France  France has neither winter nor summer nor morals.   
 Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.   
 France has usually been governed by prostitutes.'  
Mark Twain  
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'I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one 
behind me.'  
General George S. Patton  
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'Going to war without  France is like going deer hunting without your 
accordion.'  
Norman Schwartzkopf  
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'We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it.'  
Marge Simpson  
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'As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.'  
Jacques Chirac, President of  France  
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'The only time  France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is 
sitting in Paris sipping coffee.'  
Regis Philbin  
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'You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 
1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the 
face for it.'  
John McCain , U.S. Senator from Arizona  
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'The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into 
Paris under a German flag.'  
David Letterman  
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'Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in  Canada .'  
Ted Nugent  
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'War without  France would be like .. World War II.'  
Unknown  
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'The favorite bumper sticker in  Washington  D.C. right now is one that 
says 'First  Iraq , then France .''  
Tom Brokaw  
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'What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its 
national will fighting against Disney World and Big Macs than the Nazis?'  
Dennis Miller  
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'It is important to remember that the French have always been there when 
they needed us.'  
Alan Kent  
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'They've taken their own precautions against al-Qa'ida. To prepare for an 
attack, each Frenchman is urged to keep duct tape, a white flag, and a 
three-day supply of mistresses in the house.'  
Argus  Hamilton  
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'Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being 
advertised on eBay the other day --the description was, 'Never shot. 
Dropped once.''  
Rep. Roy Blunt, MO  
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'The French will only agree to go to war when we've proven we've found 
truffles in  Iraq '  
Dennis Miller  
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Q. What did the mayor of  Paris say to the German Army as they entered the 
city in WWII?  
A. Table for 100,000 m'sieur?  
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'Do you know how many Frenchmen it takes to defend  Paris ? It's not known, 
it's never been tried.'  
Rep. R. Blount, MO  
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'Do you know it only took  Germany three days to conquer  France in WWII? 
And that's because it was raining.'  
John Xereas, Manager, DC Improv  
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The AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced after the 
London bombings that it has raised its terror alert level from Run to Hide. 
The only two higher levels in  France are Surrender and Collaborate. The 
rise in the alert level was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed 
France 's white flagfactory, effectively disabling their military.  
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French Ban Fireworks at Euro Disney  
(AP), Paris , March 5, 2003  
The French Government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the use 
of fireworks at Euro Disney. The decision comes the day after a nightly 
fireworks display at the park, located just 30 miles outside of Paris , 
caused the soldiers at a nearby French Army garrison to surrender to a 
group of Czech tourists  
