[deadlywithapen]

Ten minutes after the blast the french army surrendered.
;-}

[shaggy eel]

,,, surely national pride would determine such a grand scale project would be staged on French soil rather than in their colonies. I guess this is quite a wise site to use on the basis of the outcome in this case.

[GhostSoldier]

Ten minutes after the blast the french army surrendered.

Only because it took ten minutes to change their underwear.

The Maginot Line of technology.

[lawdude]

"Ten minutes after the blast the french army surrendered."

Well, the old saying goes, "You are what you eat!"

Need I say more?

[lavaroise]

Ten minutes after the blast the french army surrendered.

As an electrical engineer in French Guyanna my father was virtualy fired for pestering at a commi/union/Guyannean subordinate whose incompetence had lead to the shut down of electricity to the Kourou complex for a couple of days. Yes, in France, when you try to finish the job of those who are on starting problems, you get fired. No wonder their stuff is falling off. They have surrendered probably there too.

I believe one of the failures of the Ariane5 was because a worker "accidentaly" left a cleaning towel in the plumbing of the machine. He never got fired either...