Gallic genius will save France says Villepin

Guardian ^ | 06/09/05 | Jon Henley in Paris

[Army Air Corps]

About the screw fragment - I had read a few months ago that an investigation revealed the cause of the blade seperation: a void in the blade roughly the size of an average adult male. Just how bloody poor does your QC system have to be to allow a void that big in a casting? Which French union employee was passed out drunk when the screw was scheduled for inspection?

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

The mind truly boggles.

[Army Air Corps]

Oh well, there is always Le Car! :-)

[Fog Nozzle]

Is this the same Gallic Genius that brought us the Citroen Dauphine?

Actually, the Dauphine is a Renault. The Citroen 2CV is the real prizewinner.

[Calvin Locke]

Citroen Dauphine

I was thinking of that French car that opened in the front.

The only time I saw it was in a Peter Sellers movie.

[Army Air Corps]

Sorry, my bad. I do often get Renault and Citroen models confused.

[Army Air Corps]

I know that BMW and Messerschmitt made cars like that in the 1950s, but I'll have to do some digging to figure out what French maker did the same.

[Army Air Corps]

Here it is...

[hardworking]

it could easily explain how they forgot to fix that propeller properly

I suspect it was simply time for lunch and one must have one's priorities, non?

[Army Air Corps]

Here are some BMW Isettas

[GSlob]

Somehow they never forget about lunch breaks, vacations, holidays and the like. Thus memory loss and dementia are strangely selective there. That's why it must be called the French Disease.

[GSlob]

Are there enough long oars on that carrier to operate it as a galley? As a trireme, it would look right. They should also consider the sail propulsion, if it is not too innovative and revolutionary.

[Fog Nozzle]

I know what that dog is going to do.

[Cincinna]

"Gallic genius is what got you into this situation in the first place"

Arrogance and elitism got you up this creek.

When you are in a hole, stop shoveling!

[Army Air Corps]

"I know what that dog is going to do."

Improve the value of the car... :-)

[Army Air Corps]

When I think of the carrier Charles de Gaulle, I am reminded of the song "The French Mistake" at the end of Blazing Saddles.

[RJL]

Mr Villepin announced... tax cuts pledged by Mr Chirac in his 2002 election campaign would be suspended

A liberal raising taxes, how original. /S

[DeFault User]

Ils n'ont pas que l'audace. La France est perdue.

[oldbrowser]

"In a modern democracy, the debate is not between the liberal and the social, it is between immobilism and action," he said.

Could someone please explain what he is trying to say here ? This guy talks like Barbara Boxer.

[OESY]

Gallic genius will save France