But could be.

They sure sound like they could....


YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP

When in England, at a fairly large conference, Condi Rice was asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example of empire building' by George Bush.She answered by saying,
'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men
and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
bury those that did not return.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break, one of the
French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the
latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to
Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do,
bomb them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have
three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are nuclear powered and
can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have
three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a
day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea
water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does
France have?'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with large
group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas
Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then
asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these
conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the
American Admiral replied 'Maybe
it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it
so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his
carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs
officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to
France previously. Then you should know enough to have your passport
ready.' The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have
to show it. 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports
on arrival in France!' The American senior gave the Frenchman a long
hard look. Then he quietly
explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944
to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to
show a passport to.'

You could have heard a pin drop..


"Vision without action is just dreaming. Action without vision is just
passing the time. Vision with Action changes the future." Unknown

On Jan 18, 10:47*pm, Tim wrote:
But could be.

They sure sound like they could....

YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP

*When in England, at a fairly large conference, Condi Rice was asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example of empire building' by George Bush.She answered by saying,
'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men
and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
bury those that did not return.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break, one of the
French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the
latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to
Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do,
bomb them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have
three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are nuclear powered and
can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have
three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a
day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea
water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does
France have?'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with *large
group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas
Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then
asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these
conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the
American Admiral replied 'Maybe
it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it
so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his
carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs
officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to
France previously. Then you should know enough to have your passport
ready.' The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have
to show it. 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports
on arrival in France!' The American senior gave the Frenchman a long
hard look. Then he quietly
explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944
to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to
show a passport to.'

You could have heard a pin drop..

"Vision without action is just dreaming. Action without vision is just
passing the time. Vision with Action changes the future." Unknown

That is worthy of a double snerk snerk... "The French hate us
because we came in and showed their women how real men act when called
upon to defend their freedom... I said that to a couple of pansie
assholes in Disney World about a decade ago after having seen them
push an old lady out of the way to get to a tram... You could have
heard a pin drop...

On Jan 19, 6:51*am, John H wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:47:03 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
But could be.

They sure sound like they could....

YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP

When in England, at a fairly large conference, Condi Rice was asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example of empire building' by George Bush.She answered by saying,
'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men
and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
bury those that did not return.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break, one of the
French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the
latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to
Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do,
bomb them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have
three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are nuclear powered and
can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have
three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a
day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea
water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does
France have?'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with *large
group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas
Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then
asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these
conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the
American Admiral replied 'Maybe
it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it
so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his
carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs
officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to
France previously. Then you should know enough to have your passport
ready.' The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have
to show it. 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports
on arrival in France!' The American senior gave the Frenchman a long
hard look. Then he quietly
explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944
to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to
show a passport to.'

You could have heard a pin drop..

"Vision without action is just dreaming. Action without vision is just
passing the time. Vision with Action changes the future." Unknown

Oh man. You probably just ****ed off a bunch of liberals. But, that's OK.

Enjoyable post!
--
* *I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That? **

John H

Well, maybe a few Frenchmen....

On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:47:03 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

But could be.

They sure sound like they could....


YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP

When in England, at a fairly large conference, Condi Rice was asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example of empire building' by George Bush.She answered by saying,
'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men
and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
bury those that did not return.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break, one of the
French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the
latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to
Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do,
bomb them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have
three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are nuclear powered and
can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have
three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a
day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea
water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does
France have?'

You could have heard a pin drop.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with large
group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas
Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then
asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these
conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the
American Admiral replied 'Maybe
it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it
so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his
carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs
officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to
France previously. Then you should know enough to have your passport
ready.' The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have
to show it. 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports
on arrival in France!' The American senior gave the Frenchman a long
hard look. Then he quietly
explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944
to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to
show a passport to.'

You could have heard a pin drop..


"Vision without action is just dreaming. Action without vision is just
passing the time. Vision with Action changes the future." Unknown

Oh man. You probably just ****ed off a bunch of liberals. But, that's OK.

Enjoyable post!
--
* I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That? *

John H

Tim wrote:
On Jan 19, 6:51 am, John H wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:47:03 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
But could be.
They sure sound like they could....
YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP
When in England, at a fairly large conference, Condi Rice was asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example of empire building' by George Bush.She answered by saying,
'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men
and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
bury those that did not return.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break, one of the
French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the
latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to
Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do,
bomb them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have
three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are nuclear powered and
can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have
three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a
day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea
water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does
France have?'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with large
group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas
Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then
asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these
conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the
American Admiral replied 'Maybe
it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it
so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his
carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs
officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to
France previously. Then you should know enough to have your passport
ready.' The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have
to show it. 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports
on arrival in France!' The American senior gave the Frenchman a long
hard look. Then he quietly
explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944
to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to
show a passport to.'
You could have heard a pin drop..
"Vision without action is just dreaming. Action without vision is just
passing the time. Vision with Action changes the future." Unknown
Oh man. You probably just ****ed off a bunch of liberals. But, that's OK.

Enjoyable post!
--
* I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That? *

John H

Well, maybe a few Frenchmen....


If it weren't for the French, we might well have lost the Revolutionary
War.

"hk" wrote in message
...


If it weren't for the French, we might well have lost the Revolutionary
War.

Just goes to show what could happen to us.

Eisboch

On Jan 19, 7:04*am, hk wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Jan 19, 6:51 am, John H wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:47:03 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
But could be.
They sure sound like they could....
YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP
When in England, at a fairly large conference, Condi Rice was asked
by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example of empire building' by George Bush.She answered by saying,
'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men
and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.
The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
bury those that did not return.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There was a conference in France where a number of international
engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a
break, one of the
French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the
latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to
Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do,
bomb them?'
A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have
three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are nuclear powered and
can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have
three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a
day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea
water each day, and they carry half a
dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and
from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does
France have?'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included
Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with *large
group of Officers that included personnel from most of those
countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their
drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas
Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then
asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these
conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the
American Admiral replied 'Maybe
it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it
so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...
Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane..
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his
carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs
officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to
France previously. Then you should know enough to have your passport
ready.' The American said, ''The last time I was here, I didn't have
to show it. 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports
on arrival in France!' The American senior gave the Frenchman a long
hard look. Then he quietly
explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944
to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to
show a passport to.'
You could have heard a pin drop..
"Vision without action is just dreaming. Action without vision is just
passing the time. Vision with Action changes the future." Unknown
Oh man. You probably just ****ed off a bunch of liberals. But, that's OK.

Enjoyable post!
--
* *I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With That? **

John H

Well, maybe a few Frenchmen....

If it weren't for the French, we might well have lost the Revolutionary
War.

And if it hadn't been for the French, we probably wouldn't have been
involved in the European theater's of ww1 and ww2

Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
...


If it weren't for the French, we might well have lost the
Revolutionary War.

Just goes to show what could happen to us.

Eisboch



We might have remained British?

I really do not understand the undercurrent of hatred for the French. I
used to think it was because the French and the French government were
arrogant, but in the last eight years, we've certain surpassed them in
that regard.

I'm not a fan of "modern" France, but I sure appreciate French history
and culture over the centuries. I don't like the haute cuisine, either,
but some of the regional food is just wonderful.

Tim wrote:
On Jan 19, 7:04 am, hk wrote:

If it weren't for the French, we might well have lost the Revolutionary
War.

And if it hadn't been for the French, we probably wouldn't have been
involved in the European theater's of ww1 and ww2


You mean, we'd be speaking German as our first language?

I think you are way off base on that one. It was our relationship and
support of Great Britain more than any relationship with France that
brought us into the European war in the 1940's.

On Jan 19, 7:25*am, hk wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

"hk" wrote in message
...

If it weren't for the French, we might well have lost the
Revolutionary War.

Just goes to show what could happen to us.

Eisboch

We might have remained British?

I really do not understand the undercurrent of hatred for the French. I
used to think it was because the French and the French government were
arrogant, but in the last eight years, we've certain surpassed them in
that regard.



Well, back in the 50's, France declaring their ww2 war debts to the
US as "null and void"

But i doubt if that has anything to do with it....