Originally posted by The Libertineum...I don't see France taking over any country, let alone the superpower country America.
The country of France is your rightful ruler and master Americans.That's right, you heard it from this neo-Francophile first.
Call it an epiphany I stumbled upon between FOX News highlights of the official Congressional cafeteria renaming of French Fries to Freedom and the WMD League sports recap (If you missed it, the US edged Iraq 100,000-100 in the warm-up before next week's Nuclear Bowl against North Korea--It was a barnburner! Literally!).
Anyway, all this French/Freedom bashing of concepts, ideas, people, and foods French got me a-thinkin' . . . maybe your Frenchate(c) is really just a manifestation of your deep-seeded, unresolved feelings of inferiority to the incomparable culture, intelligence, and that je n'sais quoi that is France!
Now stay with me for a minute. I know readin' isn't an American forte--I prepared these visual examples that ought to make things a lot clearer:
Would the best anthem please sing me a ditty? Take a seat, Mr. Star-Spangled.
Would the flag please flutter a-titter? Get limp, Stars and Stripes!
Would the best emperor ever please stand up? Not so fast, Bush II.
Would the best Star Trek captain please make it so? Priceline on line #1, Tiberius.
Now some of you will come in here bantering about statistics such as GNP (actually on KMC this is unlikely), and win-loss records in World Wars, but as a pre-emptive rebuttal, I say an emphatic, full-throated French NON!
France is about love, culture, beautiful women, direct, unfriendly men, small, pale children, Serena hating, World War losing, and cheap, delicious wine. If you don't understand that, you don't understand life.
VIVE LA FRANCE! DISCUSS
Oh, and Alizee is French!!
Remember back in WWII? When the Germans invaded, rather than fighting back you just sat there and gave up.
America could take over France with less than 5% of their Armed Forces.
Originally posted by Lyna303
Culture > Jazz, Apple Pie, Baseball...
Is Arnold really a bad govenor?
Apple pie, fair enough, Baseball - a glorified version of rounders which gives fat Americans another chance to eat hot dogs. Finally, jazz - which was created by African slaves shipped in by the British and Americans and derived from blues. This then reflects the negatives in American culture to more extent than the positives.