Who here thinks France is better than Texas?

[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.

Should any of you Texans be too upset, know that France always welcomes back her former colonies, like Texas.

The French 'fleur de lys' as it once waved over Texas:

[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]

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

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.

[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

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. By the way I've never been to France so everything I say might be crap.

[Reverend Joe]

Should any of you Texans be too upset, know that France always welcomes back her former colonies, like Texas.

The French 'fleur de lys' as it once waved over Texas:

[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

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

Would you like to compare the details from that link to what you claimed
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?

[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 .
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...

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Should any of you Texans be too upset, know that France always welcomes back her former colonies, like Texas.

The French 'fleur de lys' as it once waved over Texas:

Italy wants it's former colony back.



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

[doc_bean]

and you have EUROTRASH!!!!

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.

[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.

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.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

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

[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...



-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

[Kraxis]

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

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]

Isn't that bling-wrapped elderly chavette making this well-known gesture?

[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.