From: Brian Shook (packrat-parts@peoplepc.com)
Date: Sat Apr 01 2006 - 05:13:24 PST
Sonny
Brian
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You had a funny, heavy load huh :-)
>From: Sonny Heath <sonny@defuniak.com>
>Sent: Mar 31, 2006 10:36 PM
>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] Lessons learned
>
>I hauled this home in my M998 today,
>
>"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks
>it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by
>prostitutes." --Mark Twain.
>
> "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one
>behind me." --General George S. Patton.
>
>"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
>accordion." --Norman Schwartzkopf.
>
> "We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about
>it." --Marge Simpson
>
> "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure." --Jacques Chirac,
>President of France
>
>"As far as France is concerned, you're right." --Rush Limbaugh,
>
> "The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is
>sitting in Paris sipping coffee." --Regis Philbin.
>
> "The French are a smallish, monkey-looki ng bunch and not dressed any
>better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit
>outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more
>stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whisky I don't
>know." --P.J O'Rourke (1989).
>
> "You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the
>1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the
>face for it." --John McCain, U.S. Senator
>
> "You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he
>hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French,
>people." --Conan O'Brien
>
> "I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam
>out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get Hitler out of France
>either" --Jay Leno.
>
> "The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into
>Paris under a German flag." --David Letterman
>
> "Only thin g worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in
>Canada." --Ted Nugent.
>
> "War without France would be like ... uh ... World War II."
>
> "The favorite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says
>'First Iraq, then France.'" --Tom Brokaw.
>
> "What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its
>national will fighting against Disney World and Big Macs than the
>Nazis?" --Dennis Miller.
>
> "It is important to remember that the French have always been there when
>they needed us." --Alan Kent
>
> "They've taken their own precautions against al-Qa'ida. To prepare for an
>attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a
>three-day supply of mistresses in the house." --Argus Hamilton
>
> "Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being
>advertised on eBay the other day -- the description was, 'Never shot.
>Dropped once'." --Rep. Roy Blount (MO)
> "The French will only agree to go to war when we've proven we've found
>truffles in Iraq." --Dennis Miller
>
> Q. What did the mayor of Paris say to the German Army as they entered the
>city in WWII?
>
>A. Table for 100,000 m'sieur?
>
> "Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris? It's not known,
>it's never been tried." --Rep. Roy Blount (MO)
>
> "Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer France in WWII? And
>that's because it was raining." --John Xereas, Manager, DC Improv.
>
> The AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced after the
>London bombings that it has raised its terror alert level from Run to Hide.
>The only two higher levels in France are Surrender and Collaborate. The rise
>in the alert level was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed
>France's white flag factory, effectively disabling their military.
>
> French Ban Fireworks at Euro Disney - (AP), Paris, March 5, 2003
>
>The French Government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the use
>of fireworks at Euro Disney. The decision comes the day after a nightly
>fireworks display at the park, located just 30 miles outside of Paris,
>caused the soldiers at a nearby French Army garrison to surrender to a group
>of Czech tourists.
>
>
>Sonny
>
>
>
>
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