What does France do better than the US?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Chi Meson
  • Start date Start date
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
Sign up Log in
130 replies · 231K views
I wanted this to be a "you're better!" "No, You're better!" kind of thread.
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Andy said:
ha, i knew this would turn into a france versus the US of A thread.
Oh, and we won the battle of britain before the US got involved. And when i say we i am including all of the other nationalities that fought with us to stop the nazi's dominating europe.

I think the original point was that, without American involvement in D-Day, France was pretty screwed. Even if the Soviets had eventually taken back France from the Nazis, they would have just occupied it themselves.

Of course, without French help, I'm not sure the US would ever have successfully gained and kept its independence anyway.
 
The Russians would have probably just declared a cease fire once they pushed Germany out of their territory if the Allies weren't able to re-take France. I don't see the Russians going into Germany with their losses and the extra firepower they would have had to fight against.
 
Chi Meson said:
Why, the French gave me that idea. They're better thinkers. I used to resist, but now I just accept it.

*grabs a watch*

*dangles it*

you are getting very sleepy... very very sleepy... The United States is the greatest nation on Earth. We did everything first, even the things we weren't around to actually do first such as city sewer systems. Reject all notions to the contrary. Reject even those who agree with you. Buy me a coke.

*snaps his fingers*
 
loseyourname said:
I'll tell you something both France and the US beat Belgium in: women. Search for "Belgian Women" on google and you get this:
http://www.ifbbbelgium.be/images/IFBB%20Women%20WK%202004.jpg
Along with a bunch of photos of that prairie-dog faced Kim Clijsters.

oh my god

*pukes all over the city*
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Anttech said:
No I'm anti-you, not anti-american... It was a joke, but I guess you didnt get it... Could you not see the smile on my face??

I was also joking. And I am sure you saw the smile on my face as I can see that hidden camera you have behind my desk.
 
Hey everybody! It's a great day! I'm great, you're great! Burgers are great! Coke is great! Grab an aptenodyte and let's get us some burgers coke and fr.. fr.. fries!
I'm feeling sleepy.:zzz:
 
Chi Meson said:
Hey everybody! It's a great day! I'm great, you're great! Burgers are great! Coke is great! Grab an aptenodyte and let's get us some burgers coke and fr.. fr.. fries!
I'm feeling sleepy.:zzz:
Falling asleep faster than a hemidemisemiquaver...

FREHHDUM FRIES!
 
I should paint some fries red, white, and blue and go up to people and tell them to eat it. If htey don't, ill call them unpatriotic.
 
Pengwuino said:
I should paint some fries red, white, and blue and go up to people and tell them to eat it. If htey don't, ill call them unpatriotic.

:smile::smile::smile::smile::smile:

Can you tape it, and post the video online somewhere if you do? I'd love to see that.
 
What would be a great top-off would be if after they denied it, I had some friends dressed up as FBI agents walk up to them and pretend like they are about to arrest them.
 
Pengwuino said:
*grabs a watch*
*dangles it*
you are getting very sleepy... very very sleepy... The United States is the greatest nation on Earth. We did everything first, even the things we weren't around to actually do first such as city sewer systems. Reject all notions to the contrary. Reject even those who agree with you. Buy me a coke.
*snaps his fingers*



I... am... getting... very... sleepy...

:smile:
 
So wheres my coke

I wonder what would happen if i made a "Everything in america is better" thread. It would probably be derailed quickly enough by the liberal trolls from P&WA
 
Last edited:
You wouldn't need any trolls to derail a thread like that, just someone with an IQ higher than 50.. so that excludes you I guess
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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
 
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!
 
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
 
Pengwuino said:
And it's sad that we're planning on giving back most of it by the year 2010
What? Huh?
 
You're from California--so you know we've already given it back!

!Viva Poncho Villa!
 
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.
 
WarrenPlatts said:
You're from California--so you know we've already given it back!
!Viva Poncho Villa!

Yah but its not "official" yet.
 
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!
 

Similar threads

Is it ever possible we could do better than binary for computers

  • norobinhood
  • · Replies 33 ·
  • Programming and Computer Science
2
Replies
33

Graduate Can We Do Better Than Mechanical Energy Conservation?

  • kuruman
  • · Replies 9 ·
  • Mechanics
Replies
9

Do certain cells do better than others?

  • icakeov
  • · Replies 5 ·
  • Biology and Medical
Replies
5

What do males and females do better than each other?

  • wolram
  • · Replies 51 ·
  • General Discussion
2
Replies
51

High School Comparing z-scores: did Bobby do better than Cindy?

  • roshan2004
  • · Replies 2 ·
  • Set Theory, Logic, Probability, Statistics
Replies
2

News What would Kerry actually do better than Bush?

  • wasteofo2
  • · Replies 114 ·
  • General Discussion
4
Replies
114

Why do MOSFETs scale better than BJTs?

  • DragonPetter
  • · Replies 8 ·
  • Electrical Engineering
Replies
8

Why a slide rule is better than a computer

  • BobG
  • · Replies 52 ·
  • Computing and Technology
2
Replies
52