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e-mail from a marine | 10-05-04 | MNnice

Posted on 10/05/2004 12:59:35 PM PDT by MNnice

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To: MNnice

Jacques Kerry does not see the humor in this story.

21 posted on 10/05/2004 1:22:21 PM PDT by They'reGone2000 (In my jammies in an undisclosed location.)
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To: M. Peach

ooooh --- it's "Champs-Elysees" ... (I'm German, not French.)


22 posted on 10/05/2004 1:23:41 PM PDT by Temple Drake
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To: MNnice
...Oldie but Goody Alert...
Why does Paris have so many tree-lined avenues?...so the Germans can march in the shade.
23 posted on 10/05/2004 1:24:18 PM PDT by Shqipo (The gloves are on and the corners are empty.)
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To: Darksheare

My Grandmother used to wear that....


24 posted on 10/05/2004 1:28:52 PM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: MNnice
Another one:

At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the French captured an English officer. They asked him why the English officers wore bright red tunics. The Brit told them that it was in case the officer was wounded, so the color would hide the blood and preserve troop morale. Ever since that time, French officers have worn brown pants.

25 posted on 10/05/2004 1:31:11 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: expatpat

LOL!


26 posted on 10/05/2004 1:36:07 PM PDT by MNnice
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To: tiamat

It is one of my faves fr someone to wear.
Doesn't make my iris turn red though like sunflower does.
(That's a bad thing, depending upon one's viewpoint.)


27 posted on 10/05/2004 1:53:54 PM PDT by Darksheare (Vote Dubya on Nov 2nd to exorcise the DemUns!)
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To: Darksheare

I don't know Sunflower.

I wear a lot of the spicy orientals, like Byzance or Cinnabar.

Sadly, MY tastes in men's cologne or after-shave are prosaic.... a nice Lime... or... God help me... Old Spice.

( Yes, my daddy was an occifer......)



28 posted on 10/05/2004 1:59:42 PM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: tiamat

Sunflower has two scents to it to my sense of smell, one heavy and strong, the other faint and frilly.
It.. uh.. 'does something' to my er.. mental state.
The iris of my eyes going from brown to red kinda gives it away.

I can't wear colognes too much, they all give me a headache.
So if I get spritzed with cologne.. it better be for a darn good reason.
*chuckle*


29 posted on 10/05/2004 2:06:27 PM PDT by Darksheare (Vote Dubya on Nov 2nd to exorcise the DemUns!)
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To: MNnice
Let's See.....

The owner of Little FiFi felt that her honor had been besmirched.

She cried out, on a train full of Frenchmen, for someone to defend her honor....

Well, I think we all know how that turned out.

30 posted on 10/05/2004 2:10:48 PM PDT by chs68
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To: MNnice
Let's See.....

The owner of Little FiFi felt that her honor had been besmirched.

She cried out, on a train full of Frenchmen, for someone to defend her honor....

Well, I think we all know how that turned out.

31 posted on 10/05/2004 2:11:20 PM PDT by chs68
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To: Vic3O3; cavtrooper21

Ping for a good laugh!

Semper Fi


32 posted on 10/05/2004 2:13:01 PM PDT by dd5339 (A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path.)
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A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel(Bosnia):
A French army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought we(Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to provoke a war.


He said if such a thing happens, we wouldn't be able to count on the support of France.

I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had come to France's rescue in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold War, their ingratitude and jealousy was due to surface at some point in the near future anyway. That is why France is a third-rate military power with a socialist economy and a bunch of faggots for soldiers.
I additionally told him that America, being a nation of deeds and
action, not word, would do whatever it had to do, and France's support was only for show anyway. Just like in ALL NATO exercises, the US would shoulder 85% of the burden, as evidenced by the fact that the French officer was shopping in the American PX, and not the other way around.


He began to get belligerent at that point, and I told him if he would
like to, I would meet him outside in front of the Burger King and beat his ass in front of the entire Multi-National Brigade East, thus demonstrating that even the smallest American had more fight in him than the average Frenchman.

He called me a barbarian cowboy and walked away in a huff.

Mary Beth Johnson
LtCol, USMC


33 posted on 10/05/2004 2:14:27 PM PDT by neal1960 (Kerry, the reason stupid people shouldn't be allowed to vote)
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To: tiamat; MNnice; PhilDragoo; Liz; onyx; nicmarlo; Happy2BMe; potlatch; devolve; MEG33; ...
LOL!! Classic !

34 posted on 10/05/2004 2:18:53 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Become a monthly donor on FR. No amount is too small and monthly giving is the way to go !)
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To: Darksheare

I can see you now, sprinting through the men's cologne department at the store, avoiding the Spritzer Ladies! LOL!


35 posted on 10/05/2004 2:32:51 PM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: neal1960

neal1960 wrote:



Mary Beth Johnson
LtCol, USMC





Agggghhhhhh!


You owe me a key-board!

LOL!


36 posted on 10/05/2004 2:35:23 PM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: tiamat

I was encircled once, and had to calmly explain why it was a bad idea.
How embarrassing.


37 posted on 10/05/2004 2:37:38 PM PDT by Darksheare (Vote Dubya on Nov 2nd to exorcise the DemUns!)
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To: MNnice

bump


38 posted on 10/05/2004 2:39:37 PM PDT by Sub-Driver (Unelect All NJ Politicians....)
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To: Darksheare

They aren't quite as agressive as they were in the early 80's.

I remember being stalked then by black-clad scare-crows with too much make-up.. just "poofing" you with the stuff without your permission...

"Here! Try "Obssession"! It's new!"

And they ALWAYs laid it on WAY too heavy.


39 posted on 10/05/2004 2:41:11 PM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: MeekOneGOP
LOL, Seen it before, but still good for a hard laugh...



Thanks For The PING

40 posted on 10/05/2004 2:58:45 PM PDT by Smartass (BUSH & CHENEY 2004 Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió)
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