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peggytex wrote:

    > "D Pan" wrote in message news:...
    >
    >>Who let the children out?
    >
    > it's more like: "Who voted them IN?" .... WE did.

In the case of pResident Dimbya, um, no, WE didn't. He certainly
didn't have a mandate going in, either.

OTOH, perhaps if things continue going the way they are, gaining
political asylum in France, Germany, or Belgium will become feasible.
Everything has a potential upside, after all.
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in article [email protected], [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote on 12/03/03 17:31:

    > Washington DC was designed by a Frenchman. Will they relocate?


And the problem of the Statue of Liberty, a gift of the French people.

Earl

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:30:13 +0100, Earl Evleth wrote:

    > in article [email protected], [email protected] at
    > [email protected] wrote on 12/03/03 17:31:
    >
    >> Washington DC was designed by a Frenchman. Will they relocate?
    >
    >
    > And the problem of the Statue of Liberty, a gift of the French people.


Wouldn't take all that much explosive to deal with that.

    :-)

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:14:08 GMT, Tim wrote

    >>>>> We certainly do *not* call them "crips"........give us credit
    >>>>> for *some* politically-correct sensitivity, willya'......
    >>>
    >>> Well, actually, they're quite commonly called "crips" in the UK.
    >>> I hear it very often.
    >>> In the same way that you can often hear people say "flutterby"
    >>> instead of "butterfly".
    >>
    >> True -- but "flutterby" doesn't inadvertantly produce an
    >> offensive term......
    >
    > maybe it does - how would you know.
    > Anyway I've never been aware of "crips" being used as on offensive
    > term. And even if it were, there's also context to think about. We
    > were talking about a product made from spuds. Or is that offensive
    > too?

Have they booked you in for your humour refresher course yet?

It. Was. A. Little. Joke.
The. Typo. Amused. Me. Because. "Crips". Was. Unfortunate.
So. I. Made. A. Jocular. Comment. About. The. Mistake,
Complete. With. A. Winking. Thingie.

Geez.

(The slang use of "crips" to mean "cripples" -- the unfortunate form
created by the typo -- is highly offensive whether or not you happen to
be aware of the usage.)

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Hi,

yes, designed by a right wing french militarist who also redesigned
paris... to make it easy for the emperor's troops.

[email protected] wrote:
    > In article ,
    > [email protected] (me) wrote:
    >
    >
    >>[email protected] (peggytex) wrote in message
    >>news:...
    >>>this would be hysterically, laugh-out-loud, SNL-funny ... if it
    >>>weren't so humiliating.
    >>>"French Fries Get New Name in Congress
    >>> (AP) - Show the flag and pass the ketchup was the order of
    >>> the day in House cafeterias Tuesday. Lawmakers struck a
    >>> lunchtime blow against the French and put "freedom fries"
    >>> the menu. And for breakfast they'll now have "freedom toast."
    >>> The name changes follow similar actions by restaurants
    >>> around the country protesting French opposition to the
    >>> administration's Iraq war plans. More... "
    >> It is down right childish and wouldn't be tolerated in an
    >>elemetary school.
    >
    >
    > Washington DC was designed by a Frenchman. Will they relocate?


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In article , [email protected] (Jean Moulin)
wrote:

    > Hi,
    >
    > yes, designed by a right wing french militarist who also redesigned
    > paris... to make it easy for the emperor's troops.
    >
    > [email protected] wrote:
    > > Washington DC was designed by a Frenchman. Will they relocate?

I think you are confusing L'Enfant with Hausmann.

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:38:51 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "devil"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :

... On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:30:13 +0100, Earl Evleth wrote:
...
... > in article [email protected], [email protected] at
... > [email protected] wrote on 12/03/03 17:31:
... >
... >> Washington DC was designed by a Frenchman. Will they relocate?
... >
... >
... > And the problem of the Statue of Liberty, a gift of the French people.
...
...
... Wouldn't take all that much explosive to deal with that.
...
... :-)

Would they get rid of the Liberty symbol ?
Oh, the irony... LOL

In article ,
Magda wrote:

    > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:38:51 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, "devil"
    >
    > arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
    >
    > ... On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 18:30:13 +0100, Earl Evleth wrote:
    > ...
    > ... > in article [email protected], [email protected]
    > at
    > ... > [email protected] wrote on 12/03/03 17:31:
    > ... >
    > ... >> Washington DC was designed by a Frenchman. Will they relocate?
    > ... >
    > ... >
    > ... > And the problem of the Statue of Liberty, a gift of the French people.
    > ...
    > ...
    > ... Wouldn't take all that much explosive to deal with that.
    > ...
    > ... :-)
    >
    > Would they get rid of the Liberty symbol ?
    > Oh, the irony... LOL
    >

"...and they wanted another Washington..." (but settled for a tyrant).

jay
Wed, Mar 12, 2003
mailto:[email protected]

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In article ,
"Donna Evleth" wrote:

    >
    > Dans l'article , The Reids
    > a écrit :
    >
    >
    > >>Real "crimson napes" don't eat no salad, nohow. They go to places with a
    > >>big sign out front "EATS", not a sissy "restaurant" ... oops, French word.
    > >>
    > >>[ Seriously, I don't think we commonly called anything "Russian salad". ]
    > >
    > > Its mayonnaise with cubes of veg in it (with variations) very popular
    > > in Spain. I understand it has no connection with Russia.
    >
    > It is very popular here in France, too, and here we call it "Macedoine". My
    > Petit Robert dictionary tells me that the name came from a joking comparison
    > with Alexander's Empire, Macedonia, inhabited by people of very diverse
    > origins.

Russian salad would not be recognized in the US --= and macedonia is a
fruit compote not a veg thing
    > >
    > > As UK government is flavour of the month, US should call them English
    > > fries.
    >
    > That would be too confusing. Fries in Britain are called chips, which is of
    > course what Americans - and the French - call another potato product. The
    > one the British call crisps.
    >
    > Donna Evleth

In article ,
[email protected] (peggytex) wrote:

    > "D Pan" wrote in message
    > news:...
    > > Who let the children out?
    >
    >
    > it's more like: "Who voted them IN?" .... WE did.

speak for yourself

"Jean Moulin" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hi,
    > yes, designed by a right wing french militarist who also redesigned
    > paris... to make it easy for the emperor's troops.

Pierre L'Enfant came many years before Haussman, didn't he?

I have a 1904 map of Paris wherein there was still a gap in the Grandes
Boulevards where the houses hadn't yet been knocked fown to put it through.

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:04:22 -0600, in rec.travel.europe, Jenn arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :

...
... Russian salad would not be recognized in the US --= and macedonia is a
... fruit compote not a veg thing

We have both here, but the fruit one is always called "salade de fruits", except on the
label. If you ask for a macédoine in a restaurant you'll get veg & mayo.

le Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:16:03 -0500, dans l'article , R J Carpenter a dit ...=20

    >> yes, designed by a right wing french militarist who also redesigned
    >> paris... to make it easy for the emperor's troops.

    > Pierre L'Enfant came many years before Haussman, didn't he?
    >=20
    > I have a 1904 map of Paris wherein there was still a gap in the Grandes
    > Boulevards where the houses hadn't yet been knocked fown to put it
    > through.

I may be mistaken, but I don't think that the 'grands boulevards' are tho=
se
leading away from the place de l'=C9toile, but are in fact the circular
boulevards running around the city, and which served to keep traffic out =
of
Paris before the construction of the P=E9riph=E9rique.=20=20

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"Wolfgang Schwanke" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > [email protected] (peggytex) wrote in
    > news:[email protected]:
    > > Lawmakers struck a lunchtime blow against the French and put
    > > "freedom fries" the menu.
    > This would've been a perfect time to call them "chips", as "french fries"
    > have nothing to do with France in the first place, but no ...

In honor of our country's past history with the buffalos, they should name
them buffalo chips. Hope they taste the same.

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