Armed thieves at a McDonald's are captured by 11 French Special Forces soldiers who were...

Daily Mail ^ | 7 June 2016 | Chris Summers

[DUMBGRUNT]

We’re robbin’ it: Armed thieves at a McDonald's are captured by 11 French Special Forces soldiers who were in the restaurant Robbers raid McDonald's in Ecole-Valentin, near Besancon, eastern France But they found 11 elite special forces soldiers who shot and overpowered them .... But the soldiers, who had their weapons with them but out of sight, played it cool until they had the chance to strike and could minimise the danger to other customers.

[DUMBGRUNT]

The cheese eating bit was funny on The Simpsons; about ten years back. Time to move on.

[Larry Lucido]

Merveilleux!

[cyclotic]

Bwahahahahah, giggle snort.

How does one say “morons” in French?

[mountn man]

Nowhere in the article does it mention surrender.

What’s up with that?

[blueunicorn6]

I just love a story with a happy ending.

“Robber shot”

It just brings tears to my eyes.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"The cheese eating bit was funny on The Simpsons; about ten years back. Time to move on."

Although the French have lost plenty, they always fought valiantly. Even when the French got crunched at the beginning of WW2, the Germans sustained over a hundred thousand casualties taking France.

[Doogle]

Odds.....immigrants?.....

[Robwin]

The French allow McDonalds on their sacred territory? Mon Dieu!

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I will not take that bet.

[DUMBGRUNT]

“Robber shot”

The phrasing is so sweet and melodious, I had to repost it.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Now be nice!
They have guns!

[Gamecock]

[Covenantor]

Close quarters and they gut shot the second one....must have been something he said to them, or payback for Paris in a manner fellow troops would understand.

;>)

[Rurudyne]

Yep. The failure of French leadership, not of the French soldier, is what must be considered. To be especially sarcastic: had the building of Paris not been threatened I suspect that the French leadership would have happily fought to the last drop of the French soldier’s blood.

[yarddog]

I was watching a program on TV about the early days of WWII.

I was surprised (maybe shocked is a better word) to learn that in one huge tank battle, the Germans lost 156 tanks and the French, around 100. It sounds like the French were capable but poorly led.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Even when the French got crunched at the beginning of WW2

Dunkirk, the British went home, where did the french go?

[mountn man]

Now be nice!
They have guns!

[TWhiteBear]

Just ‘morons’ will do fine, but you could also try
‘idiot · imbecile · cretin
TWB

[PAR35]

Let’s see

1939 French halt successful campaign against Germans, retreat (Saar offensive)
1940 Germans defeat French
1940 French defeat French (Battle of Dakar)
1941 British defeat French (Battle of Damascus)
1942 Americans defeat French (Operation Torch)

The French did perform well against the Italians in the Battle of the Alps in 1940.

[SoCal Pubbie]

“They call it a Royale With Cheese.”