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The "Why France Does Not Suck" Thread
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"You rise," he said, "like Aurora." 
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And that's about it really.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
And that's about it really.
Not a fan of
or
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Originally Posted by Stradlater
Not a fan of ?
Not really. We have these:
(plus our pancakes, when done properly, kick French pancakes into next week. Apparently we're not very good at taking photos of them though.)
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Doofy, that's just wrong. I gotta get something to eat.
Looks yummy.
Actually, I like all of it so far...
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Not really. We have these...
Those are good too, they'd be perfect in the "Why England Does Not Suck" thread.
I just love cuisine in general...
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Nothing like one of these though...
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Cheap housing?
(OK, it's $1.7m but it's substantial "bang for buck")
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
And that's about it really.
Seconded
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They've had the Internet in homes since 1982
TGV:
Radiation
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Last edited by Troll; Aug 26, 2005 at 06:40 AM.
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Some more French inventions:
Freedom of Speech
Metric System
Aqualung
Bicycle
Braille
Electric Iron
Gyroscope
Hot Air Balloon
Parachute
Mayonnaise
Pasteurisation
Lead Pencil
Storage Batteries
Barometer
Sewing Machine
Canned Food
Loom (first robot)
Calculator
Single wire Telegraph
Stethoscope
Deciphered the Rosetta Stone
Photographic process
Typewriter
Electrolysis
Phonautographe:1st machine to record sound
Margarine
Phonograph (simultaneously with Edison)
Movie camera
First practical internal combustion engine
Neon lamp
First helicopter prototype
Laminated safety glass
Turbine engine airplane
Velcro
Etch-A-Sketch
Smart Cards
Co-inventors of the WWW
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Originally Posted by Troll
X-Rays
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen is credited for the discovery of X-Rays (in in German: Röntgen-Strahlen) … he was German 
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen is credited for the discovery of X-Rays (in in German: Röntgen-Strahlen) … he was German
Yeah, that was taking it a bit far I guess. Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radiation but I couldn't find a cool picture of radiation.
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Originally Posted by Troll
Yeah, that was taking it a bit far I guess. Pierre and Marie Curie discovered radiation but I couldn't find a cool picture of radiation.
Ok. But I hope the people won't start an argument saying: Pierre and Marie Curie were only smart, because she was from Poland 
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
Ok. But I hope the people won't start an argument saying: Pierre and Marie Curie were only smart, because she was from Poland
Let's not forget Poland.
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one more for Laetitia ...and France.
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Being English I hate the French, it's compulsory - sorry.
BUT, credit where credit is due. Clotilde Courau is a lady!
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France doesn't suck... hmmm... maybe, also, because they call 8 bits (a byte) with their proper name: an octet! 
... How much memory do you have? I have "1 Go"! 
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Originally Posted by Troll
Thirded 
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