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Queen's Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Conquer Paris (Caption!)
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Posted on 07/14/2004 12:53:10 PM PDT by Pyro7480
British Army handout photo of The Queen's Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards forming up at the start of the annual Bastille Day Parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Wednesday July 14, 2004. The Grenadier Guards were guests of the French Government to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, a treaty of friendship between Britain and France, signed in 1904. It is the first time British troops have led the parade. (AP Photo / PA, British Army /Mike Harvey)
The British household cavalry mounted regiment ride on the Champs Elysee during France's annual Bastille Day military parade, in Paris, July 14, 2004. British military marched alongside French forces this year as part of the 100th anniversary of the 'entente cordiale' a pact of Franco-British friendship. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bastilleday; british; france; french; parade; paris; surrender
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It's so easy! ;-)
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posted on
07/14/2004 12:53:15 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
To: MadIvan
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posted on
07/14/2004 12:53:55 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
To: Pyro7480
. . . and the french did fire a shot.
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posted on
07/14/2004 12:55:35 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(Vote Bush. He's Earned It.)
To: Pyro7480
In a startling development... the British have decided that another terrorist state needed regime change. Then sent the queens guard into Paris today to seize the capitol. A British Soldier was stated as saying; "This was Bloody easy, they gave up quicker then at any other time in history." A spokesman for Britain was quoted as saying; "The French military was last seen swimming south toward Morocco, the British Navy has been given the permission to fire at will."
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posted on
07/14/2004 1:03:16 PM PDT
by
Americanwolf
(John Kerry and John Edwards.... We're Socialist..... We want your money..oh and we have better hair.)
To: Americanwolf
A spokesman for Britain was quoted as saying; "The French military was last seen swimming south toward Morocco, the British Navy has been given the permission to fire at will."
HMS Iron Duke firing a harpoon missile
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posted on
07/14/2004 1:09:04 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
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To: Pyro7480
Ah what a nice picture, nothing better than heavy ordnance outbound.... couple of those and the Atlantic can be called frog soup... :)
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posted on
07/14/2004 1:25:14 PM PDT
by
Americanwolf
(John Kerry and John Edwards.... We're Socialist..... We want your money..oh and we have better hair.)
To: BuggyOwen
Of course, the original reason for the red coats was they did not show the blood from wounds as markedly as other colors.
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posted on
07/14/2004 1:48:47 PM PDT
by
CatoRenasci
(Ceterum Censeo Arabiam Esse Delendam -- Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit)
To: Pyro7480
Excuse me sir I think were going to have to detain you for excessive chumming on a thread. The francophobes will be on this in a New York minute.
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posted on
07/14/2004 1:51:22 PM PDT
by
Timocrat
(I Emanate on your Auras and Penumbras Mr Blackmun)
To: BuggyOwen
The story is that the French once captured a British officer. They asked him why he wore a red coat. He replied that it was to cover the sight of blood, so as to preserve the troop's morale. Since that time, the French officers have worn brown pants.
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posted on
07/14/2004 1:57:36 PM PDT
by
expatpat
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To: Vicomte de Valmont
"banana hammocks".?
I'm pretty sure I don't want to know.
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posted on
07/14/2004 2:08:10 PM PDT
by
Timocrat
(I Emanate on your Auras and Penumbras Mr Blackmun)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: Vicomte de Valmont
Speedo thongs I suppose it beats a "Bearskin" - Sorry about that couldn't resist.
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posted on
07/14/2004 2:20:21 PM PDT
by
Timocrat
(I Emanate on your Auras and Penumbras Mr Blackmun)
To: Pyro7480
Why do the French line their streets with trees?
The British prefer to march in the shade.
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posted on
07/14/2004 2:25:40 PM PDT
by
doodad
To: Americanwolf
nothing better than heavy ordnance outbound.... Sure beats the inbound kind.
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posted on
07/14/2004 2:33:59 PM PDT
by
11Bush
To: Pyro7480
The British had to lead the parade because the French couldn't find a real soldier anywhere within their borders.
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posted on
07/14/2004 2:43:19 PM PDT
by
Junior
(FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
To: doodad
How many French troops does it take to sucessfully defend Paris?
No one knows - it's never been sucessfully done.
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posted on
07/14/2004 2:57:54 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: BuggyOwen
"Bring me my brown pants!"
To: Tarantulas
Oh come now... After all the help the French gave you in your War of Independence, surely you could find a few nice things to say?
(I'm not holding my breath)
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