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Bungling French bureaucrats send census letter to Napoleon Bonaparte -who died in 1821
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| December 11, 2013
| Sara Malm
Posted on 12/11/2013 6:37:41 PM PST by Stoat
French bureaucrats gathering information for the national census may need to go back to history class after they sent a letter to Napoleon.
Official census body Insee addressed a letter to the late French emperor and were told to forward their request to Saint Peter.
Insee is now facing questions about the accuracy of their work as Napoleon has been dead for nearly 200 years.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: census; france; french; napl; napoleon; napoleonbonaparte
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FRANCE'S official census body is facing questions about the accuracy of its work - after addressing a letter to the late French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
The letter from Insee caught the attention of a post office worker in the old town of Ajaccio, Corsica.
Addressed to "Napoleon Bonaparte, 3 rue Saint-Charles, Ajaccio", the occupant at the address had returned it to La Poste with a note on the envelope reading: "Died in 1821 - please forward to Saint Peter".
The post office returned the letter to its sender, Insee in the Midi-Pyrénées, accompanied with the sticker: "Not known at this address".
Insee is France's official national statistics body, gathering a wide range of data on residents and businesses. -
http://www.connexionfrance.com/insee-sends-letter-napoleon-bonaparte-15291-view-article.html
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:37:41 PM PST
by
Stoat
To: Stoat
They should be looking for the 12th Imam.
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:40:24 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Stoat
Now if they can just get him to vote.
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:40:32 PM PST
by
struggle
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:40:48 PM PST
by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: Stoat
Yeah, and he wasn’t even French.
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:41:04 PM PST
by
Flag_This
(Liberalism: Kills countries dead.)
To: Stoat
Sacre Bleu!
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O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:44:19 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Stoat
This means he can raise another army!
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:48:21 PM PST
by
crz
To: Paladin2
They should be looking for the 12th Imam.France's huge, militant muslim population will undoubtedly applaud any efforts in this direction.
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:51:39 PM PST
by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: Stoat
Actually, I’d more seriously suggest a search for the next Charles Martel.
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:53:44 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: struggle
Now if they can just get him to vote.
I'm absolutely confident that the French Left will find a way to make that happen, assuming of course that they haven't done so already. Napoleon already being on the voter lists may explain why they sent him a census letter to begin with. Just a guess, of course.
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:53:51 PM PST
by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: Flag_This
Yeah, and he wasnt even French.
As long as they can get him to vote, I don't think that the French Left will be concerned at all. After all, the American Left wants illegal aliens to vote.
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:56:02 PM PST
by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: crz
This means he can raise another army!
France may need to start cloning deceased leaders if they are ever going to come to terms with the islamofascist invasion.
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posted on
12/11/2013 6:58:07 PM PST
by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: Paladin2
Actually, Id more seriously suggest a search for the next Charles Martel.He would be a good candidate for cloning. He would undoubtedly be able to get the militant muslim problem under control.
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posted on
12/11/2013 7:02:30 PM PST
by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: Stoat
I thought he lived in Waterloo, Iowa
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posted on
12/11/2013 7:11:25 PM PST
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bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: bunkerhill7
He lives in St Helena in Napa Valley, Wine Country, as any Frenchman if his class would.
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12/11/2013 7:13:30 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: bunkerhill7
I thought he lived in Waterloo, IowaI'm sure that the Waterloo, Iowa Democrat Party has him listed as a registered voter in good standing.
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posted on
12/11/2013 7:14:11 PM PST
by
Stoat
(If you want a vision of the future, imagine a Birkenstock stamping on a human face... forever)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
12/11/2013 7:17:53 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: bunkerhill7
“Able was I, ere I saw Elba.”
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posted on
12/11/2013 7:23:02 PM PST
by
FredZarguna
(The sequel, thoroughly pointless, derivative, and boring was like all James Cameron "films.")
To: FredZarguna
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posted on
12/11/2013 7:27:46 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Flag_This
“Yeah, and he wasnt even French.”
Ma, che sei grullo? Che schifo!
Basta!
Mi fa cagare!
Figurati!
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posted on
12/11/2013 7:36:26 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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