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To: loan arranger
"The ancient Parisian herald had three frogs, or grenouilles. Grenouilles became french slang for Parisians and frogs became slang for Frenchmen."

I always thought the term was because during wartime, the French just sat around and croaked.

36 posted on 01/12/2005 12:31:08 PM PST by TommyDale
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To: TommyDale


Croaked !

You get the "I need a new keyboard" award.

-R


43 posted on 01/12/2005 12:43:58 PM PST by talosiv
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