interesting responses

[Guest dlstewart01]

Interestin Responses...Heard this before?

> HOW TRUE HOW TRUE

>

>

>

>

> You could have

> heard a pin drop.

>

>

>

>

> JFK'S Secretary

> of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's

> when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO.

> DeGaulle said he wanted all

> US military out of France as soon as

> possible.

>

>

>

>

> Rusk responded

> "does that include those who are buried

> here?

>

> DeGaulle did not

> respond.

>

>

> You could have heard

> a pin drop

>

> When in England , at

> a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the

> Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an

> example of empire building by George Bush.

>

> He answered by

> saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent many

> of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight

> for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of

> land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury

> those that did not return.'

>

>

>

> You could have heard

> a pin drop.

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> There was a

> conference in France where a number of international

> engineers were taking part, including French and American.

> During a break, one of the French engineers came back

> into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb

> stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to

> Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he

> intended to do, bomb them?'

>

> A Boeing engineer

> stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three

> hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people;

> they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency

> electrical power to shore facilities; they have three

> cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people

> three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons

> of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half

> a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and

> injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven

> such ships; how many does France have?'

> You could have heard

> a pin drop.

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> A U.S. Navy Admiral

> was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from

> the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies.

> At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a

> large group of Officers that included personnel from most of

> those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as

> they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly

> complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages,

> Americans learn only English. He then asked, 'Why is it

> that we always have to speak English in these conferences

> rather than speaking French?'

>

> Without hesitating,

> the American Admiral replied, 'Maybe it's because

> the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans

> arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak

> German.'

>

>

>

> You could have heard

> a pin drop.

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> AND THIS STORY FITS

> RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...

>

> Robert Whiting, an

> elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At

> French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport

> in his carry on.

>

> "You have been

> to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked

> sarcastically.

>

> Mr. Whiting admitted

> that he had been to France previously.

>

> "Then you should

> know enough to have your passport

> ready."

>

> The American said,

> 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show

> it."

>

> "Impossible.

> Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in

> France !"

>

> The American senior

> gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he

> quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at

> Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country,

> I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport

> to."

> You could have heard

> a pin drop.

[Guest jackdm3]

Da da da da dahhhhhh ... I'm lovin' it!

[Guest Bronker]

Those ungrateful bass-turds. If it wasn't for America, that whole bunch would have spoken German, and today would be fluent in Arabic.

Good read, nonetheless.

[Guest 3pugguy]

Interestin Responses...Heard this before?

> HOW TRUE HOW TRUE

>

>

>

>

> You could have

> heard a pin drop.

>

>

>

>

> JFK'S Secretary

> of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's

> when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO.

> DeGaulle said he wanted all

> US military out of France as soon as

> possible.

>

>

>

>

> Rusk responded

> "does that include those who are buried

> here?

>

> DeGaulle did not

> respond.

>

>

> You could have heard

> a pin drop

>

> When in England , at

> a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the

> Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an

> example of empire building by George Bush.

>

> He answered by

> saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent many

> of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight

> for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of

> land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury

> those that did not return.'

>

>

>

> You could have heard

> a pin drop.

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> There was a

> conference in France where a number of international

> engineers were taking part, including French and American.

> During a break, one of the French engineers came back

> into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb

> stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to

> Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he

> intended to do, bomb them?'

>

> A Boeing engineer

> stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three

> hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people;

> they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency

> electrical power to shore facilities; they have three

> cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people

> three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons

> of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half

> a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and

> injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven

> such ships; how many does France have?'

> You could have heard

> a pin drop.

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> A U.S. Navy Admiral

> was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from

> the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies.

> At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a

> large group of Officers that included personnel from most of

> those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as

> they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly

> complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages,

> Americans learn only English. He then asked, 'Why is it

> that we always have to speak English in these conferences

> rather than speaking French?'

>

> Without hesitating,

> the American Admiral replied, 'Maybe it's because

> the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans

> arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak

> German.'

>

>

>

> You could have heard

> a pin drop.

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> AND THIS STORY FITS

> RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...

>

> Robert Whiting, an

> elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At

> French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport

> in his carry on.

>

> "You have been

> to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked

> sarcastically.

>

> Mr. Whiting admitted

> that he had been to France previously.

>

> "Then you should

> know enough to have your passport

> ready."

>

> The American said,

> 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show

> it."

>

> "Impossible.

> Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in

> France !"

>

> The American senior

> gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he

> quietly explained, ''Well, when I came ashore at

> Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country,

> I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport

> to."

> You could have heard

> a pin drop.

Sweet...

[Guest SureShot308]

Interestin Responses...Heard this before?

> There was a

> conference in France where a number of international

> engineers were taking part, including French and American.

> During a break, one of the French engineers came back

> into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb

> stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to

> Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he

> intended to do, bomb them?'

>

> A Boeing engineer

> stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three

> hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people;

> they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency

> electrical power to shore facilities; they have three

> cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people

> three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons

> of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half

> a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and

> injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven

> such ships; how many does France have?'

> You could have heard

> a pin drop.

I spent 4 years on one of those big bastards, and I can confirm all of the above.

[Mike.357]

great stuff, now I am waiting on the person who will post some snopes report saying none of it is true, LOL

Screw the French, next time just let the Germans keep it.

[Guest SureShot308]

I have a French battle rifle for sale. Never fired, only dropped once.

[Guest logicprevails]

I have a French battle rifle for sale. Never fired, only dropped once.

Does it still have the original issue white flag with it?

[saintsfanbrian]

Didn't find it on snopes. While I doubt the validity of some of them I think they do speak volumes.

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

The particular incidents may not have happened but the facts are not in dispute.