Rodney you plonker

I have a group of good humoured American friends here in Baltimore. Just for the crack they sometimes (referring to WW2) say "If it wasn't for us you would be speaking German right now". To which I reply with "what language do you speak, wow you really won that argument".

I have had "you know what you can do with your queen don't you". To which I reply "Yeah... put her in as Quarterback for the Ravens then you might actually win something".

But they always get me on the "we kicked your asses out of here". To this I am yet to come up with a top notch wise crack to stick them with.

Anybody got a good one liner for that?

AmerLisa

We're baaaaaaack!

jeffreyhy

I don't have any good wording for you, but wasn't it actually the French navy that did in Cornwallis at Yorktown?

Regards, JEff

Rodney you plonker

You might be on to something there. They are always honking on about the French. If I can get them on that it might be a good one. They seem to hate the French yet all have ambitions to see Paris one day.

Addition:
Bollocks. Just googled it. At no time did any French army appear to have defeated a US army. I thought there would be something from the Louisiana Frontier days but nothing came up. I am trying really hard to stay away from the "getting beat by a third world country" in case there are any Vietnam vets in close proximity.

rpjs

How about, "Listen, if you ever get serious about your deficit, we'll gladly burn the White House down again for you so you can claim the insurance."?

Rodney you plonker

I am liking that one.

jeffreyhy

This one might not work, as the UK and the US are in a virtual deficit tie at 190 and 191 in rank by country, respectively.
http://www.photius.com/rankings/econ...it_2012_0.html

Regards, JEff

GeoffM

http://politicalhumor.about.com/libr...yvictories.htm

robin1234

I've never really understood that joke about French Military Victories. Seems to me the French have a pretty good average over the centuries, compared to other countries..?

GeoffM

It's a joke. Similar ones include "weapons of mass destruction cannot be found", "more evil than Satan himself" bringing up Microsoft, "miserable failure" bringing up Bush, etc etc.

robin1234

Well yes I know it is a joke, but my point was, since it doesn't really have a basis in fact (France obviously has a glorious military history..) it has absolutely no basis in fact so comes up a bit empty...

dunroving

"Yes, but you needed the French to help you do it " ...?

GeoffM

Most jokes have little basis in fact, or at least exaggerate snippets of truth! I would have said that it was an Englishman poking fun at the French, as the English are wont to do, but the creator appears to be Canadian as far as I can tell.

Sally Redux

Those sorts of 'jokes' do get a bit tedious.

andy1

Just buy them all a pint of SHUT THE **** UP !