Quotes to remember

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  1. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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  3. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    I am not going to break up this collection

    France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been controlled by prostitutes.'

    Mark Twain

    'I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me.'

    General George S. Patton

    'Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.'

    Norman Schwartzkopf

    'We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it.'

    Marge Simpson

    'As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.'

    Jacques Chirac, President of France

    'The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee.'

    Regis Philbin

    'You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it.'

    John McCain , U.S. Senator from Arizona

    'The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag.'

    David Letterman

    'Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada ...'

    Ted Nugent

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

    Unknown

    'The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq , then France ..''

    Tom Brokaw

    'It is important to remember that the French have always been there when they needed us.'

    Alan Kent

    'They've taken their own precautions against al-Qa'ida. To prepare for an attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a three-day supply of mistresses in the house.'

    Argus Hamilton

    'Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot, dropped once.''

    Rep. Roy Blunt, MO

    'The French will only agree to go to war when we've proven we've found truffles in Iraq '

    Dennis Miller

    'Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend Paris? It's not known, it's never been tried.'

    Rep. R. Blount, MO

    'Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer France in WWII? And that's because it was raining.'

    John Xereas, Manager, DC Improv

    AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced after the London bombings that it had raised its terror alert level from Run to Hide. The only two higher levels in F rance are Surrender and Collaborate. The rise in the alert level was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France’s white flag factory, effectively disabling their military.

    French Ban Fireworks at Euro Disney
    (AP), Paris , March 5, 2003
    The French Government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the use of fireworks at Euro Disney. The decision comes the day after a nightly fireworks display at the park, l ocated just 30 miles outside of Paris, caused the soldiers at a nearby French Army garrison to surrender to a group of Czech tourists.

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  5. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    You know there are more human nipples in the world than people

    They outnumber us by two to one

    My mate

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  7. Luchito Registered Senior Member

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    Since philosophers have stopped taking hemlock, they have become useless beings. (Lina Furlan)
     
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    “Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.”--Flannery OConnor

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  9. dumbest man on earth Real Eyes Realize Real Lies Valued Senior Member

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    "In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous."
    - Robert G. Ingersoll
     
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  10. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

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    thats a good one!
    .. which was then bought out by Chinese employed by americans to produce american flags out of Chinese plastic to be shipped around the world several times then sold in america as real american culture
    as socially enforced compulsory purchases for american patriot liberals to do as they are told
     
  11. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

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    giving free advice to a capitalists is inviting them to attack you to hide where they got their original ideas from
     
  12. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    From a friend's email going back about 8 years

    Doing my cleanout I no longer have 8 unread emails so as long as keep up with the flow I'm sweet

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  13. RainbowSingularity Valued Senior Member

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    i was tempted to make a joke about the potential massive blockade of PPE now sitting in the Suez canal but thought it in poor taste

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    i expect operations may start to get cancelled in some private health care countrys resulting in avoidable deaths

    i thought it best i not mention it
    so i wont
    though it does seem highly likely
     
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  14. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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    Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow somewhere in the world

    Mate

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  15. Luchito Registered Senior Member

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    Jurors, twelve men chosen to judge which is the best lawyer. (Garland Pollard)
     
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    8?!?!

    add a few zeroes for me
     
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    “What are photons? They are dimensionless, unitless, massless, pure numbers! Every photon has a specific frequency – which is its number. So, the light of the sun is in fact the light of numbers, the light of mathematics ... the light of reason.”
    ― Mike Hockney, Transcendental Mathematics
     
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    "Everyone's got a plan till they get hit."
    - Mike Tyson
     
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  20. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

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    “The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” - Agatha Christie
     
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    "When the soul wants to experience something, she throws out an image in front of her and steps into it." ~Meister Eckhart

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    "I'm losing the precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news."
    - John Muir

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  23. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

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    Love this!
     

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