London Vs Paris

TMC · Post by **TMC** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:58 am

London and Paris remain in the Olympics vote announcement is due at 1246 BST.

I'm not sure what I want most, London to win or Paris to lose.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:44 am

English 1, froggies zip....can't you see supercilious french waiters at the games?? "escargot and a fine beaujolis, 200 euro sil vous plais monsieur" .... *sniff*...............

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TMC · Post by **TMC** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:50 am

Wahooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Munch on that Chirac.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:53 am

the thing is TMC, if the games are held in france, as soon as the germans march into the stadium, they will all fall down surrendering and the yanks and English will have to sort them out anyway.

polycarp · Post by **polycarp** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:46 am

London or Paris, let the better-prepared city win. But if it was a voting issue for me, I'll go with London.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:48 am

"Sen. Hillary Clinton had changed her schedule to fly 18 hours to Singapore to lend star power to the bid.

"But after a delay in early voting, New York was quickly axed. Moscow was eliminated in the first round, and Madrid was eliminated in the third round. London beat Paris in the final count."

from http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/ ... 8336c.html

Well well. That'll be interesting, then. We haven't done this since... 1924? No... it's our third time, we had 1908 and 1948.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:08 am

congratulations England! i'm sure you will be a wonderful venue!

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abbey · Post by **abbey** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:05 am

WELL DONE LONDON!

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:37 am

Now in our hour of triumph lets not be too jingoistic and on that note I have this to say to Monsieur Chirac, Take that you snail chomping, garlic smelling, frog dismembering, over perfumed, three hour lunch taking, gay bar loiterer!!

I cannot wait for the headlines in the tabloids tomorrow.

Well done Seb and the crew

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 8:39 am

Might I propose a photo of Lord Coe grinning, with "I'm alright, Jaques" in large type?

polycarp · Post by **polycarp** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:00 am

See all of you in London in the year 2012! :driving:

TMC · Post by **TMC** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:04 am

I hope there serving haggis for dinner at gleneagles.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:22 am

Bothwell wrote: Now in our hour of triumph lets not be too jingoistic and on that note I have this to say to Monsieur Chirac, Take that you snail chomping, garlic smelling, frog dismembering, over perfumed, three hour lunch taking, gay bar loiterer!!

:DNow that REALLY made me pee my pants!

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:57 pm

Congrats Brits!!! You Deserve It.

MicahLorain · Post by **MicahLorain** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:07 pm

Bothwell wrote: Now in our hour of triumph lets not be too jingoistic and on that note I have this to say to Monsieur Chirac, Take that you snail chomping, garlic smelling, frog dismembering, over perfumed, three hour lunch taking, gay bar loiterer!!

I cannot wait for the headlines in the tabloids tomorrow.

Well done Seb and the crew

Remember Chirac is conservative. What kind of France bashing will there be when the Socialists take power?? I found English food and weather horrendous. And the folk are quite homely with terrible teeth. Plus lefty Blair is in charge. I'd take Paris anyday. FAR more interesting history, food, architecture and people. Remember France has a rich military history as well. Because the Nazis overwhelmed them doesn't mean they have always failed. France has many more military/national victories in it's past than the US or Britain by far. Pathetic Poland ALWAYS failed and we see no Pole haters.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:13 pm

MicahLorain wrote: I'd take Paris anyday.As, indeed, would most Panzer commanders.

France lost her honor with the words "Paris vaut bien une messe". Not even Robespierre won it back for her, try though he did.

MicahLorain · Post by **MicahLorain** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:16 pm

spot wrote: As, indeed, would most Panzer commanders.

France lots its honor with the words "Paris vaut bien une messe". Not even Robespierre won it back for them, try though he did.
Many countries fell under the Nazis. Is that the limit of your historical memory?? You sound bloody jealous to me Spot.

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:20 pm

MicahLorain wrote: Many countries fell under the Nazis. Is that the limit of your historical memory?? You sound bloody jealous to me Spot.I thought Henri IV's cynicism dated from 1593, actually. He's the chap who ran for office with the slogan "If God allows me to live, I will see that there is not a single labourer in my kingdom who does not have a chicken in his pot every Sunday", which gives you an indication of the naivety of his subjects.

MicahLorain · Post by **MicahLorain** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:24 pm

spot wrote: I thought Henri IV's cynicism dated from 1593, actually. He's the chap who ran for office with the slogan "If God allows me to live, I will see that there is not a single labourer in my kingdom who does not have a chicken in his pot every Sunday", which gives you an indication of the naivety of his subjects.
So Brit history is a flawless expanse of wonder and achievement is it?? :wah:

Post by **spot** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 2:27 pm

MicahLorain wrote: So Brit history is a flawless expanse of wonder and achievement is it?? :wah:Well, if you insist on comparing the two, I suppose it is.

Agincourt. Crecy. Jean d'Arc. And Bleriot's father was from Surrey.

Lizzie Love · Post by **Lizzie Love** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:47 pm

Wowee I am so happy that London has the honour of hosting the 2012 games. It is great that this event when people of the world can come together for the games is to be held in my home country.

Congratulations to the Olympic team. My only other choice personally would have been New York, which is also a wonderful city.

So in the wake of the 4th of July celebrations (which as a brit I thoroughly enjoyed.......bloody good barbecue and fireworks old chap!) Hooray for the people of Britain.

namaste

lizzie love :-4

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:10 am

Spot, the Sun totally wasted it, I thought "Hit the Road Jaques" of "here we Coe" would have been fine but they just had a piccies of a gold medal.

Ah micaloren or whatever, I feel we have met before, French history is a catalogue of disaster and calumny British history is peerless and above reproach, the world was just such a better place when the sun never set on the British empire and all it's glory.

French cuisine??? It easy to do just go around the garden and collect a few snails, dip into the pond and hack the legs of the frogs you find, smother in Garlic to mask the bloody awful tatse and produce with a flourish saying "Voila."

What you need young man/woman is a good dose of Steak and kidney pudding followed by spotted dick and custard, that is the food that got us through the blitz and by God it will get us through the olympics.

I feel a quote coming on, "Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. " Cecil Rhodes

As to the limit of Spot's historical knowledge remember our history is measured in thousands of years not hundreds.

Your question regarding socialists in France is bizarre, since they had that revolution thingy it's always been socialist at heart, anyone who has travelled there frequently knows this.

I have to go now because I have to drive to London to get my teeth fixed, but on the way I will Pass the Polish was memorial, a tribute the many brave Poles who fought side by side with the allies in the second world war. Cheerio for now or Adieu mon brave if you would prefer.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:07 am

Go Bothwell..Go Bothwell..

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 3:52 pm

spot wrote: Might I propose a photo of Lord Coe grinning, with "I'm alright, Jaques" in large type?Jolly Good Show indeed

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 1:31 am

FOR BOTHWELL......

I could'nt think of anywhere to post this,

this looks as good a place as any.

Just read this Sue Carrol article about the frogs & it tickled me.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/suecarroll/

Bothwell · Post by **Bothwell** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:13 am

Thankyou Abbey, I enjoyed that. Having just come back I was yet again aghast at the arrogance of this nation. Interestingly there is a growing feeling over there that recognises at last the this attitude may have to chnage. It has always been my opinion that the so called France at the heart of europe is utter M****e. The French only care about themselves, i know most countries are the same but Chirac has raised it to an art form.

They are isolated Militarily, Industrially (unemployment is rising alarmingly), culturally and economically. M Chirac has had it and has the lowest popularity rating since he started office.

This is a country that thinks Jonny Halliday (sic) is good entertainment, that invented mime!!!! etc etc.

Lets have some fun celebrating trafalgar and then in a few years we can do it again with waterloo

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:14 am

JOKE...

French President Jaques Chirac, tired of all of the anti-french jokes, since the start of the invasion of Iraq, has announced with great national pride that the super secret French Space Agency will send the first manned mission of three French astronauts to land, and walk on the Sun.

President Chirac stated " This mission will be of historic important to the world, and restore France's rightful place in the history of the world"

NASSA space scientist's, stunned at the news, asked Mr. Chirca what technology they had developed to keep the astronauts from burning up long before they reached the Sun?

The French President sniffed and replied " Don't be stupid, we are going at night".

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:19 am

ANOTHER ONE!

In a train carriage there was an Englishman, a Frenchman, a spectacular looking blonde and an ugly looking fat lady.

After several minutes of the trip the train happens to pass through a dark tunnel, and the unmistakable sound of a slap is heard. When they leave the tunnel, the Frenchman had a big red slap mark on his cheek.

(1) The blonde thought - 'That French swine wanted to touch me and by mistake, he must have put his hand on the fat lady, who in turn must have slapped his face'

(2) The fat lady thought - 'This dirty old Frenchman laid his hands on the blonde and she smacked him'.

(3) The Frenchman thought - 'That Englishman put his hand on that blonde and by mistake she slapped me'.

(4) The Englishman thought - 'I hope there's another tunnel soon so I can smack that French twat again'.