France: Better Bread, Butter, Cocktails & More

  • Thread starter Chi Meson
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In summary, France is known for having better quality food, especially in terms of bread, butter, cocktails, and pastries. They are also known for their wine, although opinions may vary on whether it is better than American wine. Additionally, France has famous landmarks like the Louvre and the French Alps, and they are known for their passion for things like wine and skiing. However, there may also be some negative aspects to France, but these will not be mentioned.
  • #106
Sorry mum :biggrin:
 
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  • #107
Have the United states ever won a war on their own?
 
  • #108
Depends. Do Native Americans count as part of the United States?

edit: Actually, the Spanish-American war over Florida and such was fought alone, as far as I can recall.
 
  • #109
Andy said:
Have the United states ever won a war on their own?

Has England in the last ... 300 years?

Even in the Pacific, the aussies were stragling in with us so technically we didn't even win that on our own... technically.
 
  • #110
Smurf said:
Originally Posted by Andy
Have the United states ever won a war on their own?Depends. Do Native Americans count as part of the United States?
edit: Actually, the Spanish-American war over Florida and such was fought alone, as far as I can recall.

Don't forget about the Mexican war of 1847 in which we got over 1/3 of Mexico as booty. And we already had Florida before the Spanish-American War--We got the Phillipines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico in that war. And more recently, there was that little police action down in Panama.
 
  • #111
Has England in the last ... 300 years?

Remember the falklands? It took our army longer to get to the falklands than it did for us to recapture it.
 
  • #112
Andy said:
Remember the falklands? It took our army longer to get to the falklands than it did for us to recapture it.
:smile: that's pretty funny
 
  • #113
And on the topic of the Falklands, I recall that it was the FRENCH-made exocet missles that did severe damage to a couple of British battleships. These incendiary devices were so hot they caused the aluminum, 'scuse me, "aluminium" to start burning. Those French!
 
  • #115
WarrenPlatts said:
Don't forget about the Mexican war of 1847 in which we got over 1/3 of Mexico as booty. And we already had Florida before the Spanish-American War--We got the Phillipines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico in that war. And more recently, there was that little police action down in Panama.


And it's sad that we're planning on giving back most of it by the year 2010
 
  • #116
Pengwuino said:
And it's sad that we're planning on giving back most of it by the year 2010
What? Huh?
 
  • #117
You're from California--so you know we've already given it back!

!Viva Poncho Villa!
 
  • #118
Chi Meson said:
Wha-ho! Two-shay!
Touche is spelled... well, like I just spelled it. Except with an accent. English keyboard won't let me add it.
 
  • #119
WarrenPlatts said:
You're from California--so you know we've already given it back!
!Viva Poncho Villa!

Yah but its not "official" yet.
 
  • #120
Smurf said:
Touche is spelled... well, like I just spelled it. Except with an accent. English keyboard won't let me add it.
Wait, don't tell me...let me guess.. it's French, innit? They're even better at spelling!
 
  • #121
The french are better at continuing nuclear testing...
 
  • #122
yep, the exocet was a french missile, and a very useful one aswell. The argies where using british made missiles at the start of the war but for some reason the always seemed to miss the british ships, lol.
 
  • #123
Chi Meson said:
Wait, don't tell me...let me guess.. it's French, innit? They're even better at spelling!
innit isn't even a word.
 
  • #124
Andy said:
yep, the exocet was a french missile, and a very useful one aswell. The argies where using british made missiles at the start of the war but for some reason the always seemed to miss the british ships, lol.
that's one thing the french have always been mysteriously good at - weapon design.
 
  • #125
Never any good at using them though.
 
  • #126
that's not true.
 
  • #127
Trafalgar? and what's the name of that famous ABBA song that won the eurovison song contest?
 
  • #128
I will never understand how people can make ridiculous statements like "the french never were good at using weapons" and then think they are actually backing it up by citing a few battles that they lost. Idiocy!

Actually that's not strictly true, I think I understand it a bit better every time it happens.
 
  • #129
I will never understand how people can make ridiculous statements like "the french never were good at using weapons" and then think they are actually backing it up by citing a few battles that they lost. Idiocy!

Actually that's not strictly true, I think I understand it a bit better every time it happens.

A fine person to preach about ridiculous statements. Do you think i would use a 200 hundred year old battle and a swedish pop band as references if i was being serious?
 
  • #130
Andy said:
A fine person to preach about ridiculous statements. Do you think i would use a 200 hundred year old battle and a swedish pop band as references if i was being serious?
Hmmm, sorry. But I've heard worse. You never know what the fluffbunnies will come up with these days.
 
  • #131
Smurf said:
innit isn't even a word.
It ain't? Mus be summat wrong wimme.
 

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