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Originally Posted by vmarks
Ah yes. The fellow who epitomizes human rights, yet hangs out with the likes of Qaddafi, Fidel, and before his death, Arafat -- the late 20th century's great villians.
He hangs out with Blair and Bush too so I'd say that pretty much evens it out.
I've come across a lot of people that disagree with what Geldof is doing, some of them make good points, but the most stupid and illogical reasoning I've come across to date has to be yours. Congrats.
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BTW, LBK, my sig is cuter.
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Originally Posted by lil'babykitten
He hangs out with Blair and Bush too so I'd say that pretty much evens it out.
I've come across a lot of people that disagree with what Geldof is doing, some of them make good points, but the most stupid and illogical reasoning I've come across to date has to be yours. Congrats.
I don't disagree with what Geldof is doing: Geldof can petition through concerts all he pleases. (whether or not I agree with what he's proposing as solutions is a different matter.) I wasn't even talking about who Geldof hangs out with.
I was talking about Mandela. Mandela has chosen to keep company with evil men, Qaddafi, Castro, Arafat. He's chosen to remain silent on political prisoners and make friends with the jailer instead of the jailed.
So much for reading comprehension.
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Jacques Chirac is an ass. No denying it.
But the French are good at making food... even if they get credit for foods they did not invent. (not sure, but I thought french toast was made by the Belgians?) Kind of funny, there was a dessert competition recently, and the American team won... on the American team were two Frenchmen who are American citezens. Forgot who the third guy was. (3 people = 1 team) heh Just though that was kinda funny.
okay back to politics:
Im not sure, but I think it was condi who said it: "Forgive the Germans, Ingore the Russians, and Punish the French." hah. I just though that was genius. I mean, the way I see it, the Germans and the Russians truly disagree with what America is doing because they have a different ideology. But the French (well, not so much the French, but Chirac himself) seem to disagree with America out of self interest. Like they lose out on deals & sh!t if we go into iraq. oh well.
cchirac is an ass
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My goodness! All this animosity towards President Chirac. I simply cannot believe disrespect shown for the leader of the Cheese Eating Surrend....er....um....I mean the great and proud nation of France!
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All this talk about elitist cuisine, and here I am eating fruit loops from a box...
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Originally Posted by vmarks
I was talking about Mandela. Mandela has chosen to keep company with evil men, Qaddafi, Castro, Arafat. He's chosen to remain silent on political prisoners and make friends with the jailer instead of the jailed.
Meeting with people doesn't mean you condone what they are doing. How else do you resolve problems if you refuse to meet with peopele?
When Mandela "hung" with Gadaffi, the first thing he told him was that he needed to turn from terrorism. Mandela initiated the discussions with Gadaffi that got Libya to renounce terrorism and lead to the destruction of her Weapons of Mass Destruction.
As for Arafat, I don't think the global consensus is that Arafat is an evil man. He won a nobel peace prize you might recall. I don't expect an Israeli to see this though. Mandela didn't keep company with Arafat any more than any other leader of the Western world. Mandela met with Arafat in an effort to resolve the Palestinian issue, to bring about peace.
Ignoring these people and not meeting with them is far worse IMHO. Prolonging the problem by refusing to deal with certain people is irresponsible and as Mandela and other showed, tackling the issues head on can be much more efficient at resolving the issue.
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French restaurants are so good that one Belgian movie star is training to be a French waiter.
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Originally Posted by glideslope
So, just how does Finland have the worst food on the globe?
It was Berlusconi who first said that reindeer tastes like sh*t and Finnish press went nuts. Yesterday I ate traditional Finnish reindeer and I think it's best food ever:
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Originally Posted by KarlG
I hate to point out the obvious, but this is GWB's war. Fortunately, more people are realizing it every day, as his approval ratings sink. The good thing about that is that it shows that people are willing to admit they make mistakes, even while their leader stands at the helm of his sinking ship.
I don't know what sinking ship you're referring to, but everything here in the US is going pretty damn well.
It's gotten to the point where the doomsday scenarios continually promoted by weenie liberals are actually amusing.
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Originally Posted by spacefreak
I don't know what sinking ship you're referring to, but everything here in the US is going pretty damn well.
It's gotten to the point where the doomsday scenarios continually promoted by weenie liberals are actually amusing.
Of course "everything is pretty damn well" in the US. The US has always gained from wars.
Unfortunately you have killed a hell of a lot of more people than the terrorist could ever dream of.
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Originally Posted by tae667
It was Berlusconi who first said that reindeer tastes like sh*t and Finnish press went nuts. Yesterday I ate traditional Finnish reindeer and I think it's best food ever:
When I lived in the arctic, we used to have a reindeer p[er year in our freezer. That meat was smooth: you cut a steak with a fork!
As "nikkuk" or dried meat (in Inuttitut), it is fabulous!
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IMO the best cuisine I've ever tasted is Spanish Mediterráneo
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Tzatziki on roast lamb with mint sauce. Is there any need for any other food? It is divine.
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hmm... how about some pepperoni and tomato sauce with melted cheese served on a thin, crispy, curcular bread. ...I think theres a word for that dish. *shrugs*
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Originally Posted by loki74
hmm... how about some pepperoni and tomato sauce with melted cheese served on a thin, crispy, curcular bread. ...I think theres a word for that dish. *shrugs*
I hear that some call such an exquisite dish... pizza.
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meh italian cuisine is overrated, like the french
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Bah, you are all wrong(except undotwa it seems). Greek cuisine is unmatched in this world. It's unbelievably good.
Example: Meatballs with feta cheese inside them.
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Well, I'll give you that Greek cuisine outmatches the chinese copy of it, aka Turkish cuisine. Bleh. That's icky stuff. My stomach groans in protest of me even thinking about it!
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Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani
Well, I'll give you that Greek cuisine outmatches the chinese copy of it, aka Turkish cuisine. Bleh. That's icky stuff. My stomach groans in protest of me even thinking about it!
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hey! Don't diss the Kebab! Best fast food available on this earth!
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Originally Posted by von Wrangell
hey! Don't diss the Kebab! Best fast food available on this earth!
Yeah, it sure travels fast through the colon and right out again! Fastest food on the planet!!!
(as if anyone knows exactly what that mystery meat is exactly.. or even more or less!)
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Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani
Yeah, it sure travels fast through the colon and right out again! Fastest food on the planet!!!
(as if anyone knows exactly what that mystery meat is exactly.. or even more or less!)
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Can't handle the spices
And it's lamb! Or supposed to be lamb
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Originally Posted by von Wrangell
Bah, you are all wrong(except undotwa it seems). Greek cuisine is unmatched in this world. It's unbelievably good.
Example: Meatballs with feta cheese inside them.
So right you are! Greek cuisine is a joy. It can be filling, but at the same time not heavy. It is very tasty and diverse in flavour.
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Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani
Well, I'll give you that Greek cuisine outmatches the chinese copy of it, aka Turkish cuisine. Bleh. That's icky stuff. My stomach groans in protest of me even thinking about it!
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Turkish cuisine isn't a copy of Greek cuisine. Both cultures mutually developed their foods, and dare I say it, Greek cuisine owes more to the Turks than the other way round. Being occupied by a foreign power for 500 years is bound to influence the way one eats!
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I had some nice food in the Baton Rouge resturant in Toronto.
The British do a mean curry - thats traditional British food now.
Chirac only got in 'cause Le Pen looked like he'd win and all the people who didn't vote before rushed to vote Chirac 'cause he was a better alternative than Le Pen. I know French people in London at the time go back to France to vote because they were worried Le Pen would get in.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1969895.stm
but the winner for saying dumb things could well be the UK's Prince Phillip:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/features/...p_gaffes.shtml
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Originally Posted by moodymonster
Ah the beauty of having a rent for life and not having to care about what one says. That guy is pretty funny!!!
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Originally Posted by Randman
Bwahahahahaha!
Where did you find that?
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So was it ever determined why Jacques Chirac is an ass thread?
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Originally Posted by KarlG
I hate to point out the obvious, but this is GWB's war. Fortunately, more people are realizing it every day, as his approval ratings sink. The good thing about that is that it shows that people are willing to admit they make mistakes, even while their leader stands at the helm of his sinking ship.
Hellooo. Bush isn't running for President again. So how much you reckon he cares about his 'approval rating'?
And speaking of people willing to admit they make mistakes....nobody will ever top Slick Willie Clinton in that respect.
We can look forward to 3 and 1/2 more years of Dubya at the helm. So grab a life jacket, find a high spot, and stay the hell outta the way.
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Originally Posted by zigzag
So was it ever determined why Jacques Chirac is an ass thread?
Nobody knows why, exactly.
In France, Chirac is just an average dude. It's as if nobody notices.
When you take him out of France, he immediately becomes a whining sissy.
When I was a kid we used to kick your ass if you acted like Chirac does.
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Originally Posted by CreepingDeth
Bwahahahahaha!
Where did you find that?
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Quick google image on "surrender monkey".
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Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy
Nobody knows why, exactly.
In France, Chirac is just an average dude. It's as if nobody notices.
When you take him out of France, he immediately becomes a whining sissy.
When I was a kid we used to kick your ass if you acted like Chirac does.
So was it ever determined why Jacques Chirac is an ass thread?
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Yes, British food does suck.
That's because we haven't got time to be messing about in the kitchen like girls - we're too busy inventing things (like: TVs, trains, modern parliamentary democracy, jet engines, telephones, photography, computers, the World Wide Web, America, light bulbs, the internal combustion engine, toilet paper).
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Originally Posted by Sherwin
Yes, British food does suck.
That's because we haven't got time to be messing about in the kitchen like girls - we're too busy inventing things: America
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ok...If were going to do one of these "well we invented" things I think I can pitch in...
we Germans invented:
-BMWs
-Audis
we Japanese invented:
-PlayStation
-pretty much the root of any microelectronics
we Chinese invented:
-paper?
we Americans invented:
-Apple computer
-Xbox (yes, I know its MS, please forgive my herecy!!)
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we Germans invented
- the rocket
- printing
we French invented
- pencils
- Diesel engine
we Chinese invented
- the gunpowder
- kung-fu
we Americans invented
- lightbulb
- airplane
we Spanish invented
- submarine
- guitar
we Italians invented
- barometer
- espresso machine
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Originally Posted by undotwa
So right you are! Greek cuisine is a joy. It can be filling, but at the same time not heavy. It is very tasty and diverse in flavour.
I agree it's good, but it really tends to be heavy. Plus, you'll have a hard time finishing a plate in a Greek restaurant … hmmm, yummy.
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Originally Posted by Weyland-Yutani
we French invented
- Diesel engine
we Americans invented
- lightbulb
- airplane
Did you never ask yourself why this engine is called Diesel?
Well, now check Rudolf Diesel
The lightbulb was invernted by the german Heinrich Göbel (in New York though)!
The airplane? What airplane? I think you are talking about the first flight with an engine powered airplane!? Well, ok, it's commonly accepted that the Wrights were the first ones but check also the german Gustav Weißkopf, he was missing pictures to prove his first flight...
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Originally Posted by badidea
The lightbulb was invernted by the german Heinrich Göbel (in New York though)!
Wrong. Lamp does not equal light bulb (although the guy is to be credited for some of the groundwork).
Try Joseph Swan 18 December 1878.
Originally Posted by badidea
The airplane? What airplane? I think you are talking about the first flight with an engine powered airplane!? Well, ok, it's commonly accepted that the Wrights were the first ones but check also the german Gustav Weißkopf, he was missing pictures to prove his first flight...
1899? Pfft.
Try Bill Frost, Welsh carpenter, 1894.
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Originally Posted by Sherwin
Wrong. Lamp does not equal light bulb (although the guy is to be credited for some of the groundwork).
Try Joseph Swan 18 December 1878.
Electrical lamp is a lightbulb! Or what's the difference?
Originally Posted by Sherwin
1899? Pfft.
Try Bill Frost, Welsh carpenter, 1894.
Seems like this guy has the same problem as Gustav Weißkopf - nobody really believes him except his local fellows...
I once also read about some Austrian who (according to his local fellows) flew even a lot earlier than Weißkopf and Frost but since I can't remember the name I didn't manage to find the story with google!
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Originally Posted by badidea
Electrical lamp is a lightbulb! Or what's the difference?
I'm guessing... Lightbulb is a replaceable self-contained thing whilst "lamp" can be anything else.
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I guess this thread has gone a long way from Chirac's eating habits
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Originally Posted by Sherwin
Wrong. Lamp does not equal light bulb (although the guy is to be credited for some of the groundwork).
Try Joseph Swan 18 December 1878.
1899? Pfft.
Try Bill Frost, Welsh carpenter, 1894.
1894? Ah! Tri Clément Ader 1890. THIS was the real first plane.
http://www.flyingmachines.org/ader.html
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The first controlled powered flight is credited to the Wright brothers.
Lots of folks flew uncontrolled powered airships prior to the Wright bros.
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Originally Posted by zigzag
So was it ever determined why Jacques Chirac is an ass thread?
I don't know about Chirac, but I know Bush is an ass thread.
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Originally Posted by moodymonster
this one really had me reeling with helpless laughter:
Sharing a joke with a blind, wheelchair-bound girl with a guide-dog: "Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?"
His jokes and antics are so totally NOT politically correct, and some of them reek of an attitude that is simply not kosher, but, damn, he's funny.
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Originally Posted by BRussell
I don't know about Chirac, but I know Bush is an ass thread.
I thought perhaps it was something along the lines of a thong.
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
I agree it's good, but it really tends to be heavy. Plus, you'll have a hard time finishing a plate in a Greek restaurant … hmmm, yummy.
Well, it depends where you eat. My grandparents, who are Greek, are vegetarian. And so most of the Greek food I have is vegetarian.
If you spend your time eating feta cheese, smothered with olive oil and filo-pastry, I guess you could say Greek food is heavy.
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