- not
less -- and serves to further explain the reasons for their being the target
for jokesters in the US and elsewhere.

Are these jokes fair or appropriate? Often not. But the discussion is
about *why* these jokes exist, not whether or not they are legitimate.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

So the "target of jokesters" supports your conclusion that...?

Sorry.. having a hard time keeping up.

::YAWN::

In , Aratzio
said:
: On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:18:06 +0000 (UTC), in the land of
: alt.usenet.kooks, Bertie the Bunyip got double secret
: probation for writing:
:
: "Jay Honeck" wrote in
: news:4ZKyj.6120$TT4.1637@attbi_s22:
:
: Perhaps your minor in history didn't cover The Great War, the
: Napoleonic Wars, or the Seven Year's War.
:
: Look those up and then come back and discuss France's place in world
: history.
:
: Wow, that's really impressive. Not.
:
: Try to keep up, please? We weren't talking about France's "place in
: history" -- we're talking about their national behavior in World War
: II, their current status as a former world power, and their current
: role as the butt of much disparaging humor in America.
:
:
: All of which says you're an asshole.
:
:
: Bertie
:
: Can I be the ****head?

Please. If you weren't, then the sun wouldn't shine no more.

Kali
--
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called
research, would it?"
- Albert Einstein

Daedalus wrote in
:

On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:18:06 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:4ZKyj.6120$TT4.1637@attbi_s22:

Perhaps your minor in history didn't cover The Great War, the
Napoleonic Wars, or the Seven Year's War.

Look those up and then come back and discuss France's place in world
history.

Wow, that's really impressive. Not.

Try to keep up, please? We weren't talking about France's "place in
history" -- we're talking about their national behavior in World War
II, their current status as a former world power, and their current
role as the butt of much disparaging humor in America.


All of which says you're an asshole.


Bertie

Why weren't the French involved in this conversation?

Good point.


Bertie

On Mar 3, 1:35 pm, Kali wrote:
In , Aratzio
said:
: On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:18:06 +0000 (UTC), in the land of
: alt.usenet.kooks, Bertie the Bunyip got double secret
: probation for writing:
:
: "Jay Honeck" wrote in
: news:4ZKyj.6120$TT4.1637@attbi_s22:
:
: Perhaps your minor in history didn't cover The Great War, the
: Napoleonic Wars, or the Seven Year's War.
:
: Look those up and then come back and discuss France's place in world
: history.
:
: Wow, that's really impressive. Not.
:
: Try to keep up, please? We weren't talking about France's "place in
: history" -- we're talking about their national behavior in World War
: II, their current status as a former world power, and their current
: role as the butt of much disparaging humor in America.
:
:
: All of which says you're an asshole.
:
:
: Bertie
:
: Can I be the ****head?

Please. If you weren't, then the sun wouldn't shine no more.

Kali
--
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called
research, would it?"
- Albert Einstein

Right.

What he said.

Off topic: Are you from Nigeria?


Dan

"Stefan" wrote in message
...
Jay Honeck schrieb:

Of course it never dawned upon you that the governement was not "the
French"? Ever heard of something like the Résistence?

Good grief, are you really so dim? It takes an awful lot of courage to do
what they did. I suspect the vast majority of those who enjoy dumb jokes
about "the French" wouldn't have that courage.

When my grandfather was shot down over Sampigny he went into a church and
gave the priest the cigarettes from his evasion kit to find him help. He
had flak buried in his skull.

When the Gestapo showed up a few hours later, they were smoking the
cigarettes my grandfather had given the priest. When they moved him to the
railroad to take him to Germany, his German captors pointed weapons at the
citizens who were trying to take a stab at him with a pitchforks. Not a
whole lot of love for the French in my grandfather's house.

Although the other waistgunner was kept hidden by a French family until the
end of the war and the pilot evaded with help from the Resistance, they
certainly weren't all so courageous.

-c