War between France and Belgium inevitable?

[Husar]

And we made the world talk about us, even though we lost the war.
We're the Paris Hilton among nations.

[Sarmatian]

And i think in the eyes of the world is a little bit exagerate

The entire thing is exaggerated since it's a joke. It was a trap for Louis actually, but you and Meneldil got caught. Louis avoided it. Ahh, my arch nemesis on the org is becoming smarter. Meditate on this, I must.

Monday - Black Adder: See it… Not really ant-French, more anti-British establishment. The last series, staged during the WW1 is hard.
Tuesday - Men Behaving Badly (don’t know this one)
Wednesday - Only Fools and Horses. Er, why? Except the very bad French from Delboy?
Thursday - Monty Python: Not really and in the Holly Grail, in fact, the scene with the French is a reminder about the French ruling England, long time ago (lacher la vache)
Friday and weekends (now this is the real punishment) - 'Allo, 'Allo: I did like the series. All countries took from it.

The point was just that they're British, not because they're anti-French or something.

You liked 'Allo, 'Allo? Seriously? That was the worst British series ever to be translated into other languages...

[Pannonian]

And we made the world talk about us, even though we lost the war.
We're the Paris Hilton among nations.

Are there any homemade videos of you beating the French?

[LittleGrizzly]

Was that the one with the french resistance and the unattractive wife.. its not too bad imo....

I heard of the french surrendering thing before Iraq... I think its mainly based on WW2 (at least here in Britian) its slightly unfair though... I don't know if my fellow Brits think thier unprepared army could have held back the nazis in frances position...

If you were to blame anything for the quick defeat it would be the stupidity of thier command (or lack of foresight maybe, its always easy to look back) It is a bit of an overused joke IMDHO...

[Pannonian]

Was that the one with the french resistance and the unattractive wife.. its not too bad imo....

I've heard rumours of a badly shot home video called "Four Years in Paris", but I've not seen it myself. There's supposed to be this moustachioed bloke in it.

[Meneldil]

The entire thing is exaggerated since it's a joke. It was a trap for Louis actually, but you and Meneldil got caught. Louis avoided it. Ahh, my arch nemesis on the org is becoming smarter. Meditate on this, I must.

Louis got caught too, otherwise he wouldn't have started listing all the french victories and what not.

Though I find it annoying, I now know it's a joke (hopefully). Furthermore, it's not nearly as bad here as in some other forums I used to visit. I'm just a bit puzzled by how one of the top-3 most imperialistic and warmongering countries (with Britain and the US) turned into a land of surrendering war-hating hippies for the western public opinion. And it's not just the joke that puzzles me.

International newspapers are freaking out all over the world because Sarkozy acts like a bully (and an idiot) with Iran, while Obama is somehow trying to negociate. Basically, their point is "onoes, the imperialistic evil americans are not doing anything while the peace-loving french are acting tough".
Somehow, these media forgot that France is involved militarily pretty much everywhere in Africa and in a lot of other places, and that France was still pretty good at launching imperialistic military expeditions only a few decades ago, causing the ire of both the US and USSR.
And it's not only Bush-ists right wing media. Slate and the NYT are also falling for this.

Note that I overall support the "peace-loving french" idea actually. It's just that well, that not how things were, or are. The army still has a huge weight in french politics. Except that instead of invading countries and colonizing Africa and Indochina, they now blow up greenpeace boats, support dictators and spy on their own citizen (well they did that in the past too).

[Whacker]

And we made the world talk about us, even though we lost the war.
We're the Paris Hilton among nations.

I still identify more with my dear kraut friends and culture than my froggy friends, in terms of which possible side of the fence my family came from. Be kinda awkward if we end up finding out they were more French...

french victories

Don't you ever, ever do that again. The instant I read this, I collapsed in spastic laughter for a solid 30 minutes.

[Jolt]

How sad. Belgium has been replaced with Britain and Germany.

Poor ol' Andres must be crying that his country, the founding member of this thread, has fallen away into the history of this thread.

[Andres]

How sad. Belgium has been replaced with Britain and Germany.

Poor ol' Andres must be crying that his country, the founding member of this thread, has fallen away into the history of this thread.

Meh, they can have their contests of penis length comparisons or their "which country was most succesfull in slaughtering human beings throughout history" games , we have Belgian beer

[Pannonian]

Meh, they can have their contests of penis length comparisons or their "which country was most succesfull in slaughtering human beings throughout history" games , we have Belgian beer

Andres, shouldn't there be two additional smaller mountains on your emblem, one on each side of the bigger mountain? Also, the fleur de lys should be white.

[Andres]

Andres, shouldn't there be two additional smaller mountains on your emblem, one on each side of the bigger mountain? Also, the fleur de lys should be white.

According to Wiki, it's the shield from Rochefort; my character in a Throne Room PBM I'm currently participating in, is called "Thierry de Rochefort".

It has nothing do to with adoration for la douce France

I'm slow today

[Tribesman]

Andres, shouldn't there be two additional smaller mountains on your emblem, one on each side of the bigger mountain? Also, the fleur de lys should be white.

That would be a rather jaundiced view though.

[KukriKhan]

You need to find another war somewhere where we can compete again.

Ya'll should fight over Detroit again.

Ford Field Stadium holds 80,000 people. 40,000 per side, with Ms. Bruni (Mrs. Sarkozy) at mid-field, attired in a fetching negligee, tied to a post (ala Jean D'Arc, with the keys to the city tied 'round her neck.

Winner take all, and gets bragging rights the next hundred years.

[drone]

Ya'll should fight over Detroit again.

Ford Field Stadium holds 80,000 people. 40,000 per side, with Ms. Bruni (Mrs. Sarkozy) at mid-field, attired in a fetching negligee, tied to a post (ala Jean D'Arc, with the keys to the city tied 'round her neck.

Winner take all, and gets bragging rights the next hundred years.

Got to be more entertaining than watching the Lions play...

[Strike For The South]

Ya'll should fight over Detroit again.
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Is this one of those things where the loser gets the "prize"? (I use that term VERY loosley here)

[Louis VI the Fat]

It's a tough call for me. I love French fries and the fact that Belgium has a stand in every town is a giant plus.

I once spend a summer night in Gant. Was eating on the Korenlei. A medieval canal, beautiful. So quaint and grand alike it moved me to tears. I ate a plate of frites with mussles, which was absolute bliss too. Then washed it down with several Belgian beers.

It was so good that it alone was worth half of France.

[Brenus]

“Don't you ever, ever do that again. The instant I read this, I collapsed in spastic laughter for a solid 30 minutes.”
I will finish you off. The first German defeat in WW2 was against the French: Gembloux Hannut 12-15 May 1940.

[A Very Super Market]

I guess you aren't counting naval defeats. Not to side-track the discussion here, or even bash the French, but remember who the Germans had fought prior to the invasion of France. Poland, with a burning air force and a bad case of Sovi-etis, Denmark, which had no chance whatsoever, and Norway, marred by strange strategic judgements all around.

Actually, I recall there being several halts in the German advance through the low countries. The Dutch and Belgians didn't go down without a fight.

And now we're back on Belgium.