Posted on 05/26/2008 12:36:11 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
A million Frenchmen died defending Paris in WWI.
Well, actually, I’ve lived in the UK for some time now and the myth of the ugly amerikaner is truly dead. It may have been true in the post WWII era until the 70s, but now, most Americans in Europe are well educated, polite and courteous. Interestingly, most Europeans love Americans, and nearly all hate the American govt, but they can separate that out. German tourists, on the other hand are boors.
“How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?
Nobody knows. It’s never been tried...”
Another good one -
Why are all the avenues of Paris lined with trees?
Because Germans like to march in the shade.
Le boo hoo...
It wasn't just France. The entire American left was rabidly anti-war through the 30's and right up to the day the the USSR was invaded and their Commisar masters told them to be pro-war.
The reason that there was no anti-war movement during WWII is never publicized. The reason was that the Left was ordered to back the war by the only authority they recognized, Stalin.
So in other words, a “sexually liberated woman” is a whore.
The Brittany and Normandy coasts consist of separate ethnic groups such as the Bretons and Normans. They definitely are friendlier than Parisians. Their ancestors originated from Northern European or Viking stock before emigrating to the British Isles. The food in these areas can often be very different than what is found in Paris.
I found the French on the Cote d’Azur also very friendly, particularly the rather exotic-looking gals whose parents were forced from Algeria in the 1960s.
“So in other words, a ‘sexually liberated woman’ is a whore.”
Or, to put it in contemporary terms, an infidel.
Hitler and Speer — now there’s a real pair of Party animals!
and don’t forget Islam and the Nazi were as one in the “final solution” - the extermination of Jews
Interesting...
This girl pays the penalty for having had personal relations with the Germans. Here, in the Montelimar area, France, French civilians shave her head as punishment.
Photo Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, item 111-SC-193785. Smith, photographer, August 29, 1944.
More accurately:
A million Frenchmen died in WWI because their assh*le leaders were still p*ssed at 'Germany' for the French's humiliating defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and were just itching to get even - at any cost. Which is also why the terms of the Versailles Treaty were so draconian and singular against 'Germany', who didn't even start the flocking war, while Austria-Hungary (and its other allies) who DID start the war against Serbia, got off relatively Scot free in comparison.There, much better.
"I have found the missing link between the ape and man- it is a Frenchman".
In Lyon and Paris both, I never encountered any rude French.
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Actually when I was in Paris for 6 weeks in 2001 I only encountered a couple of rude French people. Most were wonderful and didn’t mind that I didn’t speak French worth a damn. The immigrants were the rude ones.
My experience too. Of course it got even better when my obviously American wife was with me -- Parisian French is her other native language.
The Third Reich had two Muslim Divisions.
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