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Olympics - French 4x100 swim team predicts, "We'll smash U.S." - Au contraire!
Yahoo! News ^
| 8/11/08
| staff
Posted on 08/11/2008 4:29:11 AM PDT by redstates4ever
'"The Americans? We're going to smash them [ in the 4x100]. That's what we came here for," [Alain] Bernard [of the French team] said.'
Below, Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale and Jason Lezak celebrate after winning the men's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming final. France finished second.
"Frederick Bousquet, Alain Bernard, Fabien Gilot and Amaury Leveaux react after the men's 4x100m freestyle relay final."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 2008olympics; teamusa
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To: redstates4ever
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posted on
08/11/2008 4:33:10 AM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: redstates4ever
In fairness to the French they didn’t specify which Olympics.
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posted on
08/11/2008 4:33:18 AM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: redstates4ever
Looks like Kerry and Edwards down in the lower left hand corner.
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posted on
08/11/2008 4:34:41 AM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: redstates4ever
The French “guy” in the bottom photo to the right... he’s wearing make-up and needs to pull up his pants.
5
posted on
08/11/2008 4:36:36 AM PDT
by
SolidWood
(God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
To: Past Your Eyes
Can't find the one I want.
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posted on
08/11/2008 4:36:49 AM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
To: redstates4ever
C’est la vie de chien, mangeurs de cheese!
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posted on
08/11/2008 4:37:32 AM PDT
by
rintense
(McCain can pound sand.)
To: SolidWood
WE SURRENDER-but being French that would be redundant!
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posted on
08/11/2008 4:48:35 AM PDT
by
Dr. Ursus
(( commander of the simian host))
To: redstates4ever
The French put up a good race...at least they didn’t surrender
9
posted on
08/11/2008 4:50:41 AM PDT
by
bobjam
To: redstates4ever
Trash-talking Frenchman?!?!??!
Seriously, unless the competition is which team would surrender first methinks the French should rethink this strategy.
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posted on
08/11/2008 4:51:06 AM PDT
by
fleagle
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill)
To: redstates4ever
Let’s not be cruel. The French didn’t lose, they came in a close second... like they did in that little skirmish they had with the Third Reich.
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posted on
08/11/2008 4:54:30 AM PDT
by
joeystoy
To: redstates4ever
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posted on
08/11/2008 4:59:26 AM PDT
by
paudio
(Kerry had Global Test, Obama has Global Tax.)
To: SolidWood
“The French guy in the bottom photo to the right... hes wearing make-up and needs to pull up his pants.”
He reminds me of that breathy little boy character that Michael McDonald does on “MadTV”. Here’s McDonald out of character. Just add lots of blush, LOL.
http://us.imdb.com/media/rm1665963776/nm0567912
To: redstates4ever
The only thing the French “smash” are their own how-many-days-can-I-go-without-a-bath records, from time to time.
To: paudio
"I never got invited. You don't go to the Olympics just to say, I am going to go. Especially because of who I am," Spitz told AFP in Hong Kong.
"I am going to sit there and watch Michael Phelps break my record anonymously? That's almost demeaning to me. It is not almost -- it is."Maybe they didn't want his ego to take over the events?
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posted on
08/11/2008 5:08:55 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
To: redstates4ever
Its so good that the French have enthusiasm.
Probably smartly dressed also.
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posted on
08/11/2008 5:09:30 AM PDT
by
Tainan
(Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
To: SolidWood
they might as well swim naked!
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posted on
08/11/2008 5:15:28 AM PDT
by
FES0844
(FES0844)
To: Tainan
Has anyone ever watched the French National Rugby Team play? Try it sometime, it’s a real eye-opener.
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posted on
08/11/2008 5:16:23 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: library user
The only thing the French “smash” are their own how-many-days-can-I-go-without-a-bath recordsConsidering these are swimmers, they probably can go forever.
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posted on
08/11/2008 5:16:38 AM PDT
by
paudio
(Kerry had Global Test, Obama has Global Tax.)
To: raybbr
Maybe they didn't want his ego to take over the events? I'm torn. His was a great achievement, but the ego is obnoxious as heck.
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posted on
08/11/2008 5:29:32 AM PDT
by
Dianna
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