Do I sense a growing disdain for the French???
I hear that France is dropping the Blue and Red from their flag to represent true French sentiment.
The French are giving up all red meat in favor of, you guessed it -- Chicken!!!
The French military has been exercising their upper body a lot lately. They are now proficient at "raising their hands in a V."
The Complete Military History of France
Gallic Wars -- Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian.
Hundred Years War -- Mostly lost, saved at last by a female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare: "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman."
Italian Wars -- Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians. France goes 0-5-4 in Wars of Religion -- against the Hugenots.
Thirty Years War -- France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.
War of Devolution -- Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux (hats, chaps).
The Dutch War -- Tied.
War of the Augsburg League / King William's War / French & Indian War -- Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Francophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power.
War of the Spanish Succession -- Lost. The war also gave the French their first taste of a Marlboro, which they have loved ever since.
American Revolution -- In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonies saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome," and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare: "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."
French Revolution -- Won, primarily due to the fact that the opponent was also French.
The Napoleonic Wars -- Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.
The Franco-Prussian War -- Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk-frat-boy to France's ugly-girl-home-alone-on-a-Saturday-night role.
World War I -- Tied and on the way to losing. France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.
War in Indochina -- Lost. French forces plead sickness and take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu!
Algerian Rebellion -- Lost. This loss marks the first defeat of a Western army by a non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare: "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rule of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Esquimaux.
War on Terrorism -- France, keeping in mind its' recent military history surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's.
Au revoir, baby! Au revoir!!!