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[Skunkerama]

Originally Posted by rduarte

@ Tourist

I believe the if the war was between Gb and Germany, Germany would win.
Same question with Russia, same answear, Germany would win.

So when did Germany aquire Nuclear weapons?

Sorry but if Fritz tried Operation Sealion they would all be sporting instant sun tans.

Although they might be able to last a bit longer whilst Russia tries to get it's leaky ICBM's into the air, I don't think they have an answer for a few Tridents though.

[rduarte]

I was talking about the WW2

[Not_a_boffin]

DON'T MENTION THE WAR! (I did, but I think I got away with it......)

et maintenant..

First Frenchman: Bonsoir - ici nous avons les diagrammes modernes d'un mouton anglo-français ... maintenant ... baa-aa, baa-aa... nous avons, dans la tête, le cabinc. Ici, on se trouve le petit capitaine Anglais, Monsieur Trubshawe. Second Frenchman: Vive Brian, wherever you are.
First Frenchman: D'accord, d'accord. Maintenant, je vous présente mon collègue, le pour célèbre, Jean-Brian Zatapathique.
Second Frenchman Maintenant, le mouton ... le landing ... les wheels, bon.
(Opens diagram to show wheels on sheep's legs.)
First Frenchman: Bon, les wheels, ici.
Second Frenchman C'est formidable, n'est ce pas ... (unintelligibly indicates motor at rear of sheep)
First Frenchman: Les voyageurs ... les bagages ... ils sont ... ici!

[Bing]

I was talking about the WW2

Ah right yes, if you rewrite history France did win WW2 single-handedly

[rduarte]

Originally Posted by Tourist

rduarte.
why waste my precious grey cells learning your languages?

You do not have ones

Because once again the French overestimated the efficacy of their military might, and we kicked your @rse.

It was a number stuff and not a military one.There was 5 times more english than french in North America

[rduarte]

At least the French have invented the Aviation .

[Bing]

...and Britain invented the Modern World. Yay us.

[Skunkerama]

Originally Posted by Bing

...and Britain invented the Modern World. Yay us.

Bing, with the state that this world is in now, I don't think that is something we should be trumpeting.

How about, "yay, we invented the Balti".

[Bing]

How about, "yay, we invented the Balti".

I can work with that.

[Tourist]

True, rduarte, I also have heard the rumour that aviation is merely the end result of a top secret French project to find a faster way to exit their defeats on the Battlefield.

[rduarte]

Ahahahahahhahhahhahahhhahahhahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

[BenThere]

with the state that this world is in now, I don't think that is something we should be trumpeting

Maybe, but we don't know what state the world would be in otherwise. And the state of my world is quite nice actually, with no small credit for that due to the Brits' common law, property rights, rule of law, language, etc. etc.

What I worry about is what state the world will be in if what the Brits contributed is wiped out.

[Not_a_boffin]

Ah, good morning, Mrs Miggins.

Miggins: Bonjour, monsieur.

Edmund: What?

Miggins: Bonjour, monsieur -- it's French.

Edmund: So is eating frogs, cruelty to geese and urinating in the street,
but that's no reason to inflict it on the rest of us.

[Baron rouge]

Originally Posted by Tourist

So essentially what you are saying is that France considers the defence of the their own country not worth more than 130,000 deaths, whilst we consider the liberation of other peoples countries including France, worth at least 256,000 of our deaths.
So we are at least 2 1/2 times less war-shy than the French.
Thank you for clearing that up.

Tourist, once again I recon the famous English Fair Play there!

What schindler was saying is that in 2 month of war the French forces lost 130,000 Including 40,000 to allow British troops to return home from Dunkirk where they found the fighting a bit too much for them, courageously abandoning their French allies.

The total toll was 600,000 to compare with UK 400,000.

[Tourist]

Bored now........................................................

[Not_a_boffin]

Tourist - there's two of them now. Surely scope for a regimental
crest of two crossed dead Frenchmen, emblazoned on a mound of dead
Frenchmen motif.

[ORAC]

The total toll was 600,000 to compare with UK 400,000

Let me let you in on the secret - the trick isn't to die for your country, it's to make the guys on the other side die for their country.

[Tourist]

Perhaps with one of these on top?http://www.bukaspalad.com/board/imag...render_ani.gif

[Baron rouge]

I am amazed to see so many brainless "the Sun" readers on those topics. You never stop do you ?

As soon as the word France appears, all the ass@oles come out with their clichés and abuses, maybe it is time you grow up a bit you are so ignorant and so full of s***

Speaking of missiles how many know that most are built by more than a country
Exocet by England and France, hence those sold to the Argentineans made money to good old BAe.
Rolland by Germany, France and the USA, the batch found in Iraq being from that last country.

[ORAC]

Exocet by England and France, hence those sold to the Argentineans made money to good old BAe.

Amazing, since BAe didn't merge with Matra till 1996, and Matra didn't merge with Aérospatiale, who build the exocet, till 1999. Since the Falklands war was in 1982 perhaps you can explain where BAe made anything out of the sale...

Rolland by Germany, France and the USA, the batch found in Iraq being from that last country

Again, amazing, what with Chirac and the French Embassy in the USA stating that that the missiles discovered were French built, but that the confusion was caused was because the Poles read the expiration date as the date of manufacture........