hmm got a point and thank you for correcting me on napoleon.

Napoleon was a Corsican, and Joan of Arc didn't cause a "victory." Though I think she was a VERY great woman, all she did was avoid France from being conquered 900 years ago.

For goodness sakes! In the Franco-Prussian War, in one year, France lost almost 140,000 stinking people! Not to mention wounded. They lost 1 billion dollars in the the Treaty of Berlin and all of Alscae and most of Lorraine in the Treaty as well.

see all the wars you mention are proof that they are week if they can't win or lose a war in a time period under a bloody DECADE! besides hubbabaloo has a point from earlier the french have never one a war under command of a french man a french woman yes and napolian the famous dimunutive french general was either italian or I think a member of a group who lived in northern frnace but were not considered french men I can't remeber which is right besides you know you suck when your in a war for a hundred years

What about the thirty years War? Franco-Prussian War? Dutch War?

Actually, I can't think of one time that all of Europe was against France. More like most of Europe has to keep on coming in and saving their derrieres.

You do realize that in almost all of the wars fought by france between 1600 and 1871, it took all the powers of Europe just to beat them back to thier own borders.

What I'm saying is why can't they manage to succeed?

france's problem is one the US has pulled their roasting chestnuts out of the fire twice now and the fact they used to be powerful and are now just a annoyance

Paris, France: The worlds most Romantic and conquerable city

What is France's problemo?

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html -a hilarious place.

Example:

- Hundred Years War
Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." Sainted.

I love MS word. There, I can put in the hats and the accents and stuff. I love it!

yeah, thats pretty good for one and a half years

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Originally posted by Maxno:
I was talking to FML, sorry, i can see how you thought i might have been talking to you, seeing as my post directly followed yours.

What I said was, You think I can't discuss food and wine with you because you're an aristocrat, and i'm not (more or less) Then I swore at him, and then i said being an anarchist was better tahtn being a tool (somthing fouler actually, but asterixis don't explain anyhting)

I dont see wahts confusing, except taht agreement error.

And yes, im proud of being a socialist-anarchist.

Well, for only one and a half years of formal French schooling, I did pretty well. The rest of it has been on my own. I obviously didn't get the swearing part, because I've never been taught to swear in French.

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Originally posted by James241188:

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Originally posted by hubbabaloo:
Ah, essayant d'être Français futé et parlant sont nous ? Bien, j'ai compris chaque mot. Vous n'êtes pas le seul orateur français sur le conseil que vous connaissez. Mon Français ne peut pas être parfait, mais il est assez étroit.

By the way, you're proud of being an anarchist? I'm not qualified to discuss French cuisine because I'm a little French aristocrat? Do you know what you're talking about even?

You're just showing off.

If you could actually speak French, I was telling Maxno that him/her speaking French was not intimidating me.

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Originally posted by hubbabaloo:
Ah, essayant d'être Français futé et parlant sont nous ? Bien, j'ai compris chaque mot. Vous n'êtes pas le seul orateur français sur le conseil que vous connaissez. Mon Français ne peut pas être parfait, mais il est assez étroit.

By the way, you're proud of being an anarchist? I'm not qualified to discuss French cuisine because I'm a little French aristocrat? Do you know what you're talking about even?

You're just showing off.

The French think they rule Europe and they can have their way in anything. There are more imporrtant countries in Europe as well as France (the UK, Germany and Ireland for example)

I was talking to FML, sorry, i can see how you thought i might have been talking to you, seeing as my post directly followed yours.

What I said was, You think I can't discuss food and wine with you because you're an aristocrat, and i'm not (more or less) Then I swore at him, and then i said being an anarchist was better tahtn being a tool (somthing fouler actually, but asterixis don't explain anyhting)

I dont see wahts confusing, except taht agreement error.

And yes, im proud of being a socialist-anarchist.

Ah, essayant d'être Français futé et parlant sont nous ? Bien, j'ai compris chaque mot. Vous n'êtes pas le seul orateur français sur le conseil que vous connaissez. Mon Français ne peut pas être parfait, mais il est assez étroit.

By the way, you're proud of being an anarchist? I'm not qualified to discuss French cuisine because I'm a little French aristocrat? Do you know what you're talking about even?

the farther you get from paris and the coast the cooler the french get and as you head towards Germany many frenchies speak german betther than french!

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This from someone who includes an anime character among his heroes. I think I'll find someone else with which to discuss fine food and vin. And Bakunin isn't to be beleived you crazy anarchist freak. Considering he died during the third republic I don't think he really had much of an opinion on De Gaul.

I may have an anime charachter amongst my heroes, but you knew who he was. Also I have two anime cahrachters, except one is a dog.

You have Kennith Galbraith among your heroes, which is surprising seeing as he isn't a tool like yourself. Have you read the Economics of Innocent Fraud?

Et tu penses que je ne peux pas discuter le cuisine francais et le vin avec tu parceque tu est une petite aristocrate et je ne le suis point ? Va te faire foutre, petite minou. Puet-etre je suis un anarchist fou, mais je ne mange pas la bite de l'etat.

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Ah, so you're blind and have no sense of taste?

I agree. French castles are the way to go. Or German castles. There are some pretty sweet German castles.

Are you kidding me? Scottish and Irish castles are the best.

I'm actually partial to Israeli-style cheeses. (They're not made in Israel much anymore, but they originated there). Wine is against my religion, so I can't make a comment there.

I love the French language though, and it's hard to beat Dumas, Hugo and Baudelaire.

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yet everyone mocks American culture...because it is purly corporate and consumerist.

America has no culture. Its "culture" is a fuse (sp?) of its many ethnic groups. It's only culture is McD's and everything corporate. Nothing nearly as great as, say, Asian, European, or African cultures.