French are unmoved by US 'frog bashing'

The Times ^ | February 8, 2003 | Tim Reid and Charles Bremner

[Dog Gone]

The French made a big deal of Bush's statement, "The game is over", by responding that "It's not a game, and it's not over."

That ignores Bush's previous sentence in which he referred to Saddam's cat and mouse game with inspectors.

It would be nice if a major news outlet called the French on this distortion, and asked them if their statement means that Saddam's cat and mouse game is not over, and whether their statement should be interpreted as approval of Saddam's actions so far.

[colorado tanker]

Three guys, an Englishman, a Frenchman and an American are out walking along the beach together one day. They come across a lantern and a genie pops out of it. "I will give you each one wish, " says the genie.

The American says, "I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in America." With a blink of the genie's eye, 'FOOM' - the land in America was forever made fertile for farming.

The Frenchman was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around France, so that no one can come into our precious country." Again, with a blink of the Genie's eye, 'POOF' - there was a huge wall around France.

The Englishman asks, "I'm very curious. Please tell me more about this wall. The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 150 feet high, 50 feet thick and nothing can get in or out." The Englishman says, "Fill it up with water."

[jackbill]

French are unmoved by US 'frog bashing'

Unmoved? Perhaps we should send them some Metamucil?

[Squantos]

I don't seem to remember the UN approving the French Deployment of troops into the Ivory Coast ? Are these illegally (by their own defination) parked frogs gonna get Toad away ?

Stay Safe !

[Free_at_last_-2001]

Well done!

Thank you!

[MadIvan]

Nah, French-bashing is too much fun.

Yes, Britain and America are family all right. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[dfwgator]

[MadIvan]

They're called the Frogs because of their eating habits. Even the Russian slang for Frenchman is "lyagushedniki", which means "frog eater".

Regards, Ivan

[dfwgator]

Unlike the French, at least the clock is right twice a day.

[cerberus]

Question: Why are there so many trees along the Champs Elysee?

Answer: So the Nazis could march in the shade.

[LO_IQ]

The French translations are hilarious:

Cheese-eating surrender monkeys
primates capitulards et toujours en quête de fromages
Capitulating primates always looking for cheese

“The Axis of Weasel”
l’axe des faux jetons
The Axis of the False (Game) Tokens

[dfwgator]

Actually my alternative name for the French would be "chimneys" because they smoke like them.

[Lancey Howard]

Good post.
One thing: Why would anybody in the US give a rat's behind about a little pissant country located somewhere in the middle of old Europe? Or is it the point of the article that only people in France believe that some people in the US give a rat's behind about them?

[dfwgator]

It's like those French have a different word for everything.

[Mamzelle]

re: I think we should follow Ann Coulter's advice and just invade France.)))

Let's invade France and convert them to bathing!

[disgruntledinCa]

We showed up late? Didn't they surrender like 15 minutes after WWII Started? Heck, I don't think we knew the war started before they ran out and surrendered

[Paul Atreides]

When a Frenchman eats escargot, is it cannibalism?

[stlrocket]

Like Ann Coulter said - The Poles in the Warsaw Ghetto lasted longer against the Nazis than the whole French Army did!