Nutella wars.

[Dutto]

Don'tcha just love the French?:thumb:Traditionally, during riots the rioters dig up the cobblestones and lob them at the Police. I once saw a riot over Police pay where the Police were digging up cobblestones and lobbing them at the Army; who had been called out 'cos the Police were on strike!:thumb:I just love the place! My kind of people!

 

[Clint]

...we really need the tin hat smiley with that Dutto prowling round...

 

[Gunge]

There's a certain type of person who goes food shopping late on a weeknight just to get reduced items. For some reason, this type of person seems to have no concept of manners or personal space.

Ah, you know me then? Only joking, would never reduce myself to buying that,er, reduced stuff. But... with the exception of Nescafe coffee, Colman's English mustard and KP dry roasted peanuts ( for which there are no substitutes ) I buy the cheapest of everything and avoid 'brands' like the plague.

 

[Clint]

I like yer style!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

we really need the tin hat smiley with that Dutto prowling round...

Your wish is my command.

:thumb:
:tinhat:

 

[Clint]

Is that a tin hat or a dunces cap?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Is that a tin hat or a dunces cap?

Smaller version of -


:tinfoilhat::smile6:

 

[Clint]

Ah I see! Thank you O deep fried one!

:tinhat:

 

[MrRook]

Je souhaite que je n’étais pas partie Français.

 

[Dutto]

Je souhaite que je n’étais pas partie Français.

Dieu merci pour Bing translate. Maintenant, tout ce qu'il faut travailler sur maprononciation et la grammaire! :wave:

 

[Saisonator]

Don'tcha just love the French?:thumb:Traditionally, during riots the rioters dig up the cobblestones and lob them at the Police. I once saw a riot over Police pay where the Police were digging up cobblestones and lobbing them at the Army; who had been called out 'cos the Police were on strike!:thumb:I just love the place! My kind of people!

Shame they were'nt busy lobbing them at the Nazis during the 2nd World War.

 

[Dutto]

Shame they were'nt busy lobbing them at the Nazis during the 2nd World War.

They were! Over half a million French people lost their lives as a result of WW2 some of them killed by Allied bombs!

French friends often point out that the Allies bombed the hell out of the U-Boat pens in St Nazaire and killed hundreds of the local populace.

They then point out that the damage to the U-Boat pens was minimal (they are still there to this day!) and all the Allies had to do was to bomb the hotels along the seafront at La Baule where senior Nazi Leaders and U-Boat Officers took their holidays!

Also, there's the little problem that Belgium surrendered with hardly a shot being fired, which gave the Axis forces a clear run into France.

A few years ago, at breakfast on a Hull > Zeebrugge ferry, I sat opposite a Belgian who asked me if I had ever been to Bruges before. I had and said how lovely it was. "Yes," he replied, "we have King Leopold to thank for that. Hitler threatened to bomb Bruges and to protect the city the King surrendered immediately."

I remember thinking at the time, how lucky the man was that he wasn't talking to someone who had lived in Coventry during WW2!