Jouyeux quatorze julliet! Bonne fête !

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Well, tomorrow is going to be a very busy day for me, and I always forget to check in, so I figured I'd post early this year. It's technically 3:00AM in Paris, so I think it's okay to sneak this in.

Happy Bastille Day! Have a wonderful celebration!
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Thank you so much for all the gifts of culture and innovation you have given us. Thank you for this guy:
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and this guy:
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Thank you for this:
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For this:
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and thank you very much for this:
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Thank you for her:
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for her:
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and for her:
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Viva La France!
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Liberty! Equality! Fraternity! For All!!!
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You say equality, yet there is more white on that picture than red or blue!
Sucre bleu!

In as far as storming a mostly empty prison ought to be celebrated, joyeux quatorze juilliet mes amis.

Thank you for our independence too ~:cheers:

One always feels somewhat conflicted celebrating an incident that led to one of my forebears becoming considerably shorter, yet gave so much to the world.

Félicitations! :balloon:

Joyeux 14 juillet !!

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Congratulations on your freedom to all the French members!

Long Live the Revolution! And many thanks for helping with ours. :bow:

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It appears she has a 4 Defence rating but a +3 morale effect. Is this a hint at a new unit for ETW?

:france: Bonne fête! :france:

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"Screeching women".

Thanks for these two men:

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Alles Les Blues

Looks like a lot of countries choose July to be free.

Congrats!

Vive la FRANCE !!!

Great country, and Paris... uncomparable.

You've made my country possible, and the world a more cultured place. And one of the most spiritual experiences of my life was the feeling I had in Notre Dame Chartres. Thank you.

Ajax

I love all the pictures! :jumping:

Two more. The first one is from a 14 July parade last year. I think it is such a lovely picture, for so many reasons. I won't spoil it by elaborating on my thoughts about it. Instead, I'll leave it open to everybody's own interpretation:


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The second pic is taken in Bordeaux. A kiss and a cigarette in public - those two emblems of Liberty. ~;)
In the back, the monument to my beloved Girondins. The spirit of Liberty on top, breaking free of her chains.


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Joyeux 14 juillet !!

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Now to wait if Belgium will survive for long enough for us to celebrate next week's Belgian National Holiday here...

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Ah, now there's a man of taste...:sweatdrop:

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Now there's a man of taste! http://matousmileys.free.fr/france2.gif

Zizou...Zizou...http://smileys.sur-la-toile.com/repo...te/pleure2.gif

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One always feels somewhat conflicted celebrating an incident that led to one of my forebears becoming considerably shorter, yet gave so much to the world.

Félicitations! :balloon:

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Ah, but officially, the 14 July doesn't celebrate July 14th 1789, but 14-7-1790. Not the Revolution, but the reconciliation feast a year later is celebrated.

Having said that, especially for you:

'The execution of the Girondins'. ~:mecry:

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Thank you France!

No, really. Thanks.

And what would the world be without French fries, French toast, and French kissing?

Ajax

To echo others, allow me to thank you for helping us with our independence (no offense to Brits). Viva la France!! :france:

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And what would the world be without French fries, French toast, and French kissing?

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Breakfast would be much less tasty, making out wouldn't be as fun, and burgers & sandwiches would be lonely. ~;)

Regardless of what the post below says, the French are great. Except for (BACKROOM ALERT)

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EU-maniac Sarkozy.

But other than that, great. ~;)

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"French" toast was known across Medieval Europe, so it's not stricty French.

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making out wouldn't be as fun

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Right you are.

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and burgers & sandwiches would be lonely. ~;)

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Belgians invented fries. ~;)

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Now to wait if Belgium will survive for long enough for us to celebrate next week's Belgian National Holiday here...

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Meh, whatever happens, there will be beer ~:cheers: :barrel:

Warning - Belgian politics in the following picture:

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Former prime minister Verhofstadt vs his challenger Yves Leterme debating about important affairs in a drinking contest during the 2007 elections campaign:
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The French revolution was, in my opinion, a blood fest, so you will not see me celebrating it, but I will celebrate France for what she gave to the world. (coincidently mostly before the revolution)
I love French architecture, the language, and the culture. Viva la France!

I was actually in France for the 14th, in Granville, Normandy. It's great ( I love the country) but there were a lot of people with firecrackers at 2am!

Mais...

Vive la France!

Reference to post 19, does anyone else listen to the Now Show? If so, listen to the last-but-one episode.