Posted: 7/16/2002 4:54:27 PM EDT
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Who didn't see this coming? [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_2131000/2131677.stm[/url] France's Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has said the new centre-right government wants to tighten controls on the sale of weapons. |
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Post from DoubleFeed - LOL, would you explain both of these terms? Well, what would you call a nation with 200 different cheeses and only one type of toilet tissue, but 'cheese-eating'? And the term 'surrender monkeys' comes from the Gallic proclivity to surrender at the least sign of military might! I have heard it said that saying the German word [b][i]'gesundheit'[/i][/b] is the fastest way to clear out some tables at a restaurant in Paris. Actually [u]any[/u] German word, spoken loudly enough, will do the trick! [:D] Eric The(Anti-Gallic)Hun[>]:)] |
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Quoted: Post from DoubleFeed - LOL, would you explain both of these terms? Well, what would you call a nation with 200 different cheeses and only one type of toilet tissue, but 'cheese-eating'? And the term 'surrender monkeys' comes from the Gallic proclivity to surrender at the least sign of military might! Eric The(Anti-Gallic)Hun[>]:)] "Cheese-eating surrender monkeys" Is a line from the Simpsons, uttered by Groundskeeper Willy in a Scottish accent. Eric explained what Willy meant by that. |