YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP

Posted by Unknown On Saturday, August 22, 2009 5 comments
JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.

Rusk responded "does that include those who are buried here?

DeGuale did not respond.

You could have heard a pin drop

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When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.

He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return..'

You could have heard a pin drop.

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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intend to do, bomb them?'

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'

You could have heard a pin drop.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, 'Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE....

Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.

"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.

"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."

The American said, 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

"Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France !"
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to."

You could have heard a pin drop.

5 comments to YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP

  1. says:

    Donplaypuks® I love it!

    Sometime you have to teach these pretentious French a lesson in manner!

    They tout that an ugly painting by Italian Da Vinci is theirs and the 'most beautiful in the world and then go out and eat horses, snails and frogs' legs and say they are sophisticated?

    Not to mention that every time youatch an english movie, there is a tax on it to fund French movies!

  1. says:

    jonno1951 Paula

    I absolutely love it especially when it is giving it to the Froggies.

    Did you know that if you google "French Victories", you will get:

    1. French military victories
    A complete list of French Military Victories:

    End.
    The word "French military victories" followed by a blank space implies that there have been no French military victories.

    2. French Military Victories

    Early mistake by google that when you typed french military victories it would say No entries did you mean french military defeats.
    Student: Search: "french military Victories."

    GOOGLE: No entries did you mean french military defeats.

    3. french military victories

    A sign of the apocolypse
    French win a war, the earth is doomed

    4. french military victories

    oxymoron
    The french won military victories? No they didn't you dumbass

    5. french military victories

    HAHA are we serious? French military victory is just a slang phrase for " retreat!!!!!"
    A french soldier says, " god damnit, well never be able to fight the Germans now, all of our tanks treads are all burnt out because of going into reverse too much, f**k."
    French Tank Commander, "Hey what did u expect, did u see those guys?? they were pointing guns at us!"

    (my addition: French tanks have 1 forward and 4 reverse gears)

    Yet that Country produces one of the most arrogant race of people. They easily forget who liberated them so that they are not speaking German now so I can really relate to some of the stories that stop them on the spot.

    Hugs
    John

  1. says:

    Unknown Hi DPP,

    Well said, DPP! You have a wicked sense of humor, my friend, but you have shared a very precise assessment :-).

    Glad you love this post!

    Take care and have a lovely weekend!

    Warmest regards
    Paula

  1. says:

    Unknown Dear Uncle John,

    Wow! You really know a lot about them LOL!!!

    By the way, I speak both French and German hehehe

    Take care and have a lovely weekend.

    Sorry about the late publication of this comment...have not been well lately.

    Take care and have a lovely weekend.

    hugs
    paula

  1. says:

    jonno1951 Paula

    Comment ca va? Guten tag. :-)

    Keep well
    John

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