It's not exactly the Battle of Hastings, but part of a long tradition.
It's not exactly the Battle of Hastings, but part of a long tradition.
Was anyone taunted mercilessly?
The French threw frying pans at them?
Those dirty bastards!
Throw deodorant at them!
“French scallopers”
Filthy ticket resellers!
Deadly frying pans there outta be a law
D-day map. Does Omaha beach have the best scallops?
30 years ago I knew lobstermen around here who were not above taking potshots at other lobstermen who were encroaching on their perceived territory. Bar fights were big too.
This has all the makings for a good folk ballad.
Oh, oh. Not just wait for the Chinese fishing fleets to show up.
So they were in French territorial waters? I’m all for Britain getting its fishing grounds back but its hard not to understand where the frogs are coming from if British fishing vessels are fishing in French waters.
I was expecting the map to show the exchange of frying pans happened nearer the British coast. If this one’s correct the French may have had a legitimate beef. Or “boeuf”?
Amateurs. The Oyster Wars in the Chesapeake and Potomac were for real.
As John McEnroe would say: F—king French Frog Fags!
