Comments on Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...TypePad2005-05-30T08:31:00ZDavid Bognerhttps://www.treppenwitz.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.treppenwitz.com/2005/05/just_when_you_t/comments/atom.xml/Irina commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e7ffc88332005-05-31T22:10:07Z2008-02-14T04:36:19ZIrinahttp://sicat222.blogspot.comI'm not even sure that goat cheese is French contribution. Isn't it Greek?<p>I'm not even sure that goat cheese is French contribution. Isn't it Greek?</p>savtadotty commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520c2b88342005-05-31T12:39:59Z2008-02-14T04:36:12Zsavtadottyhttp://savtadotty.blogspot.comThe French language is really strange: if you speak it, the only things you can really talk about are wine,...<p>The French language is really strange: if you speak it, the only things you can really talk about are wine, cheese, pastry, and abstractions. Maybe it has to do with the nasality and mouth muscles required for a proper accent?</p>Jack commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520c6588342005-05-31T07:17:52Z2008-02-14T04:36:15ZJackhttp://wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com/:)<p>:)</p>David commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520f6888342005-05-31T07:08:15Z2008-02-14T04:36:42ZDavidhttp://www.treppenwitz.comJack... You forgot one other contribution: They extended Jerry Lewis' career by decades! :-)<p>Jack... You forgot one other contribution: They extended Jerry Lewis' career by decades! :-)</p>Jack commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520c6b88342005-05-31T06:14:06Z2008-02-14T04:36:15ZJackhttp://wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com/I have one thing to say: F*ck the French. Screw them and their twisted little world in which they cannot...<p>I have one thing to say: F*ck the French. Screw them and their twisted little world in which they cannot do a thing to prevent the violence and bloodshed within their country.</p>
<p>Oh excuse me, they do try. They try and sweep it under the rug by saying that you cannot wear any religious items, nothing that could identify you as being a member of a particular group.</p>
<p>Now it just so happens that the former colonialists haven't figured out that they haven't been a real world power since the 19th century and that aside from wine and goat cheese their contributions to the world have been limited to crocodile tears and meaningless platitudes.</p>
<p>I expect this from them, the spineless and shameless cads.</p>David commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e7fc588332005-05-31T06:08:42Z2008-02-14T04:36:18ZDavidhttp://www.treppenwitz.comAmyS... Unfortunately, the French have lost their ability to surprise me. AbbaGav... I wasn't suggesting they help (G-d forbid). I...<p><br />
AmyS... Unfortunately, the French have lost their ability to surprise me.</p>
<p>AbbaGav... I wasn't suggesting they help (G-d forbid). I am irked that they felt the need to say anything at all. Here is a guy who served your country for 21 years as a soldier in one of the elite units of your military. OK, you don't have any resources to help him... OK, so at least try to avoid the appearance of not giving a sh*t about his fate. That's all I'm saying.</p>
<p>Irina... He was a foreigner, but then so are many of the members of the Foreign Legion (thus the name). True, he was no longer serving France, but one would hope that a 21 year stint would at least warrant some sort of sympathetic statement... not action mind you, just a few well chosen words!</p>
<p>Doctor Bean... Schadenfreude much? :-) </p>
<p>There's a great joke going around that goes something like, "Whoever loses the next world war should have to keep France." Sounds fair to me!</p>Doctor Bean commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e814b88332005-05-31T03:24:01Z2008-02-14T04:36:30ZDoctor Beanhttp://kerckhoff.blogspot.comYou know you'll get no argument from me, or likely from most of your readers. Their recent vote to reject...<p>You know you'll get no argument from me, or likely from most of your readers.</p>
<p>Their recent vote to reject the EU constitution was amusing. I always love it when two groups I don't like are at odds. Well! It turns out the rest of Europe can't stand the French either. Whatasurprise! Germany should invade them again. Except this time the Jews should leave two weeks earlier and US soldiers stay home.</p>Irina commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520cd288342005-05-30T22:15:19Z2008-02-14T04:36:18ZIrinahttp://sicat222.blogspot.comHmmph, probably because the victim was a foreigner, and not French. So much for egalite, etc.<p>Hmmph, probably because the victim was a foreigner, and not French. So much for egalite, etc.</p>AbbaGav commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5505210b188342005-05-30T21:08:14Z2008-02-14T04:36:53ZAbbaGavhttp://abbagav.blogspot.comWhile I agree that their refusal to try to do anything is appalling, I'm still having trouble envisioning what the...<p>While I agree that their refusal to try to do anything is appalling, I'm still having trouble envisioning what the French would have done to help. Certainly not a cavalry charge or commando raid, unless they subcontracted it. Maybe the foreign legion could have convinced Chirac to personally get down on his knees on television and beg, but I doubt it.</p>AmyS commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520cb388342005-05-30T15:15:17Z2008-02-14T04:36:17ZAmyShttp://www.postcardsfromisrael.comThe only thing the French could do that would surprise me would be to act intelligently and/or humanely.<p>The only thing the French could do that would surprise me would be to act intelligently and/or humanely.</p>David commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e5503e804688332005-05-30T14:04:37Z2008-02-14T04:36:21ZDavidhttp://www.treppenwitz.comTanya... Never underestimate France's capacity for inviting contempt. :-)<p>Tanya... Never underestimate France's capacity for inviting contempt. :-)</p>Tanya commented on 'Just when you thought you couldn't muster more contempt for the French...'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef00e550520c4088342005-05-30T13:48:14Z2008-02-14T04:36:13ZTanyahttp://www.redsugar.com/muse/Ok, you win. I wouldn't have thought it was possible...<p>Ok, you win. I wouldn't have thought it was possible...</p>