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French Military joke thread

Posted on 02/14/2003 1:01:01 AM PST by BurbankKarl

French Army tanks have five gears: four in reverse, and one forwards - in case the enemy attacks from the rear.

Q. Why does the new French navy have glass-bottomed boats?

A. To look at the old French navy.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: frogs; surrender

1 posted on 02/14/2003 1:01:01 AM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl
For sale: French military rifle. Never used, dropped once.
2 posted on 02/14/2003 1:02:23 AM PST by Ichneumon
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Q: Why does Paris have tree-lined streets?

A: Because the Germans like to march in the shade!
3 posted on 02/14/2003 3:03:41 AM PST by gridlock (All we are saying, Is give war a chance....)
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( Philosophical) If the French army is mobilized but there are no enemies around to fight will they still surrender?
4 posted on 02/14/2003 3:08:51 AM PST by weikel (Anti democratic right of Atilla reactionary objectivist tory minarchist monarchist 4eva)
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French Basic Infantry Training includes an intensive two week course in Origami, so the troops know how to fold the French Tricolor so only the white shows.
5 posted on 02/14/2003 3:16:18 AM PST by gridlock (All we are saying, Is give war a chance....)
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To: BurbankKarl
These were on the Fred Barnes French joke thread...

Q:How many French military personel does it take to defend Paris?

A:No one knows because it's never been tried

Q:What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands raised in the air?

A:The French Army

....and thanks to the freepers who posted these first so I could "Joe Biden" them.....

6 posted on 02/14/2003 3:18:03 AM PST by musicman
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Q: Why do French army tanks have rearview mirrors?

A: So they can see the battle.
7 posted on 02/14/2003 3:43:37 AM PST by BushCountry
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ping
8 posted on 02/14/2003 4:14:02 AM PST by upier (War is not a game.)
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What do you call 100 French paratroopers?
Air Pollution
9 posted on 02/14/2003 6:54:38 AM PST by Gaelic
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