[guide.chat] : Fw: Pour la France

From: "Keith Wines" <keith.wines@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "guide chat" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:10:13 -0000
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From: Rose
Subject: Fw: Pour la France

Subject: Fwd: Pour la France
please send this to Keith Wines. I think he will enjoy it.

Just a few reminders of why we should be up for beating the Frogs this weekend. 
These are military reasons, but I am also swayed by Willie John McBride, who 
once told me that he hates the French. I asked the great Irishman why, and he 
said "because they ate all our fu*kin' donkeys".  True, I swear it!

Enjoy the stories below, then try a Google search on "French Military 
Victories" and click on the first result displayed.

      JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when 
DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO.  DeGaulle said he wanted all US military 
out of France as soon as possible.  
        Rusk responded 
        "Does that include those who are buried here?"  
        
      DeGaulle did not respond.
        
     

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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were 
taking part, including French and American.  During a break, one of the French 
engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt 
Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami 
victims.  What does he intended to do, bomb them?' 
   A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 
  'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred 
people; they are nuclear powered and can supply 
  emergency  electrical power to shore facilities; they have three  cafeterias 
with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, 
  they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each 
day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims 
and injured to and from their flight deck.  We have eleven such ships; how many 
does France have?'   
  
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 A English Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals 
from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail 
reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that 
included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in 
English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained 
that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He 
then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these 
conferences rather than speaking French?' 
  Without hesitating, the British Admiral replied, 
  'Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it 
so you wouldn't have to speak German.' 
  
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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN 
  WITH THE ABOVE... 
  Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At 
French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.   
  "You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked  
sarcastically.   
  Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.   
  "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."   
  The American said, 
  'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."   
  "Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in 
France !"   
  The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard  look.  Then he quietly 
explained, 
  ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate 
this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to."
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