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To: ma bell

Kind of reminds me of the story of the British Red-Coat taken captive by the French. The French soldier guarding the British officer asked him why they wore red coats, the officer said it was because when wounded, the red camouflaged the blood as not to demoralize the troops. When the French soldier relayed this story to his officer, the French immediately put out an order for all of their officers to start wearing brown pants...


10 posted on 05/18/2005 12:11:51 PM PDT by threeleftsmakearight
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To: threeleftsmakearight

An old saying:
Raise your right hand if you like the French....
Raise both hands if you are French.


16 posted on 05/18/2005 12:14:11 PM PDT by rockthecasbah
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To: threeleftsmakearight

That is a riot...

Thank you for that!


48 posted on 05/18/2005 1:14:36 PM PDT by Bluegrass Federalist
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