Jacques Chirac
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Oblickta
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Still, better than a diet of frogs cocks and slugs. I was once in the main post office in Strassburg and held the door open for a little old lady. She insisted that I close the door and opened it herself. Then she attacked me with a barrage of abuse I couldn\'t understand. Summed the french up for me, and she was old enough to \'remember\' !
ditto to that sless, on the overnight flight from Charles De Gaul to Jo burg the French when they wanted to talk to somebody did not go and see them, they just shouted along the aisle, there was one bloke, came close to clocking him stood up and talked LOUDLY the whole flight.
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\" was once in the main post office in Strassburg and held the door open for a little old lady. She insisted that I close the door and opened it herself. Then she attacked me with a barrage of abuse I couldn\'t understand. Summed the french up for me...........\"
Not something which is reserved for Continental old ladys, Graham......
A good few years ago, I was coming home on the bus from work one night. I got on at the town centre terminus and all of the seats became taken within only a couple of stops. You can imagine the scene...packed bus -- people standing in the aisle - wet, miserable night.
An old lady carrying a couple of heavy looking shopping bags got on the bus. As I was sitting near the front of the bus, I stoo dup and offered her my seat.......WRONG MOVE !!
I became the victim of all the anti-feminist and ageist abuse you can imagine........she looked so sweet, too - just like my granny.
This was infront of a packed bus, with everybody staring....I just sat down again. As more people got on the bus, I was getting dirty looks from them because I was sitting down and there was a sweet looking little old lady with 2 heavy shopping bags standing at the side of my seat.......you just can\'t win, sometimes.....lol
Not something which is reserved for Continental old ladys, Graham......
A good few years ago, I was coming home on the bus from work one night. I got on at the town centre terminus and all of the seats became taken within only a couple of stops. You can imagine the scene...packed bus -- people standing in the aisle - wet, miserable night.
An old lady carrying a couple of heavy looking shopping bags got on the bus. As I was sitting near the front of the bus, I stoo dup and offered her my seat.......WRONG MOVE !!
I became the victim of all the anti-feminist and ageist abuse you can imagine........she looked so sweet, too - just like my granny.
This was infront of a packed bus, with everybody staring....I just sat down again. As more people got on the bus, I was getting dirty looks from them because I was sitting down and there was a sweet looking little old lady with 2 heavy shopping bags standing at the side of my seat.......you just can\'t win, sometimes.....lol
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\"This bloke should think on that if it wasn\'t for the Brits, he and his countrymen would be eating frankfurters and sauerkraut\"
Lol Davy......time to move on, m8....or do you still resent the Scandanavians for coming over to rape & pillage?
How long should France be beholding to Britain?.........for ever?
Lol Davy......time to move on, m8....or do you still resent the Scandanavians for coming over to rape & pillage?
How long should France be beholding to Britain?.........for ever?
Mike.Haley
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Davy, I dont like the french either, but I have to agree with TC. It is time to move on.
Yes we did a lot for the French during thr war, but if it was,nt for the resistance a lot of brits would,nt have made it back home. Maybe one of my relatives or one of yours.
Yes we did a lot for the French during thr war, but if it was,nt for the resistance a lot of brits would,nt have made it back home. Maybe one of my relatives or one of yours.
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Well Mark..........you DO have moderator status, m8 
Davyred
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Derek on Big Brother seems to forget that the PM is from the Backwards north, and that his party still can\'t get rid of him.
Very true, doesn\'t mean I have to like the horrible buggers though. Anyway, we\'ve had the last laugh. No doubt Chirac will be over for the opening ceremony - that\'ll be good. I hope the chef that cooks for him feels the need to clear his throat as he\'s making his food
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Yes we did a lot for the French during thr war, but if it was,nt for the resistance a lot of brits wouldn\'t have made it back home. Maybe one of my relatives or one of yours.Very true, doesn\'t mean I have to like the horrible buggers though. Anyway, we\'ve had the last laugh. No doubt Chirac will be over for the opening ceremony - that\'ll be good. I hope the chef that cooks for him feels the need to clear his throat as he\'s making his food
Mike.Haley
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Davy, my post actually started with \" i dont like the french either\". Nobody said we had to like them. As you said we had the last laugh. Although I dread to think how much taxes are going to go up, to pay for it all.
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Sorry lads but once you say things like \"I hate the French\", \".....doesn\'t mean I have to like the horrible buggers.....\" and \"I don\'t like the French either\", any credence to your argument goes out of the window.
How is it possible to hate an entire nation?......mind you we\'ve had it happen before and it still continues - under the banner of \"ethnic cleansing\".
I\'m English - doesn\'t mean I like ALL English people - but just because I don\'t like SOME English people, doesn\'t mean I hate the English.
I live in South Shields - doesn\'t mean I like ALL the people who live in South Shields - but just because I don\'t like SOME of them, doesn\'t mean I hate everybody from South Shields.
I work in the Town Hall - doesn\'t mean I like ALL those who work in the Town Hall - but just because I don\'t like SOME of them, doesn\'t mean I hate everybody who works there.
Etc, etc, etc, etc,
The use of such generalised phrases as those mentioned above, in the 1st paragraph, only serve to highlight the users OWN ignorance.
So, anybody got the answer to how it is possible to hate an entire nation?......and answer without sounding like Hitler?
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How is it possible to hate an entire nation?......mind you we\'ve had it happen before and it still continues - under the banner of \"ethnic cleansing\".
I\'m English - doesn\'t mean I like ALL English people - but just because I don\'t like SOME English people, doesn\'t mean I hate the English.
I live in South Shields - doesn\'t mean I like ALL the people who live in South Shields - but just because I don\'t like SOME of them, doesn\'t mean I hate everybody from South Shields.
I work in the Town Hall - doesn\'t mean I like ALL those who work in the Town Hall - but just because I don\'t like SOME of them, doesn\'t mean I hate everybody who works there.
Etc, etc, etc, etc,
The use of such generalised phrases as those mentioned above, in the 1st paragraph, only serve to highlight the users OWN ignorance.
So, anybody got the answer to how it is possible to hate an entire nation?......and answer without sounding like Hitler?
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keeping out of this one lol
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they are ignorant,maybe not all but most and it tends to be the older generation,when at college we had a bunch over here on a student exchange ,couldnt hope to meet a nicer bunch of lads and lasses,the powers that be over there need to get down off there high horse though and stop acting like they own europe
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they are ignorant,maybe not all but most and it tends to be the older generation,when at college we had a bunch over here on a student exchange ,couldnt hope to meet a nicer bunch of lads and lasses,the powers that be over there need to get down off there high horse though and stop acting like they own europe
Davyred
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I\'m sorry TC, but if somebody doesn\'t like a nation of people, who are you to tell them that they are wrong to do that? In your eyes, they\'re wrong, but its their belief, and their opinion, to which they are entitled to.
To say that we\'re ignorant for having our own beliefs, is in my opinion, ignorant. I believe what I believe. I believe there\'s no god, I believe I don\'t like the French and I believe that I love fishing. Why can\'t I have my beliefs without being called ignorant because of what YOU think????
To say that we\'re ignorant for having our own beliefs, is in my opinion, ignorant. I believe what I believe. I believe there\'s no god, I believe I don\'t like the French and I believe that I love fishing. Why can\'t I have my beliefs without being called ignorant because of what YOU think????
i did say but lol
i dont hate them ,nor do i dislike them ,i do dislike there attitude towards the english
but then its a double sided blade \"we hate them so in return they hate us\" ,
being painted with the same brush as a minority (french or english) is bound to get a few backs up,they view all english as antisocial we view the french as ignorant etc etc (just examples) chirac aside most the french are most likely nice people (my view) and i dare say theres a few french folks think the english are ok
we live in modern times and need to adjust attitudes or age old hatreds are never going change and without change there can never be any progress
we just have to look within our own borders for examples ,english V welsh ,english V scottish, ,english V irish or vice versa
or further afield ,australian attitudes towards the english whinging poms or the US attitude towards the limeys
we aint well liked worldwide and i wonder why ?
maybe becouse of our attitude towards everyone else
i dont hate them ,nor do i dislike them ,i do dislike there attitude towards the english
but then its a double sided blade \"we hate them so in return they hate us\" ,
being painted with the same brush as a minority (french or english) is bound to get a few backs up,they view all english as antisocial we view the french as ignorant etc etc (just examples) chirac aside most the french are most likely nice people (my view) and i dare say theres a few french folks think the english are ok
we live in modern times and need to adjust attitudes or age old hatreds are never going change and without change there can never be any progress
we just have to look within our own borders for examples ,english V welsh ,english V scottish, ,english V irish or vice versa
or further afield ,australian attitudes towards the english whinging poms or the US attitude towards the limeys
we aint well liked worldwide and i wonder why ?
maybe becouse of our attitude towards everyone else
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