Who here thinks France is better than Texas?

[Louis VI the Fat]

Right. Time to settle this once and for all. I present the mother of all contests:
The Biggest State in the Union versus the Biggest State in the Union. Or

France versus Texas.


I shall open with a random picture of just another fountain in just another provincial town, Nancy.

https://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4094/stanislas1di.jpg

[Kagemusha]

Maybe this should go to backroom?This can turn out very intresting.:burnout:

[Louis VI the Fat]

Maybe this should go to backroom?This can turn out very intresting.:burnout:Nah, we'll be nice, playful and frontroomish. ~:)

[Csargo]

What exactly are we doing????????????????????
I'm confused are we posting picture of how Texas is better than France?

[Craterus]

Those pictures don't exist ~;)

[Kagemusha]

Hmm..This sounds hard.And i dont even have an opinion so there you go:stupido: :

https://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8868/westtexasprairie1yy.jpg

[Louis VI the Fat]

Kagemusha's picture of a Texas landscape proves Craterus' point. :2thumbsup:

I'll further prove it with this picture of the fertile fields of France in full flower:


https://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1521/stwish001lavenderfieldinproven.th.jpg (https://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stwish001lavenderfieldinproven.jpg)

[Strike For The South]

Texas Shot Texas steel and Texan bloodhttps://img93.imageshack.us/img93/4554/talamo070hu.th.jpg (https://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=talamo070hu.jpg) oh and then theres this https://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7941/texasbiggerthanfrance8on.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

[Strike For The South]

Texas bluebonnets in under an oak https://img68.imageshack.us/img68/396/bluepasture4yl.th.jpg (https://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bluepasture4yl.jpg)I guess I shouldnt put that pic of the Alamo Im mean the French really dont have anything along those lines that thy could be proud of eh?:laugh4: :2thumbsup:

[Beirut]

Just keep it peaceful or I'm calling in BKS to open up the smack down on y'all et vous.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Ah, the Alamo, where 200 Texans spend 13 days without ever managing to find the exit. ~;)

Here is 'Liberty leading the people', the heroism with which our Republic was forged:

https://img47.imageshack.us/img47/6786/liberte1hd.jpg

[Zalmoxis]

Texas Shot Texas steel and Texan bloodhttps://img93.imageshack.us/img93/4554/talamo070hu.th.jpg (https://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=talamo070hu.jpg) oh and then theres this https://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7941/texasbiggerthanfrance8on.jpg (https://imageshack.us)
Haha, is France really smaller than Texas?

[Crazed Rabbit]

Texas vs. France? Do these French people like pain, or something? ~;p


Here is 'Liberty leading the people', the heroism with which our Republic was forged:

I forget, which one of the 11 various republics, empires, restored monarchies, etc., since 1783 was that? And I don't recall the Texas revolution having a period called the 'Reign of Terror' ~;p

Crazed Rabbit

[Lemur]

This is a little too freaky. There is a poem I heard in a club in New York, and here it is in its entirety:

Texas versus France
Who wins?

It's as though the poet were channeling the spirit of the Org ...

[Strike For The South]

TEXAS-678,054 SQ KM france-547,030 SQ KM

TEXAS=131,024 KM bigger than France

[Csargo]

Go Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Alexanderofmacedon]

Oh this sucks...

I love Texas, my home state, but France is awsome...

I've been there many a time and I hope to move there one day!:2thumbsup:

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Well it comes down to:
https://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7017/onderkonkfallofthealamo8bb.jpg
Fight
or
https://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1593/frmarpe3if.gif
Collaborate, only to be liberated and claim that you won the fight despite you fought against the victors in North Africa. And lost there, too.

[Strike For The South]

it all comes down to thishttps://img128.imageshack.us/img128/7509/aaaa5kv.th.jpg (https://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aaaa5kv.jpg)

[Reverend Joe]

TEXAS-678,054 SQ KM france-547,030 SQ KM

TEXAS=131,024 KM bigger than France
Yeah? Well, at its greatest extent, Texas was still smaller than France at its greatest extent...

https://img128.imageshack.us/img128/1662/charlemagnebig3bd.jpg

...twice.

https://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7431/s20europe2018109tp.jpg

:2thumbsup:

[Reverend Joe]

it all comes down to thishttps://img128.imageshack.us/img128/7509/aaaa5kv.th.jpg (https://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aaaa5kv.jpg)
:inquisitive:

https://img208.imageshack.us/img208/3861/figure282ju.jpg

Let's see... a place that claims to be "God's Country", or a country that was essentially founded by a man who saved a pope, and as later crowned Emperor by that pope...

(no offense, Strike. ~D)

[Csargo]

I'm pretty sure the french are losing this battle

[Strike For The South]

noZorba TEXAS is still bigger

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Ah, but at it's greatest extent, France was never led by an actual Frenchman.

[Reverend Joe]

Ah, but at it's greatest extent, France was never led by an actual Frenchman.
Ah, Corsican is close enough. Besides, Charlemagne is as true as you can get.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Ah, Corsican is close enough. Besides, Charlemagne is as true as you can get.
Corsican = Italian and Italian = Italian, therefore Corsican = Italian >or=Napoleon =/ Frenchman

http://www.chronique.com/Library/MedHistory/charlemagne.htm
He was of German blood and speech, and shared some characteristics of his people- strength of body, courage of spirit, pride of race, and a crude simplicity many centuries apart from the urbane polish of the modern French.

[Samurai Waki]

Somehow I always thought Alaska was the biggest state in the Union...

[Alexanderofmacedon]

It is...

[spmetla]

I guess the maps with 50 states are still traveling across the atlantic. Hope everyone realizes Hawaii isn't a territory anymore.

[Shaka_Khan]

And Texas has oil.

[InsaneApache]

As a neutral Englishman I have no axe to grind either way. :laugh4:

But I will say this.

Texas has a Paris, but Paris doesn't have a Texas. :boxing:

[Csargo]

As a neutral Englishman I have no axe to grind either way. :laugh4:

But I will say this.

Texas has a Paris, but Paris doesn't have a Texas. :boxing:

He's right Texas does have a Paris.:book:

[Beirut]

Ummmmmm... this really shouldn't be here after all.

To the Backroom and awayyyyyyy!

[Fragony]

Awwww, you texans are closet francophiles, the french live the life you try to consume, france is classy and you know it. Beautifull women, beautifull views, wonderfull food. The few hot chicks that live in fugliestan are generally ackompagnied by a big bubba that has more gold then an aztech temple, don't blaim the frogs for your confusion.

[Kralizec]

This is wrong. It should be a game between France and Alaska, wich is more then 2 times as big as Texas.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/area.shtml

[Major Robert Dump]

France doesn't border Oklahoma, Lousiana or Mexico. That should be worth a few points.

[Duke Malcolm]

Yes, 3 points to France

Edit: France does border Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Germany, so another 7 points to France
It also borders Spain, so 1 point to Texas
It is also French-speaking, so 1 point per francophone in France to Texas.
And 1 point per spanish-speaker in Texas to France

[solypsist]

i dont see any poll options. i guess that's because the original poster just knew texas would be slaughtered and so didnt feel the need.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Difficult choice:
France has got the French "cuisine", and Texas have t-bone steaks

:wall: Can't choose...

[Duke Malcolm]

I would take a tasty steak over snails and frogs legs any day...

[Fragony]

Difficult choice:
France has got the French "cuisine", and Texas have t-bone steaks

:wall: Can't choose...
ha
And when french have steak only medium or well doneis on menu. It needs to be bloody.

[Rodion Romanovich]

Yes, but steaks exist in France too... And "sauce béarnaise", which tastes very good together with a steak... And French (ahem Freedom :laugh: ) fries...

Edit: Hm good point about bloody ~:)

[Louis VI the Fat]

So, Texas is slightly larger than France?

It's not the size that matters, it's how God has used it.:book:


The snow-capped peak of the Mont Blanc, the highest mountain of Europe.
https://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4236/montblanc53449ii.jpg

The Mediterranean, envy of the world.
https://img475.imageshack.us/img475/4529/7315ck.jpg

Tranquil, mysterious Bretagne.
https://img475.imageshack.us/img475/1176/mont1img1dn.jpg

The interior, where time matters not. Where God, man and nature live in harmony.
https://img475.imageshack.us/img475/6361/1778cz.jpg

[Louis VI the Fat]

This is wrong. It should be a game between France and Alaska, wich is more then 2 times as big as Texas.Alaska is a chunk of arctic wilderness. Fall ill, and they have to organize a dogsled expedition to bring you your medicine.
That icebox doesn't count.


I'm pretty sure the french are losing this battleGah. We have only just begun. :balloon2:

So far, all I've read in defense of Texas has been: 'We're, like, really big and we've got oil and...uh...you lost like a war and stuff...'

Right, here's an exhaustive military history of Texas:
1836 - Mexico pwns Texas at the Alamo.
1836 - Yanks bail Texas out.
1846 - Yanks bail Texas out.
1865 - Yanks pwn Texas.

[InsaneApache]

Oh dear God!!!:laugh4: :2thumbsup: :embarassed: :book: :idea2: :sweatdrop: :oops:

[Strike For The South]

So far, all I've read in defense of Texas has been: 'We're, like, really big and we've got oil and...uh...you lost like a war and stuff...'

Right, here's an exhaustive military history of Texas:
1836 - Mexico pwns Texas at the Alamo.
1836 - Yanks bail Texas out.
1846 - Yanks bail Texas out.
1865 - Yanks pwn Texas.

1836-Texan lose battle of alamo but with a cuaslaty rate of nearly 10:1 same year Texan regulars destroy Santa annas army with only 2 casualties (most likely yankees). No yankee army ever bailed Texas out.

1846- What bailing out Texas asked for statehood and then we went to war.

1865- No yankee army captures an inch of Texas ground its not our fault the ignoaarnt Virgianan hillbillys cant fight

[Duke Malcolm]

So, Texas is slightly larger than France?

It's not the size that matters, it's how God has used it.:book:


The snow-capped peak of the Mont Blanc, the highest mountain of Europe.
https://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4236/montblanc53449ii.jpg

The Mediterranean, envy of the world.
https://img475.imageshack.us/img475/4529/7315ck.jpg


That is certainly true, but Mont Blanc happens to be on the Franco-Italian border, and can ba considered Italian as well...
As for the Mediterranean, well, that spreads from Gibraltar right across to Israel and Turkey, hardly a French Triumph...


Right, here's an exhaustive military history of Texas:
1836 - Mexico pwns Texas at the Alamo.
1836 - Yanks bail Texas out.
1846 - Yanks bail Texas out.
1865 - Yanks pwn Texas.

You can't exactly use Texan military failures to prove that France is better than it.

[Major Robert Dump]

1865- No yankee army captures an inch of Texas ground its not our fault the ignoaarnt Virgianan hillbillys cant fight

That's the funniest thing I've read on the .org in a while, for two reasons: 1, its true, and 2, you butchered the word ignorant

TBH i'd rather not live in either place, since my lack of being bilingual would put me at a disadvantage in the job market, but if I had to choose I'd go with Texas because I don't think I'd find chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes in France, and UTA has more easy poon per square mile than anywhere I've ever been (but the tradeoff is the whole town is like a circus sideshow)

I'd love to visit France, though

[Kagemusha]

I cant help myself.Im such a nitpicker.:embarassed: But infact the highest Mountain in Europe is infact Elbrus in Russia:

Highest Mountain in Europe
Elbrus, Russia (Caucasus): 18,510 feet / 5642 meters

Highest Mountain in Western Europe
Mont Blanc, France-Italy: 15,771 feet / 4807 meters

Here is that little hil:

https://img396.imageshack.us/img396/5349/elbrusw3zi.jpg

[Csargo]

Yes, 3 points to France

Edit: France does border Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Germany, so another 7 points to France
It also borders Spain, so 1 point to Texas
It is also French-speaking, so 1 point per francophone in France to Texas.
And 1 point per spanish-speaker in Texas to France

I don't think the French should get any points for bordering Germany.:no:
or Italy for that matter.

[Csargo]

Ummmmmm... this really shouldn't be here after all.

To the Backroom and awayyyyyyy!

Beirut why did you move this thread to the backroom it wasn't that heated a debate was it. I don't think it was.:book:

[Slyspy]

I don't think the French should get any points for bordering Germany.:no:
or Italy for that matter.

Yes they should because it means that good beer and hot women are only a short distance away. Texas, being American, has no good beer. Texas, not being California, has no hot women.

Just kidding! Though the beer still sucks.

[Kanamori]

It's like a battle over who has the best cardboard box.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Well, let's do a nonbiased comparison here.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009KPS94.01-A2H2AYTJFCST9E._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Texas

v

France
http://www.prehistory.lu/images/neand.jpg

[A.Saturnus]

I think it's impossible to convince Texans from the obvious superiority of France because France has much things Texans can't even begin to understand such as culture or an actual language ~;p

[Strike For The South]

yall couldnt leran the Texan language cuase yall be iaagnorrant

[Louis VI the Fat]

That is certainly true, but Mont Blanc happens to be on the Franco-Italian border, and can ba considered Italian as well...
As for the Mediterranean, well, that spreads from Gibraltar right across to Israel and Turkey, hardly a French Triumph...Yep, the Med is a large sea. But, the French part is distinct in that it's one of the few area's of it that's run with northern efficiency - i.e. no obscure brown substance running out of your tap and no diarrhea for a month after your very first meal. :sweatdrop:

And indeed, the Mont Blanc is shared with Italy. All French regions share characteristics with other countries.
The rugged coastline, gentle rolling hills and celtic mystery of Brittany is the continental version of the British Isles. The wet north, with it's fertile lowlands, broad rivers and pretty trading towns are no different from the Low Countries. In the east, the castles and medieval towns on both banks of the Rhine Valley are distincly Germanic. The snow-capped alps with it's pristine alpine villages fade off into Switzerland. In the meditteranean, the azure blue sea, perfect climate and impeccable style are shared with Italy. The hot south, with it's old villages, fiery inhabitants and catholic festivities are a northern outpost of Spain and Portugal.

In fact, the rest of Europe is almost redundant - all the other countries are mere lesser variants of French regions.

Brittany is the British Isles with good food, Alsace-Lorraine is Germany with good wine. The Alps are Switzerland and Austria with a sense of humour, the Côte d'Azur is Italy with a sense of dilligence. The north is the low countries with southern style, the South is Iberia with northern efficiency. :balloon2:

[Louis VI the Fat]

Well, let's do a nonbiased comparison here.
France
http://www.prehistory.lu/images/neand.jpgBut Capo, that is a picture of a Neanderthaler. They were driven to extinction by our ancestors, Cro-magnon man. Trust the French cro-magnons to have already showed the first faint glimmering of the artistic French gene - leaving the world's most beautiful pre-historic work of art (http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/fr/index.html) in France.

(Or, alternatively, and according to a majority of Texans, Neanderthalers never existed at all as they are not mentioned in the bible.)




http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009KPS94.01-A2H2AYTJFCST9E._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg
TexasAs to a comparison between Texan and French women, may I suggest you read America's nr.1 bestseller?:

French women don't get fat. (http://www.mireilleguiliano.com/frenchwomen.htm#praise)

~;p


As a typically slender French girl, Mireille went to America as an exchange student and came back fat. That shock sent her into an adolescent tailspin, until her kindly family physician, "Dr. Miracle," came to the rescue. Reintroducing her to classic principles of French gastronomy plus time-honored secrets of the local women, he helped her restore her shape and gave her a whole new understanding of food, drink, and life.

Emphasizing the virtues of freshness, variety, balance, and always pleasure, Mireille shows how virtually anyone can learn to eat, drink, and move like a French woman.

Since its release, French Women Don't Get Fat rapidly gained acceptance as an international best seller, reaching the top ranks of best-selling books on dozens of lists, including: No. 1 Wall Street Journal (USA), No. 1 Publishers Weekly (USA), No. 1 The Irish Times (Ireland), No. 1 The Sydney Times (Australia), No. 2 The New York Times (USA), and No. 2 The Sunday Times (UK).

[Strike For The South]

Yes they should because it means that good beer and hot women are only a short distance away. Texas, being American, has no good beer. Texas, not being California, has no hot women.

Just kidding! Though the beer still sucks.

LIES! Get a case of Shiner Bock Thats a good beer!

[Louis VI the Fat]

I think it's impossible to convince Texans from the obvious superiority of France because France has much things Texans can't even begin to understand such as culture or an actual language ~;p Yes, I was thinking about putting French literature, art, cuisine and philosophy in the equation. But will them Texans understand these concepts?

[Watchman]

You can't exactly use Texan military failures to prove that France is better than it.Well, the French were fighting, everybody, long before any Westerner even knew something like Texas existed. Even longer if you want to start counting from the Gauls or the Franks (who were able to nick turf from the Romans). Want to compare amounts of time spent as an independent sovereign political entity, nevermind current status thereof...?

That's gotta count for something. Personally, though, I consider Dijon mustard to be worth lot more points, because ancient history isn't edible and doesn't taste too good. :2thumbsup:

[Csargo]

This really isn't fair because the French have way more history than Texas cause they have been around longer.

[Strike For The South]

This really isn't fair because the French have way more history than Texas cause they have been around longer.

It dont matter Brotha GOD BLESSED TEXAS WITH HIS OWN HANDS

[Shaka_Khan]

Texas has chili and guacamole.

Texas is hightech. Look at Texas Intruments (http://www.ti.com/).

[Slyspy]

It dont matter Brotha GOD BLESSED TEXAS WITH HIS OWN HANDS

Oh? Where do you keep them? What do you use them for?

[Tribesman]

1865- No yankee army captures an inch of Texas ground its not our fault the ignoaarnt Virgianan hillbillys cant fight
Well they did capture Galveston , thats in Texas isn't it ?~;)
Then there were all the other Texan towns they captured because they were scared of what the French might do .
So the Yankees gave up the towns because they didn't need them to defeat the South and they decided that they didn't have to worry about a French invasion .
So SFTS you can thank the French for your not having Texan soil still occupied by the Yanks towards the end of the war .:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

[Csargo]

France shouldn't even be a country.

[Watchman]

It dont matter Brotha GOD BLESSED TEXAS WITH HIS OWN HANDSTruly, it was indeed touched by His noodly appendage (http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2006/01/12/church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/).

France has its own nukes. Texas has to ask Washington if it could loan some, just for a couple of days you know, give them right back.

Ergo, in the contest of phallic symbols all Texas can procure is big hats, high-heeled boots, some funny oil drills, and huge belt clasps. Oh yeah, and lots of personal firearms. France can put NUCLEAR MISSILES on the table, and a couple of those wicked sleek submarine thingies.

The French win in silly Freudian status symbols.

[Strike For The South]

Watchman have you ever heard of Ft.Hood? Besides The USA takes orders from us. @Tribesman are you "insane? everything you just said was wrong!@Slyspy"insane?@Slyspy under the cuppoard next to the venison.

ILL END WITH THIS. There are 2 kinds of people in this wrold Texans and those who wish they were!:2thumbsup:

[Samurai Waki]

nevermind

[Csargo]

Everyone knows about the Texas vs France thread. I wanna know who really thinks France is better than Texas.:book:








P.S. Texas rules:2thumbsup:

[Louis VI the Fat]

A quick reminder: :sweatdrop:


https://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7740/alizeeanim18yc.gif

[GoreBag]

France has funnier slang. I'll go with France.

[Major Robert Dump]

A Texan broke my nose a few years back because of some things I said in a Dallas bar on OU-Texas weekend. I deserved it. No one from France has ever broke my nose. 2 more points for Texas.

[Upxl]

I’ll go with France.

Staying European minded here.
Besides I don’t know Texas at all, never been there nor planning to in the near future.

[spmetla]

Let's see:
France had an Empire and still commands respect in much of it's former Empire
Texas is part of a superpower and commands respect of it's neighboring states (American states)

The French invented lingerie
The Texans made popular the cowboy hat

Most of the world has adopted the French invented metric system
Most of the world has adopted Cowboys as a Texan sterotype

The French military has the power to project itself throughout the world
The Texan National Gaurd can threaten Mexico and Cuba

The Bush family isn't French

[spmetla]

What I've seen of Texas (El Paso area) I don't like. Granted the Texans are the friendliest people in the Union but desert isn't my scenery not to mention a bombs were tested not too far from El Paso.

The best thing about texas is the Titty Bars but that isn't enough, as a studying Historian I'll go for France seeing as there's much more to read about and also because although France is smaller than Texas it's definately filled with a more beautiful landscape.

[Tribesman]

@Tribesman are you "insane? everything you just said was wrong!
Really ?
you mean this statement....Well they did capture Galveston , thats in Texas isn't it ?
Then there were all the other Texan towns they captured because they were scared of what the French might do .
So the Yankees gave up the towns because they didn't need them to defeat the South and they decided that they didn't have to worry about a French invasion .
So SFTS you can thank the French for your not having Texan soil still occupied by the Yanks towards the end of the war .

Galveston is in Texas isn't it or has it moved . The union occupied it without a fight didn't they . How many other coastal areas of Texas did they occupy ? How long were they in Brownsville ? Why were they there ? What was happening on the other side of the river ? What were the French doing there ?

So SFTS , are you talking about Texan history or Texan myths ?

Or could you tell me how my statement is wrong ?

[Productivity]

I've been to France and I've been to Texas. France wins with ease.

[Ja'chyra]

Children children, you can have all the petty squabbles you like, but, we all know that everyone who isn't Scottish wishes they were :2thumbsup:

But, if you all want to argue about who is second best then be my guest. :juggle2: :laugh4:

One thing that's always bugged me about France is why they keep going on about good food, do they have any good food? :inquisitive:

[InsaneApache]

nm.

[Leet Eriksson]

Texas is gods country fools, it just flatout obliterates france.

Oh also Texas has SFTS, the greatest man of all times.

[Lazul]

isnt Texas just a bounch of farms and with a spacecenter somewhere in the middle? ~:dizzy:

[Shaka_Khan]

Texas has department stores, movie theatres, amusement parks, aquariums, etc like France.

[Kagemusha]

A quick reminder: :sweatdrop:


https://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7740/alizeeanim18yc.gif

Im convinced!:jumping:

[Sjakihata]

Who is that hot dancing chick?

[Kagemusha]

Alizee.:2thumbsup:

[JAG]

heh, a landslide.

[Redleg]

What I've seen of Texas (El Paso area) I don't like. Granted the Texans are the friendliest people in the Union but desert isn't my scenery not to mention a bombs were tested not too far from El Paso.

The best thing about texas is the Titty Bars but that isn't enough, as a studying Historian I'll go for France seeing as there's much more to read about and also because although France is smaller than Texas it's definately filled with a more beautiful landscape.

Texas has several different types of environments.

Desert
High Plains
Hill Country
Coastal Plains
Semi-Tropical zone

Besides that the Big Bend National Park near El Paso worth a visit or two to just check out the scenery.

http://www.big.bend.national-park.com/info.htm

Besides we have this lovely creature also in Texas

http://www.texashillcountry.com/wildlife.htm

[Sjakihata]

What makes that creature so lovely?

[Watchman]

I've been to France several times. Liked the place.

I've never been to Texas, and quite possibly never will. Thus far the shortage of reasons to visit, or even want to, has been fairly absolute.

[Watchman]

The current royal line of Sweden is of French ancestry (Bernadotte was a real rags-to-Napoleon's-marshal success story).

Trump that, Texas.

...Well, the current male head of the Romanov line is a retired Texan Marine colonel or somesuch. But judging by what he spouted in that interview he's an idiot, so he's really more of a demerit. New York at least has the guy who could've been the current King of Finland, and he's a smart fellow too...

[Avicenna]

louis that just shows that france's finest has no chest.

[Watchman]

I think she looks nice enough as is.

Silicone is, after all, so very fake. :rtwno:

[solypsist]

texas is teh only state dumb enough where people can be arrested for drinking in a bar (http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8034788/detail.html).

""The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has taken its fight against drunken driving to a new level. TABC agents, along with Irving police, targeted 36 bars and clubs Friday, arresting some allegedly intoxicated patrons before they departed the businesses. "

[lars573]

France>Texas, anytime anywhere not matter what. Not even a contest. France has Napoleon (he was born about the same time that Genoa sold Corsica to France so technically he was French) and Charlemagne and Renee Decarte. Plus it has wine and created Champagne. And without France Texas as we know it would not even exist for us to make fun off. So without France all Texans would be Mexicans. Plus French cooking owns any fried piece of crap meal that a Texan could come up with. All your good food you kifed from Mexico.




Plus Texas sucks. Sorry but it's true if you have oil you suck it's a constant of the universe.


As you might guess I voted for France, like anyone with good taste did.

[Dutch_guy]

I love France, and well the only impression I've ever gotten of Texas is Houston airport...

Judging by that experience I'd say France is better than Texas.

:balloon2:

[Reverend Joe]

Kaiser- The Germans all love to say that Charlemagne was German, because they loathe the fact that it was a Frenchman who built the first true kingdom of Germany out of filthy, unwashed Saxons. :2thumbsup: ~:joker:

But, to be fair to Texas, they do have Peyote... that's a big plus, no matter how you slice it.

[Major Robert Dump]

texas is teh only state dumb enough where people can be arrested for drinking in a bar (http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8034788/detail.html).

""The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has taken its fight against drunken driving to a new level. TABC agents, along with Irving police, targeted 36 bars and clubs Friday, arresting some allegedly intoxicated patrons before they departed the businesses. "


Gotta love the "actual physical control" laws against drunk driving. Basically, if you are like within 100 yards of your car and you are drunk, you can be charged with APC for simply having your keys in your hand or for verbally insinuating that you will be trying to drive soon. This law also means if you decide to sleep in your car to sober up you can be charged with APC as well, unless you have your keys locked away somewhere like the trunk.......which begs the question of how exactly you get them back if they are locked away, but oh well, the ways cops enforce laws isn't supposed to make sense anymore, right?

[BigTex]

Texas is the best place to be in America if your single for starters. Maxim rated Dallas/Ftw 1 and 2 for the hottest wome, san antonio rang in at 4 and houstin came in at 6. Times rated Dalls/FTW area as 2 and 3 for best single nightlife. Also there's always south padre around this time of the year (spring break).

Texas hasn't been invaded and surendered twice in the past century. Texas has Dallas, the TV show known worldwide. Texas has the largest rodeo in the world. Texans don't riot every time there's a new law passed. The women in Texas have a keen sense of personal hygene, and shave. Texas isnt France, best reason I can give you right there.

I think we need to solve this predicament with a game of football. Not that pansy c**p yall play in europe but real football, that doesnt involve feet. We need a football match in the cold icy snow, where the only thing keeping your quarterbacks hands warm are the centers genitals. Because the only thing better then international competition is violent international competition.

https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/Thammure/945-bettis.jpg

And Texas has the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader's, gods gift to men.

https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/Thammure/DCC.jpg

[Red Peasant]

France is a real country.
Texas tried to be a real country but wimped-out, failed, or just sucked at being an independent country. So it joined the US (a real country ~;) ) because it couldnt' hack it on its own
Ergo, France is far better than silly 'little' Texas.

Elephant Folies Bergeres!
:elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant: :elephant:

[Duke Malcolm]

I think we need to solve this predicament with a game of football. Not that pansy c**p yall play in europe but real football, that doesnt involve feet. We need a football match in the cold icy snow, where the only thing keeping your quarterbacks hands warm are the centers genitals. Because the only thing better then international competition is violent international competition.

https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/Thammure/945-bettis.jpg

And Texas has the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader's, gods gift to men.

https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/Thammure/DCC.jpg

France plays Rugby -- A proper man's game, where not even the French wear big armour to protect themselves.

[ICantSpellDawg]

Ah, but at it's greatest extent, France was never led by an actual Frenchman.


we're being led by a texan

[Adrian II]

Gotta love the "actual physical control" laws against drunk driving. Basically, if you are like within 100 yards of your car and you are drunk, you can be charged with APC for simply having your keys in your hand or for verbally insinuating that you will be trying to drive soon. This law also means if you decide to sleep in your car to sober up you can be charged with APC as well, unless you have your keys locked away somewhere like the trunk...Say whut? This means you can be arrested in Texas for looking at a car key whilst drinking? Or two car keys, so to speak?

Just when I was about to vote for Texas... ~:handball: ~:)

[Just A Girl]

France Beat wales in rugby "TOTALY LUCKY" They didnt ground The ball and we did not get a try. when we should have.
Then 6 mins from the end they manage to get the Win when theyd lost all through the game!!!.

Then we have
The under 21 french rugby team, Whose players went down like towering sacks of **** , Every time there was a break in play. "Like they's been shot in the head.."
TIME WASTING FRENCH KIDS!!!!


Play Rugby PROPERLY You Jammy sod's.

[Red Peasant]

Play Rugby PROPERLY You Jammy sod's.

They do, but they're not very good at Rugby League ~;)

[Just A Girl]

I dont like rugby league it sux...

This is rugby union.
6 nations..

They were lucky to beat wales. (french video ref)
"Mumbles profanity"

and the under 21's were Horrific.
stalling for time after every play (time does not stop in the under 21's when theres a break in play)

Lil time wasters.

[Adrian II]

France Beat wales in rugby "TOTALY LUCKY" They didnt ground The ball and we did not get a try. when we should have.
Then 6 mins from the end they manage to get the Win when theyd lost all through the game!!!.

Then we have
The under 21 french rugby team, Whose players went down like towering sacks of **** , Every time there was a break in play. "Like they's been shot in the head.."
TIME WASTING FRENCH KIDS!!!!


Play Rugby PROPERLY You Jammy sod's.Oh please, they were simply better than Wales. That's all there was to it. Wales were brilliant at times, but lacked the energy and resourcefulness to hold on to their half-time lead. It's tough for last year's champions, but with Hal Luscombe you'll get over it.

[Just A Girl]

well you couldnot have watched the game.
But im sure yove read it all in a paper :)

There was a try for wales that did not get counted cos french video ref said French plaer grounded the ball with his arm.
When the evidence blaitantly showed his arm was not on the ball when the ball hit the floor (did not ground it)
then shane Puts downward pressure on the ball with his hand = TRY...

French video ref goes .

"Um ... no try cay 22 line."
saying the french guy grounded the ball. when he didnot, and video evidence proved it.

so they were lucky. to win.
Cos if that had counted Which it should have.
They would heve had no hope.

[Husar]

I laways see Charlemagne or "Karl der Grosse" as a frenchman as well as a german, hi empire was also quite mixed, I actually see him as the last person who united "France" and "Germany" before we always beat those Frenchies.~;p

But there have been even more reasons which made me vote Texas.:knight:

[InsaneApache]

Now Rugby League pwns Union. League has hard men, with hard names, such as Cyril and Walter. Union is a pansies game for ponces with girly names like Tristran, Jeremy and loads of Nigels. :inquisitive: :laugh4:

[Adrian II]

There was a try for wales that did not get counted cos french video ref said French plaer grounded the ball with his arm.So the Frenchman grounded it with his body, but Williams never touched it. Come on, the French came back from 13-6 down in the Welsh home stadium. It's called fighting spirit.

[Ianofsmeg16]

I voted GAH!!! not because i hate them both, i just have no real opinion, France is actually a nice country, and i havnt been to texas so i cant say anything about that without resorting to stereotypes

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

It's a tough call, but I think France is better. I mean, where would my country be without our national sport of invading them whenever we get bored?

[Just A Girl]

drench man grounded it with his body Which does not count.
And you CLEARLY see shane's hand on the ball pushiong it down straight after the ball pops out..

And reugby league sux with there 5 tackle rule and no rucks.

[A.Saturnus]

Yes, I was thinking about putting French literature, art, cuisine and philosophy in the equation. But will them Texans understand these concepts?

Just think about it: "Texan philosopher" :laugh4:

[Sasaki Kojiro]

You're all just jealous of Ohio

:2thumbsup:

[Csargo]

France plays Rugby -- A proper man's game, where not even the French wear big armour to protect themselves.

Were not idiots. Were not gonna hurt ourselves while playing a stupid game.:book:

[Red Peasant]

drench And reugby league sux with there 5 tackle rule and no rucks.

That's because RL has 'rules' my dear little chap. Union or 'Rah-Rah Rugger' is just a glorified version of British Bulldog or 'Scrag and Bash' as we used to call it. A No Rules, No Sense, No Idea game for overweight toffs. God, I can't stand the RFU, so I quite enjoyed England's ('England' is a TM of the RFU apparently) recent miseries.
I see that the Gladiator himself, Russell Crowe, has just bought out the Aussie NRL team South Sydney Rabbitohs. Russ Maximus knows the real McCoy when he see it ~;)

[Craterus]

we're being led by a texan

Unfortunately enough for you...

[Csargo]

Hey how come my names not on this Thread to I'm the one who made the Poll? I'm the one who made the poll.

[Kagemusha]

Hey how come my names not on this Thread to I'm the one who made the Poll? I'm the one who made the poll.

Becouse you have been pwned by the French.~:joker:

[Csargo]

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[Papewaio]

The French can play both Rugby Union and Football (Soccer) with flare and skill... just not consistently. ~:(

[Tribesman]

we're being led by a texan
Unfortunately enough for you... a Connecticut Yankee Texan ?:inquisitive:

[Louis VI the Fat]

isnt Texas just a bunch of farms and with a spacecenter somewhere in the middle? ~:dizzy:Yep, the US uses Houston as a space base. So in case something goes horribly wrong, like a spacecraft crashing or exploding, only Texas gets hurt.

Kind of what France uses French Guiana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Spatial_Guyanais) for. ~;p

[TheSilverKnight]

VIVE LE FRANCE!!!

I never thought I'd say that, being English and all. But I love France. I love French people. I love French culture. French people love me. Be jealous. :2thumbsup:

[Kaiser of Arabia]

France shouldn't even be a country.
Should be a province in the Holy Roman Empire.

And mind you all, the Franks were Germanic. The Guals were French. And the Guals suck.


Kaiser- The Germans all love to say that Charlemagne was German, because they loathe the fact that it was a Frenchman who built the first true kingdom of Germany out of filthy, unwashed Saxons.

Bah, the French cannot even unify their own people. Vichy France, anyone?

They changed governments way more times than Texas has, and their Grande Armee was, at it's greatest moment, comprised of Germans, Italians, Poles, Irishmen, and Spaniards. How else do you figure they got into Russia, the French would be too busy eating Snails and not shaving to march that far :furious3: :2thumbsup:

[Uesugi Kenshin]

France>Texas, as Vermont>Texas.

Come to the chat when the Texans drop by and I'm sure you'll hear all about it.

[Strike For The South]

wheres Redleg when you need him. anyway Tribesman thats a load of bullocks. When Texas seceded A yankee divison was there and preceded to piss themselves (who wouldnt being surronded by Texans?) before they were scopped back up.

TEXANS








Normal people



Yankees





































idiots from Ohio

[Somebody Else]

Given that I'd much rather visit France than anywhere in the USA...

[Kaiser of Arabia]

SFTS just convinced me... France wins.

Though New Jersey beats the hell out of both of them, combined.

[Tribesman]

anyway Tribesman thats a load of bullocks. When Texas seceded A yankee divison was there and preceded to piss themselves (who wouldnt being surronded by Texans?) before they were scopped back up.

Oh I see , you are talking about Texan myths , not Texan history .
In that case my vote goes to France , they have better myths .

[Husar]

Just think about it: "Texan philosopher" :laugh4:
Yeah, one more reason to vote Texas!:2thumbsup:

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

The few hot chicks that live in fugliestan are generally ackompagnied by a big bubba that has more gold then an aztech temple, don't blaim the frogs for your confusion.

eh? where?

[Kraxis]

louis that just shows that france's finest has no chest.
Bah...

http://ndecker.club.fr/Laetitia/Pics/laetitia256.jpg > https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/Thammure/DCC.jpg

[TheSilverKnight]

Bah...

http://ndecker.club.fr/Laetitia/Pics/laetitia256.jpg > https://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e331/Thammure/DCC.jpg

...*cough*...no chest indeed...:2thumbsup: send those girls over to England...I'd like further examination of them :idea2:

[Divinus Arma]

Texas folk regularly uses two things that the French shun:

SOAP
https://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7105/soapdish7134tm.jpg (https://imageshack.us)


And for da Ladies:

https://img388.imageshack.us/img388/8136/m7053lwd400cs3qj.jpg (https://imageshack.us)


French = https://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7239/bleh8zw.png (https://imageshack.us)

and https://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3971/bleh5ao.png (https://imageshack.us)

and

https://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9934/paris9lk.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

and https://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8136/jpssweatyback9fn.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

and you have EUROTRASH!!!!

https://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8172/nasty9mm.th.jpg (https://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nasty9mm.jpg)

But then Texas has its share of ills too.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I need a "I love them equally the same" option...:furious3:

[Csargo]

Should be a province in the Holy Roman Empire.:

I was talking about how the English should have won the Hundreds Years War but hey its all the same. I've never heard of the French having there own anything to do with space we have our own space center ha.:book:

[KafirChobee]

As a kid, my Mom talked about how beautiful Corpus Christy and Galvastine were - aside from Phoenix (only God knows why). After visiiting the, I like Galvastine (sorta, worse sunburn of my young adult life) .... but Corpus is a hole where bigoted whites live.

As for the remainder of Texass .... "it's god's country .... 'cause satan didn't want it (aside from the souls in it). Texas is one big fart that is continuace - the wind blows as much much as their women do. Not ugly, just ... on and on and on and on and on ..........

[Redleg]

As a kid, my Mom talked about how beautiful Corpus Christy and Galvastine were - aside from Phoenix (only God knows why). After visiiting the, I like Galvastine (sorta, worse sunburn of my young adult life) .... but Corpus is a hole where bigoted whites live.

So you must of fit right into the mold of Corpus then given that you often espouse bigoted view points. :oops: :laugh4:

BTW - you needed to go inland many more miles to get to the true bigoted whites who live in that part of Texas. Corpus has nothing on those that live a little fatrher east and north of that town.



As for the remainder of Texass .... "it's god's country .... 'cause satan didn't want it (aside from the souls in it). Texas is one big fart that is continuace - the wind blows as much much as their women do. Not ugly, just ... on and on and on and on and on ..........

lets see if you can take a comment of this type as well as you like to dish them out. :wall:

[Kraxis]

I've never heard of the French having there own anything to do with space we have our own space center ha.:book:
Not certain what you are trying to say, but you do know that the ESA sends it's rockets up from French Guiana...

[solypsist]

I see you've been to Vidor, too. although it's not so much "inland" as simply further up.

[QUOTE=Redleg]BTW - you needed to go inland many more miles to get to the true bigoted whites who live in that part of Texas. Corpus has nothing on those that live a little fatrher east and north of that town.
QUOTE]

[Justiciar]

It's acctually a harder choice than I first thought. I've been to Texas only twice.. beyond stereotypes it isn't all that bad a place. Alot more liberal than I'd been led to believe. I did however vote for France.. not for the architecture, the history, the food (which I find vastly overrated.. it's just food ffs!).. not even for the women. Simply because I find it easier to relate to France than I do to Texas. Even though it isn't the rocky wasteland populated by cocky cowboys it's often portrayed to be, it just feels more foreign than France.

[Redleg]

I see you've been to Vidor, too. although it's not so much "inland" as simply further up.

[QUOTE=Redleg]BTW - you needed to go inland many more miles to get to the true bigoted whites who live in that part of Texas. Corpus has nothing on those that live a little fatrher east and north of that town.


Yep Vidor is within the area I am talking about.

[Adrian II]

http://ndecker.club.fr/Laetitia/Pics/laetitia256.jpgGod.. oh sheesh... sorry guys, but that settles it (http://www.lexscripta.com/midi/anthems/France.mid).

[Al Khalifah]

Isn't Germany bigger than France?

[Marcellus]

Isn't Germany bigger than France?

Its population and economy is larger than France's, but in terms of area, France is larger.

[Louis VI the Fat]

In the name of the Republic I hereby claim victory for France, and would like to dedicate it to my eternal maiden.

Vive la douce France et la pucelle d’Orléans!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Jeanne_d%27_Arc_%28Eugene_Thirion%29.jpg/426px-Jeanne_d%27_Arc_%28Eugene_Thirion%29.jpg

[Louis VI the Fat]

i dont see any poll options. i guess that's because the original poster just knew texas would be slaughtered and so didnt feel the need.http://matousmileys.free.fr/french.gif


Should any of you Texans be too upset, know that France always welcomes back her former colonies, like Texas. (http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/6flags.htm)

The French 'fleur de lys' as it once waved over Texas:
http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/tx_flag2.gif

[Strike For The South]

As a kid, my Mom talked about how beautiful Corpus Christy and Galvastine were - aside from Phoenix (only God knows why). After visiiting the, I like Galvastine (sorta, worse sunburn of my young adult life) .... but Corpus is a hole where bigoted whites live.

As for the remainder of Texass .... "it's god's country .... 'cause satan didn't want it (aside from the souls in it). Texas is one big fart that is continuace - the wind blows as much much as their women do. Not ugly, just ... on and on and on and on and on ..........

AHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAHAAHAHAAHA
Do you actually belive that. Those bigoted whites have a tough time when 55% of the population is Mexican. HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I see you've been to Vidor, too. although it's not so much "inland" as simply further up.

[QUOTE=Redleg]BTW - you needed to go inland many more miles to get to the true bigoted whites who live in that part of Texas. Corpus has nothing on those that live a little fatrher east and north of that town.
QUOTE]

When I went to New Orleans last Spring Break, I had to drive through Vidor. OMG, that place is scary man.:embarassed:

[Tribesman]

Those bigoted whites have a tough time when 55% of the population is Mexican.
Mexican ???? Oh I get it , that explains why you live in San Antonio , thats a damn fine Mexican sounding place :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

Anyway , do you have any more Texan myths about the civil war that you would like to share ?

[Soulforged]

France is the best because of it's people: They are franks. (quac)

Yes I know, a bad joke.:laugh4: By the way I've never been to France so everything I say might be crap.

[Reverend Joe]

http://matousmileys.free.fr/french.gif


Should any of you Texans be too upset, know that France always welcomes back her former colonies, like Texas. (http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/6flags.htm)

The French 'fleur de lys' as it once waved over Texas:
http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/tx_flag2.gif
https://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3021/explodinghead5aj4wm.gif

[Strike For The South]

Those bigoted whites have a tough time when 55% of the population is Mexican.
Mexican ???? Oh I get it , that explains why you live in San Antonio , thats a damn fine Mexican sounding place :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

Anyway , do you have any more Texan myths about the civil war that you would like to share ?

1. Who said I was bigoted/
2. OWNED http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/tx/tx003.html

[Tribesman]

OWNED
:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
Would you like to compare the details from that link to what you claimed :book:
then perhaps you can go on to all the other inches of Texas that the Union never captured .

[Major Robert Dump]

There weren't other inches the union captured, and the initial capturing of Galveston was due to a retreat/hold position with the immediate plans to retake afterwards.

Personally, I'm a Union man myself, but to claim the Galveston "capture" as some major battle resulting in union victory is erroneous, because the initial win was simply by default and was quickly overturned by a counterattack. Giving up ground with the plans to retake is nothing new in warfare, we should all know that as total war players.

[Banquo's Ghost]

1. Who said I was bigoted/
2. OWNED http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/tx/tx003.html

From the link above:


They also took Harriet Lane, by boarding her, and two barks and a schooner. Cdr. W.B. Renshaw's flagship, U.S.S. Westfield, ran aground when trying to help Harriet Lane and, at 10:00 am, she was blown up to prevent her capture by the Confederates.

This Harriet girl had quite a time! I can see why the Yankees were so hated, going around taking your women and then blowing her up. Was she Texan?

~;) ~D

[Tribesman]

There weren't other inches the union captured, and the initial capturing of Galveston was due to a retreat/hold position with the immediate plans to retake afterwards.

yes , there were lots of them , but as for what you say , that isn't what SFTS claimed , he claimed that the Union never captured an inch of Texas , False , he claimed that a Union division was in Galveston False , he claimed that the Union retreated without a fight False .
As for the immediate plans you mention , that isn't very immediate is it ? four months to recapture an area held by three companies of volunteers .
You see holding onto the towns didn't matter , blockading the trade mattered .
The areas further to the West that the Union held onto longer were slightly different as that was to disrupt cross border trde and as a precaution against french intervention . The cross border trade was not enough to worry about in the end and the French were not a threat so they withdrew eventually .
I do like the bit about the Union troops returning all the bricks they had used in their fortifications before they left , very civil of them wasn't it .
It must have been very dangerous for them to carry all those building materials back to the church with all the hordes of vengeful Texans throwing them out of town .:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
So , SFTS , what you have given are Texan myths not Texan history innit .......OWNED

How about some French myths then , anyone want to start with Storming the Bastille~;)

[solypsist]

this thread will prob be closed due both the spamathon and texas history pwnage. anyway, it looks like the poll has just about run out of steam. hmmm..i wonder what the prize for whichever state/country that wins will be? even better, what will the penalties be for the users who voted wrong?

[master of the puppets]

personally i don't care for either much but since i just got finished watching a documentary on the bloody debauchery of the french rrevolution i'm gonna have to say texas.

[Strike For The South]

Tribes my dear boy the union didnt win they were stuck there look at MRD post

[Just A Girl]

but rugby league is just a load of twaddle.
They have No rucks!!!,

In rugby union.
You tackle the guy.
he releases the ball.
then one of your guys gets to pick up the ball "provided he stays on his feet"
but the opponents are also running in for the ball.
And they come crashing together like rams, Forming a ruck.
More people pile in. trying to push there way forward so the ball comes out on your side of the feild where you can grab it "whilst still on your feet"

That my freind is a sport.

Same situation in rugby league...

You tackle a guy.
let him go then runaway.
he gets up passes the ball and you do it again.
5 of those, and you haft to cick the ball.

YAWN

[Reenk Roink]

I will now make my desicion based on which region is more hospitable to Curling...:balloon:

[Kaiser of Arabia]

http://matousmileys.free.fr/french.gif


Should any of you Texans be too upset, know that France always welcomes back her former colonies, like Texas. (http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/6flags.htm)

The French 'fleur de lys' as it once waved over Texas:
http://www.lsjunction.com/facts/tx_flag2.gif

Italy wants it's former colony back.

http://www.markchurms.com/Merchant2/graphics/caesar-d.jpg

The conqueror of France (or at least, the first one), Julius Cæsar

[doc_bean]

and you have EUROTRASH!!!!

https://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8172/nasty9mm.th.jpg (https://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nasty9mm.jpg)


They're obviously Brits !

[Kraxis]

Nice try Kaiser, but Italy has nothing but language (to an extent) and geographic location in common with the Romans. France on the other hand has a direct line of connection to Texas it seems.

[Louis VI the Fat]

They're obviously Brits !Good catch, Doc.

If you enlarge that picture, you can clearly see that bloke wearing a Union Flag belt-buckle. :laugh4:

[Louis VI the Fat]

Italy wants it's former colony back.The Romans didn't conquer France. There was no France at that time, only Gaul. We, present-day French, are those Romans.
France was born out the mixture of Romano-Celtic Gaul with the Germanic Franks.

[Ser Clegane]

Good catch, Doc.

If you enlarge that picture, you can clearly see that bloke wearing a Union Flag belt-buckle. :laugh4:

Add to that the English policeman on the left (unless the French police adopted those hats ~;) )

[Louis VI the Fat]

Add to that the English policeman on the left (unless the French police adopted those hats ~;) )
The French have a keen eye for fine fashion details. :balloon2:

And the Germans a keen eye for spotting the bloody obvious. :wall:

:oops:

[Ironside]

Add to that the English policeman on the left (unless the French police adopted those hats ~;) )

And that they are doing English insults. ~;) What other country uses that V-sign as an insult?


this thread will prob be closed due both the spamathon and texas history pwnage. anyway, it looks like the poll has just about run out of steam. hmmm..i wonder what the prize for whichever state/country that wins will be? even better, what will the penalties be for the users who voted wrong?

Deportion to France.
Doesn't matter what vote you decide is wrong then ~;)

[Zain]

TEXAS BABY!!!!!

Which is a part of the USA...

:unitedstates:

-ZainDustin

[Kraxis]

And that they are doing English insults. ~;) What other country uses that V-sign as an insult?
Also, I have only seen English do the V-sign inverted. Everyone else I have seen do it palm out.

[Ironside]

Also, I have only seen English do the V-sign inverted. Everyone else I have seen do it palm out.

The inverted V-sign is an insult and much older than the victory V-sign AFAIK. Highlighted the wrong word ~;p

[Kraxis]

The inverted V-sign is an insult and much older than the victory V-sign AFAIK. Highlighted the wrong word ~;p
Indeed... It is meant to represent a special part of the female anatomy, just like the 'bird' is meant to represent a finger in close proximity to said anatomy.

And then there is the much older yeoman twofinger insult to the French (though it was more similar to the boyscout salute).

[Louis VI the Fat]

https://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8172/nasty9mm.th.jpg


Isn't that bling-wrapped elderly chavette making this well-known gesture? https://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2673/smilietonguesleepout9sx.gif

[Watchman]

Hey, outta curiosity, who did the Gauls conquer France from ? I'm pretty sure there was someone there before them, and it wasn't the Neanderthals...

When you think about it, it's obviously a pretty neat place because everyone's always been taking it over or trying to. The Gauls, their Helvetii cousins (Julius kinda splattered the migration in the bud though), the Romans, the Franks, the Moors, the English... The Germans don't actually really count IMHO, since they just wanted it out of the way so they could deal with that pesky Perfidious Albion off the coast.

[Al Khalifah]

Go TCU
I can't remember who said it to me, but if England had a Texas - it'd be Yorkshire. Therefore, I have to side with Texas. Plus I know many cool people from Texas, but the French tend to be quite anti-English, especially English farmers, so they get no support from me.

[Redleg]

Hey, outta curiosity, who did the Gauls conquer France from ? I'm pretty sure there was someone there before them, and it wasn't the Neanderthals...

Parisians? :laugh4:

I think I have read somewhere that a historian believed that one of the celtic tribes of the Isles might have orginially came from parts of Europe that now contains France.

[Don Corleone]

I went a very different way on this one. Both places have natural splendor. Both have culinary delights. Both provide additions to the cultural base of humanity. It'd be jingoistic to make a choice along these lines. Both even make good wine, though the French were doing it centuries before there even was a Texas.

So instead, I let the little head do the thinkin for the big one, and as usual, I got the right answer:

France: Sophie Marceau, Isabelle Adjani, Julie Delpy

Texas: Eva Longoria, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jennifer Garner

While Texas has the overall hottest babe of them all (Jennifer Love Hewitt and her amazing mammaries), France's top 3 wins over Texas's.

[Divinus Arma]

They're obviously Brits !

True. But eurotrash is in Europe, not Texas. I must be fair, however, and point that Texas does have:

REDNECKS!!!
https://img234.imageshack.us/img234/3093/redneck2fy.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

https://img234.imageshack.us/img234/3522/redneck6ie.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

https://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5100/rednecks4cm.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

https://img228.imageshack.us/img228/768/obese1iv.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

[Ser Clegane]

The last picture is a fraud ... these ... uhm ... girls do not even have any necks...

[Kralizec]

:gah:
That last pic is disturbing Divinus. I'm going to assume it's fake, please don't convince me otherwise.

[InsaneApache]

Go TCU
I can't remember who said it to me, but if England had a Texas - it'd be Yorkshire. Therefore, I have to side with Texas. Plus I know many cool people from Texas, but the French tend to be quite anti-English, especially English farmers, so they get no support from me.

Hoi, I'm not having that!!!! Texans are big, brash and arrogant....and Tykes are big, brash and arroga....err ok I concede. :laugh4:

[Al Khalifah]

Plus, we've got all the (legally owned) guns :laugh4: :laugh4: .... and we're the biggest traditional county.

The Republic of Yorkshire and Texas... could it possibly be the most pefect nation ever formed?

[ZombieFriedNuts]

A couple of things

American football is NOT football its rugby with padding, they don’t even use there foot that often why call it football

I’m English so I instinctively dislike France

God may have blessed Texas with his own hands but France has the Holy Grail
(sorry couldn’t resist it, I read the da vinci code)

Wo ho can we compare other states and countries

[Csargo]

God may have blessed Texas with his own hands but France has the Holy Grail
(sorry couldn’t resist it, I read the da vinci code)

You can't prove that.:inquisitive: :furious3: :furious3: :furious3:

[ZombieFriedNuts]

no you can't, but its fun to say isn’t it.
you can't prove a lot of stuff but people still believe things

[Brenus]

“I’m English so I instinctively dislike France” Have you a problem with your History?

[ZombieFriedNuts]

I was trying to be funny, obviously I failed.

[Brenus]

NO no, it was funny

[Red Peasant]

Hey, outta curiosity, who did the Gauls conquer France from ? I'm pretty sure there was someone there before them, and it wasn't the Neanderthals...



Celts/Gauls are believed to have originated in the Upper Danube area of Central Europe (ie Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Czech). The advance of Halstatt and La Tene culture Celts can be traced across Europe from c.700 BC. Their western advance came to a halt in Spain, hence the Celt-Iberians, and other Iberian peoples proper. Maybe the Basques, Picts, Portuguese even, were descendents of these non-Gallic tribes. The Celts seem to have been the first 'Imperialists' of Europe.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

The Celts seem to have been the first 'Imperialists' of Europe. :2thumbsup:

[Louis VI the Fat]

“I’m English so I instinctively dislike France” Have you a problem with your History?Come on, Brenus. I think his history has shown him there have been, erm, brief instances of mild antagonism between France and England. :idea2:

[Brenus]

Well, yeah, but the problem was his instinct was wrong. He probably had French ancestors; at least a lot of English Kings were French. Edward III, grand son of Philippe IV Le Bel, to start with… Louis VIII son of Phillip was the last real French King of England. However, all the Plantagenet dynasty was from French origin (Anjou and Normandie, in French and the text) and even the end of the bad bad Richard III was largely due to the fact that his victor Henri Tudor came and landed (from France) with a French contingent. So, the minor incidents which separated English and French during few centuries and several wars are just family quarrels and shouldn’t be mentioned….:laugh4:

[Watchman]

But then along came the Germans, whom both could hate instead. :bounce:

You know, Finland and Sweden are probably the exact only two neighboring states on the whole subcontinent who haven't been in a war with each other - and *that* may just be because Finland hasn't been around all that long...

[Incongruous]

I dislike the French because they believe their culture is the best the world has ever seen. Obviously havn't been to Fulham or Hammersmith on a Saturday Night.

Texans, that accent pisses me off and the best beef comes from Japan anyway.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?:juggle2:

[Rodion Romanovich]

But then along came the Germans, whom both could hate instead. :bounce:

You know, Finland and Sweden are probably the exact only two neighboring states on the whole subcontinent who haven't been in a war with each other - and *that* may just be because Finland hasn't been around all that long...

Gah, Sweden went on a crusade to baptize Finnish Pagans and rebaptize Finnish Christians in the Medieval period. It wasn't Finland then, but still, shows how common love for thy neighbor is :wall:

[Strike For The South]

5 years later and I have not seen a more ignorant OP

There's a yellow rose of Texas
That I am going to see
No other soldier knows her
No soldier, only me.
She cried so when I left her
It like to broke my heart
And if I ever find her
We never more will part.
She's the sweetest rose of color
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew.
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee.
Oh, my heart is feeling weary
And my head is hanging low
I'm goin' back to Georgy
To find my Uncle Joe.
You may talk about your Beauregard
And sing of Bobby Lee
But the Gallant Hood of Texas
He raised Hell in Tennessee.

http://www.37thtexas.org/html/YelRoselyr.html

Replace Tennessee with France or don't both are places filled with back ass hillbilles. One subscribes to faux culture, one to faux BBQ

[Louis VI the Fat]

There's a yellow rose of Texas
That I am going to see
No other soldier knows her
No soldier, only me.
She cried so when I left her
It like to broke my heart
And if I ever find her
We never more will part.
She's the sweetest rose of color
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew.
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee.
Oh, my heart is feeling weary
And my head is hanging low
I'm goin' back to Georgy
To find my Uncle Joe.
You may talk about your Beauregard
And sing of Bobby Lee
But the Gallant Hood of Texas
He raised Hell in Tennessee.I can only meet this provocation with the world's first music video, the 1907(!) rendition of the world's most glorious song.

Move over Justin Bieber! (probably a Texan, judging by his looks) This is what rockstars looked like a century ago:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ea44njRTw




1907!? B..but that's two decades before we here in our American backwoods had movies with sound! How is that possible? One would play the sound on an accompanying grammophone, synchronised with the movie. The effect was startling to audiences who were barely used to moving images or recorded sound, never mind the combination of the two.

Such are the wonders one could see in Paris. Synchronised music videos - just another great French invention, in the wake of that other great French invention: film itself, which was the result of yet another French invention, the single image, that is, photography.

Images are a decidely French mode of expression. A thousand years of French cultural superiority culminated in French dominance in 19th and 20th century painting, photography and cinéma. To this day French cinéma - virtually alone in Europe - arrogantly pits quality against the Hollywood fastfilm onslaught.

[al Roumi]

Viva el Tejas!

[LeftEyeNine]

I, now, happen to learn that some very familiar tune was actually a partition of La Marseillaise.

The French also should be appreciated for shooting this with an actor in pyjamas.

[Hosakawa Tito]

Does Franz haz BBQZ?

[Strike For The South]

In Memoriam

[Vladimir]

Indeed. :sad:

[Kagemusha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs

[Vuk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06jlgpMtQs

Because genocide is really a good thing.

[Kralizec]

In Memoriam

~:(


Because genocide is really a good thing.

:rolleyes:

[Kagemusha]

Because genocide is really a good thing.

No, because when everything else fails.Soviet Anthem never does.

[Vladimir]

No, because when everything else fails.Soviet Anthem never does.

In Soviet Russia, anthem sings YOU!