Liberte, Fraternite, Egalite

[Mikkel]

Butt out bacon boy - Can't you see I'm baiting Englishmen? I don't have any kebabs I can refuse to sell them so I have to bait them in other ways. Fuxache - it's getting harder to be a troll these days. Gimme back my bridge!

Sorry, I didn't want to be Mr. Killjoy. Thought it would be pretty easy to bait the englishmen without distorting historical fact - after all they are all half-nun half-danish

One thing I'm missing from old europe - the middle-east immigrant doner kebabs... A bit like buying a lotto ticket - either you have to rush to the toilet or you don't. Nevertheless tasty enough to risk it - and the best hangover food ever.

[SARGE]

I believe it's know as "The Simpsons phenomenum"

"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."
---- Marge Simpson



"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)





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

[Lias]

Fuck France.. They have _so_ much to answer for.

• Invading England
• Siding with the Yanks in their rebellion against the crown and allowing the USA to be created
• The Treaty Of Versailles (France wrote the parts of the treaty meant to cripple Germany forever, and IMHO the french are directly responsible for the events that led to the nazis coming to power and WW2 happening)
• Speaking French
• Fucking up Dien Bien Phu so badly
• Having hairy unshaven women
• Striking all the time
• Pacific nuclear testing
• Rainbow Warrior bombing
• Eating snails
• Poodles
• Renaults
• Berets
• Nearly as arrogant as yanks

I could go on.. also, cheese eating surrender monkeys

[Xile]

Fuck France.. They have _so_ much to answer for.

• Invading England
• Siding with the Yanks in their rebellion against the crown and allowing the USA to be created
• The Treaty Of Versailles (France wrote the parts of the treaty meant to cripple Germany forever, and IMHO the french are directly responsible for the events that led to the nazis coming to power and WW2 happening)
• Speaking French
• Fucking up Dien Bien Phu so badly
• Having hairy unshaven women
• Striking all the time
• Pacific nuclear testing
• Rainbow Warrior bombing
• Eating snails
• Poodles
• Renaults
• Berets
• Nearly as arrogant as yanks

I could go on.. also, cheese eating surrender monkeys

i guess there is no point in trying to defend each of those point, as some people seem to have pretty defined ideas of what is a french person without having meet any or having visiting france for more than 3 days.
However, you'll learn that there is no such thing as a hairy french woman, that our cars are all good, french is a beautiful language, that invasions between england and france last for a couple of centuries. Then, i admit, french people are arrogant, that we fucked up with the rainbow warrior and nuclear testing, etc.
But then, have you ever try a real french kiss? try real french food, baguette, cheese and saucisson? Who was against the war in Iraq?
and for WW2 i think we paid the consequences by a lot of blood.

Now obviously i'm french: does nt mean i agree with all the actions of my governement, and it is a little bit more time to do mistake for France than a young country like NZ (which i love by the way).

[scracha]

i guess there is no point in trying to defend each of those point, as some people seem to have pretty defined ideas of what is a french person without having meet any or having visiting france for more than 3 days.

Here here. Kiwi's are far too apathetic about letting big business and government order them around. Bet if the Frenchies had got here first :-

• there'd be none of this Waitangi bollocks to erm...celebrate.
• there'd be a civilised drinking culture with a couple of vino's at lunchtime (at 1/4 of the price) and bars open until whenever the customers like
• there'd be better cars (sure, they'd run on a sniff of diesel and not be as reliable but the government would subsidise buying a new one every 3 years anyway)
• there'd be better looking women
• vowels would be pronounced properly (i.e. not all upper)
• there'd be better food
• there'd be (better) dress sense
• there'd be a working public transport system
• we'd know how to kick a round football properly
  
  
  and best of all
  
• the speed limit would be 130, not as strictly enforced and cops would signal for you to wheelie and go faster when you pass them.

Viva la france

[Xile]

Here here. Kiwi's are far too apathetic about letting big business and government order them around. Bet if the Frenchies had got here first :-

• there'd be none of this Waitangi bollocks to erm...celebrate. (ahem..we got here first actuaally, translated oral maori language into a written language...see in lil museum in Russel)
• there'd be a civilised drinking culture with a couple of vino's at lunchtime (at 1/4 of the price) and bars open until whenever the customers like Yeah!
• there'd be better cars (sure, they'd run on a sniff of diesel and not be as reliable but the government would subsidise buying a new one every 3 years anyway)
• there'd be better looking women Hehe..i know..lol
• vowels would be pronounced properly (i.e. not all upper)
• there'd be better food Yeah!
• there'd be (better) dress sense Yeah!
• there'd be a working public transport system Yeah!
• we'd know how to kick a round football properly (and the oval one too..sometimes..)
  
  
  and best of all
  
• the speed limit would be 130, not as strictly enforced and cops would signal for you to wheelie and go faster when you pass them. I tried that with a cop: 'u know, being french, itsnot long im here, im used to the 130 speed limit in france etc etc'..that did not work

Vive la france

thanks for that scratcha felt a bit lonely there...

[McJim]

i guess there is no point in trying to defend each of those point, as some people seem to have pretty defined ideas of what is a french person without having meet any or having visiting france for more than 3 days.
However, you'll learn that there is no such thing as a hairy french woman, that our cars are all good, french is a beautiful language, that invasions between england and france last for a couple of centuries. Then, i admit, french people are arrogant, that we fucked up with the rainbow warrior and nuclear testing, etc.
But then, have you ever try a real french kiss? try real french food, baguette, cheese and saucisson? Who was against the war in Iraq?
and for WW2 i think we paid the consequences by a lot of blood.

Now obviously i'm french: does nt mean i agree with all the actions of my governement, and it is a little bit more time to do mistake for France than a young country like NZ (which i love by the way).

Personally I'd be proud of bombing the Rainbow Warrior. Greenpeace are a bunch of reactionary fuckwits who can't get any simple fucken facts straight before they galavant off with their bandwagon. Vive la France!

[Slyer]

Greenpeace are a bunch of reactionary fuckwits who can't get any simple fucken facts straight before they galavant off with their bandwagon. Vive la France!

Wish everyone would realise this.

[Lias]

i guess there is no point in trying to defend each of those point, as some people seem to have pretty defined ideas of what is a french person without having meet any or having visiting france for more than 3 days.

Admittedly I've never been to france, but 3 members of my family have, as well as a few friends and based on what they've said I have no desire to ever go there.

Who was against the war in Iraq?

You want bonus points for being scared of going to war?

Now obviously i'm french:

My commiserations!

Personally I'd be proud of bombing the Rainbow Warrior. Greenpeace are a bunch of reactionary fuckwits who can't get any simple fucken facts straight before they galavant off with their bandwagon.

Wish everyone would realise this.

I agree greenpeace and their ilk really do need blowing up, but I'm just pissed the frenchies did it in our ports, and the way they did it was cowardly. They should have just shot them out of the water with frigates around muroroa atoll :-) None of this skulking around with bombs in the night cloak and dagger shit, if your going to attack someone you do it to their face, not stab them in the back.

[SARGE]

i guess there is no point in trying to defend each of those point, as some people seem to have pretty defined ideas of what is a french person without having meet any or having visiting france for more than 3 days.

dont worry.. they do it with Yanks too

[merv]

I'm glad they waited until I got out of France before they did this. Everything went smoothly on our holiday and that's the way we like it.

I have never thought striking achieves anything for the strikees.

[007XX]

That protest is worthess without pics.

I couldn't agree more

Not to be pedantic, but...

That'd be a new concept for you...don't fall off your chair eh!

FUCK THE FRENCH WHAT HAVE THEY EVER DONE FOR US? If they aren't eating animals not suited for food they're busy blowing up pacific islands with nuclear weapons or trading with corrupt regimes such as Iraq. And they don't know how to make cars either...

well, let's see...

Pasteurization, the diesel engine, and (amongst other things)...THE BIKINI:

The bikini was an invention created in France in 1946, named after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the site of atomic bomb testing. The French inventors were Jacques Heim and Louis Reard.

http://inventors.about.com/od/french..._Inventors.htm

Let's not forget the great Mr Jacques Cousteau. I was lucky enough to meet this great man as a little girl when he visited Noumea and I'll never forget how wonderfully inspiring he was. I am glad to see the next 2 generations of his family are carrying on his legacy.

Anyway, moral: Settle petal, we're not all bad eh!

thanks for that scratcha felt a bit lonely there...

C'mere sweetpea...

[Mikkel]

That'd be a new concept for you...don't fall off your chair eh!

I have very rarely had that much to drink... In fact I can not remember a single time I've fallen off my chair.

Pasteurization, the diesel engine, and (amongst other things)...THE BIKINI:

The bikini was an invention created in France in 1946, named after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the site of atomic bomb testing. The French inventors were Jacques Heim and Louis Reard.

http://inventors.about.com/od/french..._Inventors.htm

Let's not forget the great Mr Jacques Cousteau. I was lucky enough to meet this great man as a little girl when he visited Noumea and I'll never forget how wonderfully inspiring he was. I am glad to see the next 2 generations of his family are carrying on his legacy.

Anyway, moral: Settle petal, we're not all bad eh!

Are you ok dear?

How often do you see me start a post with all caps?

Anyway, moral: France is a great country with a rich history in both the fields of arts, science, politics and cheese-eating-surrender-monkering.
Besides, it's always easy taking the piss out of the french - and I am lazy, so I do.

[Hitcher]

In fact I can not remember a single time I've fallen off my chair.

How many times have you fallen off your chair?

[scracha]

How many times have you fallen off your chair?

I can't remember falling off my chair either, but the bruises the next day prove I sometimes do.