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French bashing alive and well in parts of America
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| October 09, 2005
Posted on 10/10/2005 10:41:11 AM PDT by BulletBobCo
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To: Dog Gone
...I didn't know the French were a separate race.Homo invertebratus.
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:51:16 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: BulletBobCo
You know how you can tell an authentic French flag?
The red and blue stripes attach with velcro.
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:51:22 AM PDT
by
killjoy
(Real Men Love Bush)
To: BulletBobCo
The ad by the Subway chain touted a cordon bleu chicken sandwich with the words France and chicken, somehow it just goes together. And now we have a nice French Whine to go with it
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:52:00 AM PDT
by
tophat9000
(This bulletin just in:"Chinese's Fire Drill's" will now be known as "New Orleans' Hurricane Drill's")
To: MarkL
"Racist?" What? Are the chickens upset with being linked to France? Exactly what "race" are we discussing here? The "French" race, or the "Chicken" race?
To: Clint N. Suhks
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:52:18 AM PDT
by
Clint N. Suhks
(If you don't like Jesus, you can go to hell.)
To: BulletBobCo
Saying that the French are dirty or cowards is a little bit like saying the sky is blue. Nobody is going to contest it, said Denis Chazelle, a long-time French resident of the Washington area who created a web site in March to try and dispell misconceptions about his native country and who led the campaign against the Subway ads. I think (French bashing) is worse now than it was two years ago because, although its not as relentless as it was, it has become a lot more accepted and part of the landscape, he added.
Well just look how scared they are of a one-ball bicyclist who has already said he probably won't ride in their silly little race again.
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:52:23 AM PDT
by
VRWCmember
(hard-core, politically angry, hyperconservative, and loaded with vitriol about everything liberal.)
To: BulletBobCo
FRENCH 'HYGIENE' EXPOSED
The dodgy hygiene habits of the French have been revealed in a new survey.
Only one-in-10 of our continental cousins regularly uses soap and one-in-25 never takes a bath or shower.
To make matters worse, one-in-33 never brush their teeth, according to a special report by the weekly magazine Le Point, which quizzed 10,000 people.
Rather than have a good wash, many French people simply use perfume and cosmetics to mask their smell.
Despite this, adults manage to spend between 48 and 56 minutes in the bathroom every day.
Of these, 14% make telephone calls, 8% sing and 6% smoke - and 1% admitted to eating there.
The report, called 24 Hours in France - An Unusual Portrait of France and the French, has not-surprisingly been criticised.
Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, the French-born former Millennium Dome chief executive, told the Daily Mirror: "This idea of the Frog who doesn't wash, has a baguette on his head and a string of onions around his neck is old hat.
"It's about as real as the Englishman in his pinstripe suit and bowler hat."
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13449126,00.html
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:52:25 AM PDT
by
Sub-Driver
(Unelect All NJ Politicians....)
To: BulletBobCo
I'm sure in Frace, they partake in a fair amount of America bashing. So, who cares?
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:52:28 AM PDT
by
pnome
To: MarkL
The definition of "racism" has undergone quite a transformation over the years. Now it's defined as "discrimination or prejudice against any group revered by liberals based on anything."
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:54:43 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: manwiththehands
Subway chain touted a cordon bleu chicken sandwich with the words France and chicken, somehow it just goes togetherI'll have to get one to encourage this truth in advertising.
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:54:56 AM PDT
by
Jemian
To: BulletBobCo
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:56:19 AM PDT
by
Minnesocold
(Truth itself is the one enemy against which liberalism cannot prevail. -Christopher Adamo)
To: BulletBobCo
France and chicken, somehow it just goes together"
That's an insult to the species. The chicken species that is. At least chickens have a purpose in life. I loathe the french so much that I cant even watch Casa Blanca anymore without wanting to wretch. I have more respect for Al Qaeda than the average frog b@stard.
To: Mr. Mojo
Race... species... No big difference, right?
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:56:34 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Eschew Obfuscation)
To: BulletBobCo
In one of those "strange but true" "believe it or not" occurances, France's national bird really is :
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:57:51 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Mr. Mojo
When the French hate America, it's because they are "enlightened."
When Americans hate the French it's "racist."
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posted on
10/10/2005 10:58:43 AM PDT
by
Sometimes A River
(Serving on a Meals-on-Wheels program is NOT a qualification for a SC nominee. Call your Senators!)
To: BulletBobCo
It's alive and well where I sit
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posted on
10/10/2005 11:00:20 AM PDT
by
clamper1797
(Proud member of the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 1972-1973 and VA-93 Blue Blazers)
To: Mr. Mojo
The Frogs are a race?Not so much a race as a subspecies.
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posted on
10/10/2005 11:01:05 AM PDT
by
Between the Lines
(Be careful how you live your life, it may be the only gospel anyone reads.)
To: BulletBobCo
The ad by the Subway chain touted a cordon bleu chicken sandwich with the words France and chicken, somehow it just goes together. A photo of a chicken dressed like Napoleon accompanied the advertisement.
Subway ran the ads in about 10 US states for nearly a month and pulled them in September following an outcry by members of the French expatriate community and other customers offended by the racist undertone.
----snip ----
Saying that the French are dirty or cowards is a little bit like saying the sky is blue. Nobody is going to contest it, said Denis Chazelle, a long-time French resident of the Washington area who created a web site in March to try and dispell misconceptions about his native country and who led the campaign against the Subway ads. But if it concerns the French, its no big deal, he said. People here can say they hate the French without blinking an eye or an afterthought.
All I have to say is the Frenchies are responding in this way ---
To which I can only respond with ---
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posted on
10/10/2005 11:01:51 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
To: No Blue States
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