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[DonkSlayer]

Quote from Cnn.com:

"An armed former teacher has taken 18 students hostage at a high school in northwest France, a spokeswoman for the city's mayor and gendarmes officials told CNN. Other reports indicated two adults also were being held in the school in Sable-sur-Sarthe, near the town of Le Mans, but the spokeswoman could not confirm that. She had no reports of any injuries in the incident. French media reports said the former teacher was demanding to talk to the country's former education minister Francois Fillon, who is the town's mayor."

Summary of the rest of the article:

Defying all realms of possibility, a French guy got a gun in a gun-free society.

The French Army was called in to solve the situation. However, the teacher pointed the gun at the military force, and they promptly threw their weapons away, ran south, and formed a regime supporting the teacher.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/09...tage/index.html

[tyfgine]

I saw that story, but the REAL news story of the day involves David Hasselhoff's wife getting a restraining order against him.

Here is a quote from the article, quite possibly the funniest thing i've ever read on CNN:

"He also starred in the 1980s TV series "Knight Rider," in which his character, Michael Knight, teamed with a talking Pontiac Trans Am sports car to fight crime."

[LongLiveYorke]

I never really understood why people are so hostile toward the French. Is it because they were defeated by the Nazis in WWII? One can hardly blame them for that. Is it because they didn't support the Iraq war in the UN?

Really, I'm curious. It always seemed so arbitrary to me.

[Randy Reed]

THE BUNNY AND THE SNAKE
>
>Once upon a time (allegedly) in a nice little forest,
>there lived an orphaned bunny and an orphaned snake.
>By a surprising coincidence, both were blind from birth.
>
>One day, the bunny was hopping through the forest,
>and the snake was slithering through the forest,
>when the bunny tripped over the snake and fell down.
>This, of course, knocked the snake about quite a bit.
>
>"Oh, my," said the bunny,
>"I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you.
>I've been blind since birth, so, I can't see where I'm going.
>In fact, since I'm also an orphan, I don't even know what I am."
>
>"It's quite OK," replied the snake.
>"Actually, my story is much the same as yours.
>I, too, have been blind since birth, and also never knew my mother.
>Tell you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and work out what
>you are,
>so at least you'll have that going for you."
>
>"Oh, that would be wonderful" replied the bunny.
>So the snake slithered all over the bunny, and said,
>"Well, you're covered with soft fur; you have really long ears;
>your nose twitches; and you have a soft cottony tail.
>I'd say that you must be a bunny rabbit."
>
>"Oh, thank you! Thank you," cried the bunny, in obvious excitement.
>The bunny suggested to the snake,
>"Maybe I could feel you all over with my paw,
>and help you the same way that you've helped me."
>
>So the bunny felt the snake all over, and remarked,
>"Well, you're smooth and slippery,
>and you have a forked tongue, no backbone and no balls.
>I'd say you must be French".
>

[Jeepster80125]

Go to google.com

Type in "French Military Victories"

click on the "I'm feeling lucky" button.

Enjoy.

Q: Wy don't the French want to bomb Saddam Hussein?
A: He hates America, he loves mistresses and he wears a beret. He is French.
Conan O'Brien
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Finally, this week the French soldiers have showed up in Afghanistan. Figures just like the French to show up after the hard work has been done.
Jay Leno
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Q: Why do the French call their fighter the "Mirage"?
A: Because it's never seen in a combat zone.
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Q: How do you kill a Frenchman?
A: Slam the toilet seat down when he's getting a drink.
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Q: What do you call a French fighter coming to the rescue of American and British soldiers in the Iraqi desert?
A: Mirage
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The only way the French are going in is if we tell them we found truffles in Iraq.
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The French are always reticent to surrender to the wishes of their friends and always more than willing to surrender to the wishes of their enemeies.
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Q: Why do French naval ships have glass bottoms?
A: To see all their other ships.
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Q: Why do the French use a lot of bleach on their sheets?
A: So you can see their white flags better.
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Going to war without the French is like going hunting without an accordion.
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The French are to warfare what the British are to cooking.
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Donald Rumsfeld was being heckled by a French anti-war weenie when he suddenly turned and asked the Frenchman:
"Excuse me. Do you speak German?" The Frenchman replied "No." Rumsfeld looked him in the eyes and said "You're welcome."

[DrawingDeadInDM]

I never really understood why people are so hostile toward the French. Is it because they were defeated by the Nazis in WWII? One can hardly blame them for that. Is it because they didn't support the Iraq war in the UN?

Really, I'm curious. It always seemed so arbitrary to me.

Because in spite of all those things, they're arrogant bastards who look down their noses at Americans.

Americans might be arrogant bastards who look down their noses at the French--but it's not bragging if you back it up, right?

[loogie]

I've seen Killing Zoe. They don't care about the hostages.

[robert f]

I never really understood why people are so hostile toward the French. Is it because they were defeated by the Nazis in WWII? One can hardly blame them for that. Is it because they didn't support the Iraq war in the UN?

Really, I'm curious. It always seemed so arbitrary to me.

I just hate French people. I dont know why?? I just do.

Maybe I was born that way.

[ShakeZuma]

They think their wine's so damn special.

They don't know nothin. Stupid heads.

[robert f]

They think their wine's so damn special.

They don't know nothin. Stupid heads.

I hate people who have the first name of Shake. I hate french wine. It sucks.

[phlegm]

I never really understood why people are so hostile toward the French. Is it because they were defeated by the Nazis in WWII? One can hardly blame them for that. Is it because they didn't support the Iraq war in the UN?

Really, I'm curious. It always seemed so arbitrary to me.

The french were not defeated by thge nazis. They bent over and grabbed there ankles as the nazis walked in.

[digitalmonkey]

Why do you assume the man is french?

[avsfan]

I never really understood why people are so hostile toward the French. Is it because they were defeated by the Nazis in WWII? One can hardly blame them for that. Is it because they didn't support the Iraq war in the UN?

Really, I'm curious. It always seemed so arbitrary to me.

The modern dilema is the fact that France's identity was achieved threw many revolts revolutions and civil wars. Seriously, its the French way to do that kind of stuff. Which is cool except they happened to control the UN when modern terroism started and imposed thier French lazy faire attitude towars revolts revolutions and civil wars on the world thus setting the world behind in its attempts to control terrorism. But hey, it was their turn in the UN. So got to respect them.

other than that ppl just being mean and jealous. The French are obviously pretty bad ass.