Well, I guess in France you need to be good at something...
To: ChuckShick
French seaweed collector Alain Jourden retained one of the world's lesser-known sporting titles at the weekend -- that of champion snail spitter, propelling the tiny creature a total of 9.38 metres.(AFP/Fred Tanneau)
2 posted on
08/02/2004 8:32:02 AM PDT by
martin_fierro
(Slipping into consciousness)
To: ChuckShick
I thought the French ate them not spit them out. Why can't the French conduct a more manly competition...like cow chip throwing?
To: ChuckShick
Frenchman Crowned World Champion Snail Spitter
Zut alors! I gotta see that!
4 posted on
08/02/2004 8:32:47 AM PDT by
NonValueAdded
("I actually was going to throw like a man before I threw like a girl." JFK 7/25/2004)
To: ChuckShick
and we thought their best days were behind them!
5 posted on
08/02/2004 8:33:36 AM PDT by
aynrandfreak
(If 9/11 didn't change you, you're a bad human being)
To: ChuckShick
Enfin! Une victoire qui fait honneur a la belle France, a redemir elle a la honteuse de la Tour de France!
6 posted on
08/02/2004 8:35:14 AM PDT by
wideawake
(God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
To: ChuckShick
Wow! look at that S-Car-Blow!!
7 posted on
08/02/2004 8:37:44 AM PDT by
HEY4QDEMS
(Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again.)
To: ChuckShick
A perfect activity for a Frenchman to be good at.
8 posted on
08/02/2004 8:39:32 AM PDT by
Mr. Mojo
To: ChuckShick
To: ChuckShick
Aha! We have a new Freeper nick for the French: Snail Spitter.
As in, John "Snail Spitter" Kerry.
"Frog" and "Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey" were getting a bit worn, anyway.
14 posted on
08/02/2004 10:40:04 AM PDT by
Ignatz
(There's a place in France where they spit snails for distance.)
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