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 Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:59 pm
lol. I hate getting sub's that don't put their names on the board. I never address them by their names then xp
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:57 pm
Just a reminder, this thread is for History chat.
The French suck. They seriously do. They lost Canada to the British(Way back when xD), and almost got killed by the Germans.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:03 pm
Don't forget, they were almost killed by the Germans TWICE! They are a rather pathetic country in terms of international relations, and their government has never been too stable. Truly crazy.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:42 pm
But, you are forgeting about Napolean ((Even if he wasn't French, he still led them)) and Charlemane. They both nearly conquered Europe. The only things that screw France over was the same thing that screwed Germany over, too many enemies and too much land. That is always the downfall of any nation at war.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:45 pm
All this talk of history reminds me....
I know where the middle finger earned its symbolism! It was historical too, so you can't tell me to go elsewhere...
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:53 pm
I don't know from where, but I'm guessing its just like the British "middle finger". Holding up your index and middle fingre backwards to someone in Bristish culture is the same thing. Started back in the good ol' Hundred Years War.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:02 pm
Precisely. The British and the French at war. Can't remember the name of the battle, but during this battle, the French threatened to cut off the middle fingers of the British longbowmen because it is such an important finger when using the bows. With the French retreating in defeat, the British longbowmen raised their middle fingers and cheered, "Pluck you! Pluck you!"
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:23 pm
....
eek xp
Wow, the French really were funny in the past. My friend thinks they're all snobs, but he was saying it in the middle of our French class. xd
And they're still part of the UN Security Council.... rolleyes
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:48 pm
>_<; Ahhhahaha... this is what happens when I don't visit every thread. Must remember to keep track of them.... @_@
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:18 pm
It was the battle of Anginecourt((Probably missspelled, but I know how to say it.)) Three hundred longbowmen, about fifty pikemen, veruse three thousand French knights. THe French would cut off the first two fingers, since you use it to pull a bow string. That was what you were thinking about Trimely, its not the middle finger. If fact, cutting off the middle finger gives you a slight edge because that gap between your index and ring finger acts as a natural thingy to hold the arrow. You can pull a bow with three fingers, but not with two.
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:06 pm
What you say gives me a mental image of Robin Hood from Robin Hood: Men In Tights. >_< He holds a bow and, bam! fire away!
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:33 pm
lol. The French are snoty, but with out their help we wouldn't have been America.
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:48 pm
Good point Dark. And besides, I'm French.... And Irish. And Mexican. German. Indian. South American, and more places from Europe. I'm everywhere! O___O Look out, I'm always watching you! XD
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:23 pm
lol, your heinz 57 like me! I'm Metis (cree and french), English, Irish, Scottish, German, my mum thinks Gypsy though we can't prove it... bassically, everything but south american, Asian or African, as far as I know. razz
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:17 pm
I fought myself in both world wars! I'm Britsh Ilses: Irish, Scotish, Welishes, British; German, Greece, probaly part Scadinvian, though I'm not sure.
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