>Subject: The French: Observations from the outside
>
>"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these
>drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by
>prostitutes."
> ---Mark Twain
>
>"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French
> one behind me."
> --- General George S. Patton
>
>"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
>accordion."
> --Norman Schwartzkopf
>
>"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."
> ---- Marge Simpson
>
>"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure."
> ---Jacques Chirac, President of France
>
>"As far as France is concerned, you're right."
> ---Rush Limbaugh,
>
>"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army
> is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."
> --- Regis Philbin
>
>"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed
> any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you
> can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why
> this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses
> of whiskey I don't know."
> --- P.J O'Rourke (1989)
>
>"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of
> the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't
> have the face for it."
> ---John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona
>
>"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because
> he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He IS French,
>people!"
> ---Conan O'Brien
>
>"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us
> get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the
> Germans out of France!"
> ---Jay Leno
>
>"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching
> into Paris under a German flag."
> ---David Letterman
>
> How many Frenchmen does it take to change a light bulb? One. He holds
> the bulb and all of Europe revolves around him!
>
>"The heaviest cross I had to bear was the Cross of Lorraine"
> ---Winston Churchill
>
> Next time there's a war in Europe, the loser has to keep France!
>
>
>"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these
>drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by
>prostitutes."
> ---Mark Twain
>
>"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French
> one behind me."
> --- General George S. Patton
>
>"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
>accordion."
> --Norman Schwartzkopf
>
>"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."
> ---- Marge Simpson
>
>"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure."
> ---Jacques Chirac, President of France
>
>"As far as France is concerned, you're right."
> ---Rush Limbaugh,
>
>"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army
> is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."
> --- Regis Philbin
>
>"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed
> any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you
> can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why
> this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses
> of whiskey I don't know."
> --- P.J O'Rourke (1989)
>
>"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of
> the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't
> have the face for it."
> ---John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona
>
>"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because
> he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He IS French,
>people!"
> ---Conan O'Brien
>
>"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us
> get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the
> Germans out of France!"
> ---Jay Leno
>
>"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching
> into Paris under a German flag."
> ---David Letterman
>
> How many Frenchmen does it take to change a light bulb? One. He holds
> the bulb and all of Europe revolves around him!
>
>"The heaviest cross I had to bear was the Cross of Lorraine"
> ---Winston Churchill
>
> Next time there's a war in Europe, the loser has to keep France!
>
