Just one more reason to hate those low-life French!! - Page 2

legion · 05-24-2006, 08:05 PM

Isn't he rotting in prison?

Dottore · 05-24-2006, 10:45 PM

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Originally posted by stevepaa
Keep up the French bashing. Don't travel there and tell others also not to go. I hate crowds.

Spot on. It is a sh_t hole. No one should go. Teach those frogs a lesson. Freedom fries and all that.

And the rest of us will have a much easier time getting a good table at our favourite restaurants.

Win-win.

K. Roman · K. Roman's Garage

I have a good friend who is french...Not all of france supports these things.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

lol to the french fries thing

it has nothing, nothing to do with france at all

the word "french" in "french fries" refers to the verb "to french", which means "to cut in thin lengthwise strips before cooking" (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Ed.) On the other hand, "to french" is defined as "to prepare, as a chop, by partially cutting the meat from the shank and leaving bare the bone so as to fit it for convenient handling" (Oxford English Dictionary) in other dictionaries, seeming to suggest that the meaning of this process is not necessarily as set as it may appear.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries#Usage

a traditional theory poses that US soldiers brought the dish home during WW1 , and dubbed it french fries ,due to the french beeing spoke in parts of Belgium

we Belgians claim it's our invention... it is pretty much our national dish , with "frietkoten" all over our country "frieshack" as direct translation ... and french and everybody else in Europe pretty much agrees with us , except the spanish who say it was them ( they bake em in a frying pan , and they are minging )

http://www.belgianfries.com/

DaveE · 05-25-2006, 04:41 AM

I always thought "to french" meant something else totally, but... nevermind. We shouldn't discuss that here.

VINMAN · 05-25-2006, 04:48 AM

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Originally posted by legion
Isn't he rotting in prison?

Yep, hes sittin in a prison in Pennsy. The piece of ***** has become a hero and a cause for a bunch of lefty celebs and musicians. They are always holding "Free Mumia" rallys and concerts to support him.
I ended of tossing a bunch of my CD's when I found out who the artists are that support him.

imcarthur · imcarthur's Garage

Really bizarre bigotry.

I have taken numerous Americans to France to visit some manufacturers over the last 6 years. When I invite them, the first question they always ask is: "Don't they hate us?"

My answer: "No. It's the other way around."

This thread proves it once again.

Oh & btw . . . everybody I take can't wait to go back . . .

Ian

72doug2,2S · 72doug2,2S's Garage

Please don't tell me the artists, that'll piss me off.

So far I've never had a problem boycotting France. I told my wife about an ex-girl friend in Paris and now she has no interest in ever going to France. Funny that.

Quebec is still an alternative.

Neilk · 05-25-2006, 05:55 AM

Why all the France hating, especially now? Wouldn't the US be better off if they had listened to France and continued the weapons inspections instead of going into war? I know France had their self interest at heart, but ultimately they were right and Bush was wrong.

There are Americans supporting this guy as well like "Suzanne Ross, co-chair of the Free Mumia Coalition of New York City". It's possible that some idiots city council types in an Arab Parisian suburb renamed the street.

72doug2,2S · 72doug2,2S's Garage

Neil, why do you have to bring rationality into this? France owes us big time, and they're only there when they need us? France is attributed correctly with feelings of scorn. You're technically correct, but it doesn't over rule the truth in our passion.

Next thing you know we'll start praising their auto racing fever again.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

why would france owe you guys anything?

fastpat · 05-25-2006, 06:49 AM

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Originally posted by Dottore
Spot on. It is a sh_t hole. No one should go. Teach those frogs a lesson. Freedom fries and all that.

And the rest of us will have a much easier time getting a good table at our favourite restaurants.

Win-win.

True, and please don't buy French wine, these bargains in French wine I'm getting these days are really top notch.

72doug2,2S · 72doug2,2S's Garage

Why do the French owe us? Because they're always there when they need us. Remember any of the world wars?

fastpat · 05-25-2006, 07:19 AM

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Originally posted by 72doug2,2S
Why do the French owe us? Because they're always there when they need us. Remember any of the world wars?

The French people owe the American people exactly nothing. The American entry into World War Two was all about empire building, running the Germans out of France was an incidental byproduct.

sammyg2 · 05-25-2006, 07:20 AM

Why would france owe the US anything?
Last I checked, they still speak French instead of German. France would not exist if not for intervention from the US and Great Britain. Hundreds of thousands of US soldiers fought and died in Europe to defeat germany and liberate france, belgium, Poland, etc.

Then there was that little thing they drug the US into in vietnam, I'd say they owe us big time for that.

But no..... France never misses a chance to stab the US in the back and we are tired of it.
france reminds me of the little kid who mouths off and challenges the bigger kids on the block, while he hides behind his mother's skirt.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

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Originally posted by 72doug2,2S
Why do the French owe us? Because they're always there when they need us. Remember any of the world wars?

first of all, if it weren't for france you'de all be singing God save the Queen instead of o say shall we yaddiyaddiya

second of all, France, and England as well have payed through the nose on the loans and hardware that was purchased during WW2 while the US of A got rich of it...

Vietnam was your own little doing, FRance said screw that bunch we're outta here, while hte US felt it was necessary for it's own reasons to make sure the commies didn't get a foothold ... just went a bit the other way , but that's hindsight 20/20 innit?

as for stabbing in the back, perhaps france (*and many others in Europe) are fed up with the US bullying it's way around the world as if it's gods gift to humanity , imposing it's own distorted vision of FREEDOM® )

72doug2,2S · 72doug2,2S's Garage

Bill proposed to allow return of U.S. vets buried in France
Move signals frustration over Iraq stance
Thursday, March 13, 2003 Posted: 6:13 PM EST (2313 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In another swipe at the French, a Florida congresswoman has proposed that the government pay for families who might want to bring home from France the remains of Americans who fought and died in the world wars.
"I, along with many other Americans, do not feel that the French government appreciates the sacrifices men and women in uniform have made to defend the freedom that the French enjoy today," Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite said in introducing legislation providing financial help for the reburial of veterans from the two world wars.

The legislation, which faces uncertain prospects, is the latest show of congressional frustration over French threats to veto a U.N. resolution that would open the way for U.S. military action against Iraq.
Earlier this week, the chairman of the House Administration Committee, Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, ordered that House restaurants change their menus to read "freedom fries" instead of French fries. French toast would also become freedom toast.
Lawmakers have also introduced bills to prevent France from participating in any postwar reconstruction projects.
Brown-Waite, a freshman Republican, said she decided to sponsor the bill after she was approached by a constituent who said he wanted to bring home his father, who was killed in World War II and buried in France.
Some 74,000 American war casualties are buried in France and Belgium, including 30,000 from World War I. The host nations, while retaining sovereignty over the burial grounds, have granted the land in perpetuity to the United States as military cemeteries.
Steve Thomas, a spokesman for the American Legion, said the veterans' group would need some time to look at the legislation. He said the American Legion has always respected the wishes of the families concerning those who died in combat, but noted that "a lot of people may not want to repatriate their fallen loved ones, separating them from their comrades, to make a statement about the French government.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

just leave those souls in peace instead of using it for short term political gain... that's just cheap ... and in no way will it hurt France... it tarnishes the memory of the old allies and those who fought for everybody's good... not just that of FRance ,or England ,or the US

72doug2,2S · 72doug2,2S's Garage

So you understand now?

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

i do , just not sure if you do
i'm saying that France doesn't owe anything over WW2 , cause it payed for it in many ways, and it helped the rebels fight the Brittish and gain souverinity... without that, there might not have been a USofA

anyone still thinking the US can do what it wants cause we owe you is misguided to say the least...
anyone thinking moving graves is a good thing ... is cheap and has no clue what dignity means