Seriously....What Good Things Are French??
 

My mates and i were talking aay and we got onto the topic of the french, and we genuinly could not think of a single good thing that is french or come from france that the world has a use for.
i mean real things.....not cheap jokes about the french......as fun as that is....... biggrin:

The Statue of Liberty.

Wine! French maids! LAETITIA CASTA!

Woman. I've seen some fine french woman. Also they have some cool artists(including Film and photographers). [img]http://www.dodstudios.net/uploads/uploads/FrenchcoastlineFAyou.jpeg[/img]

Laetitia Casta is from Ontario, Canada! All hail CANADA!

French Fries..which me and friends have started to name "Freedom Fries"

But seriously they were the first ones in the world to have a flying balloons. Even though the guy who invented it flew away from Paris during the 1st war with Germany (I can't think of the name)

EDIT: Damn... she IS from France... but why the hell did she say she was
from Ontario on Jimmy Kimmel ? Arg...

Hopes and dreams... gone. cry:

umm eifel tower, without it the twisted metal2 level wouldnt have been fun at all biggrin:

wine?

berets, no one wouldve known monica L. without one

[quote="Big Jake":95089]French Fries..which me and friends have started to name "Freedom Fries"

But seriously they were the first ones in the world to have a flying balloons. Even though the guy who invented it flew away from Paris during the 1st war with Germany (I can't think of the name)[/quote:95089]

The French cannot even claim that. It was the Belgians that popularized the thinly cut fried potatoes as a food.

the first girl that gave me head was french

lol you pay her in cheese and wine?

nah i payed her with cheap booze and date rape drugs

The whole lot of you need history lessons.

Wine was popularized en masse by Germanic tribes who used it to avoid contaminated water. This was a practice replicated throughout the Middle Ages as well.

The French have brought about some good things, and done good things for us in the past.

The problem is, they owe us a very, very large debt. A debt scribed in the blood of our soldiers. I for one will never forget this. God be with France when they are attacked.

god just hasent been around for them in the past oOo:

LMAO! toe! that is my fav ps one game of all time baby! i loved shooting power rockets at the statue of lib on New York level, to make her a fat pig in a bikini...then you shoot it again and she becomes hot . lol

i completely disagree with the french women thing. Most of the well known, famous french women are hot, because, well, they are famous because they are hot. Same thing with American women. In reality, most french women are disgusting. Id venture a guess saying that the average women-look-factor (made up stat) in france is 4 times as worse as it is here. All kidding aside.

...our liberty

stop the bashing of frenchies

[quote="Captain Noctis Aeternus":8b594]The whole lot of you need history lessons.

Wine was popularized en masse by Germanic tribes who used it to avoid contaminated water. This was a practice replicated throughout the Middle Ages as well.

The French have brought about some good things, and done good things for us in the past.

The problem is, they owe us a very, very large debt. A debt scribed in the blood of our soldiers. I for one will never forget this. God be with France when they are attacked.[/quote:8b594]

Does them ALWAYS needing help say something to you about why they are sitting out this upcoming conflict...?

french lingerie

because she knew all the fine women are from Ontario and didn't want to be made fun of because she was from France.

LOL! biggrin:

Sargent_Scrotum's Avatar is a typical French girl, she has a beard! Joking, the good things from France are...yeah.

Yes, bump. oOo:

well, someone has to do it so here goes:


The French and Iraq!


My favorite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is the one that
says,"First Iraq, then France."
-Tom Brokaw

"The French announced today that they would not help us remove Saddam
from Iraq. Well Duh! They didn't even help us remove Hitler from
France."
-Jay Leno

"France said this week they need more evidence to convince them Saddam
is a threat. Yeah, last time France asked for more evidence it came
rollin thru Paris with a German Flag on it."
-Dave Letterman

Why are all the highways in France lined with trees?
So the Germans can march in the shade!!!

Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an
accordion.
All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage.
-unknown

France has neither winter, nor summer, nor morals. France is miserable
because it is filled with Frenchmen, and Frenchmen are miserable
because, they live in France.
-Mark Twain

Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada.
-Ted Nugent

The only way the French are going in with us is if we tell them we
found truffles in Iraq.

War without France would be like ... uh ... World War II.

Q. What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up?
A. The Army

Q. How do you stop a french Tank?
A. Shoot the guy pushing.

Q. How many frenchman does it take to defend Paris.
A. We don't know, it's never been tried.

The best French bashing line heard over the last week is:
"We can count on the French to be there when they need us."

I think Donald Rumsfeld said it best (and sorry if this has appeared previously): "Going to war without the French is like going hunting without your accordian."

Rollins said that last night and I fucking LOST it laughing!

The French are cool with me...I don't have any boeuf with the french. They make GREAT wine, cheese, and bread, and their toast is second to none! biggrin:


Zone

tons of scientific, cultural, culinary, architectural, democratic, and military ideas have come from France. learn your history hake:

Bic razors.

As much as this should be a discussion thread, it's racism. No ones flamed yet, but if it gets there, I'll have to lock it.

The Louisiana purchase. But then again, it wasnt much until after the french virtually gave it away.

^ big surprise there oOo:

^ *sigh* my above post was referring to joe's statement

[quote:e0bf1]tons of scientific, cultural, culinary, architectural, democratic, and military ideas have come from France. learn your history
[/quote:e0bf1]

well enlighten us mr know it all. Its easy to say they did something but can you prove it. I want to learn my history tell me what they did. and show proof. thank you

Yeah, i never started this as a flame against france, i genuinly could not off the top of my head think of anything the french have done or got thats good.

The statue of liberty doesnt count as only america can appreciate that.

sexy French underwear is the only valid one ive seen so far.

and like whatever said its all very well saying theyve done loads of this and tons of that. but WHAT exactly?

french cooking is a style employed by the finest restaurants around the world. if you watch the show Iron Chef you know what I am talking about. Wines and cheese...the staple of French cooking. if you have not heard of Louis Pasteur, then I suggest you look on a milk carton as it will most likely say "pasteurized." Descartes is also one of history's greatest philosophers, mostly dealing with mathematics. France is also the second country to have a declaration of independence. During that time, Paris was considered the world's capital for grandeur...great politicians and diplomats met at Paris. to list the contributions of Frenchmen to us throughout history is rather lengthy.

I suggest if you are really interested in it, that you find out for yourself. The problem with trying to explain something like this to people like you is you believe France to only be 200 years old, when in fact France has a history far beyond America's and the past 200 years. I will gladly expand on this if you want. my opinion may be biased, but that is only because I have a deep love for the European continent and its history as a whole.

^^^ Yup.

....Also, French Artists OWN.

French pretty much GAVE us Art. If we didn't have these artists, we wouldn't have some of the great masterpieces:

Monet
Cezanne
David
Manet
Picasso
Gauguin
Millet
Van Gogh (Was a Dutchman - But considered himself French)
Gericault

.....And a shiteload more....

[quote="Old Reliable"]

The problem with trying to explain something like this to people like you is you believe France to only be 200 years old, quote]

who the fuck are you to suggest i am like that?

i'm talking about americans.

now this is what im talking about. good french stuff. french art! thanks tripper.


we now have french underwear, french cooking and french art.