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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: muckmaw on January 30, 2004, 11:03:15 AM
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There's way too much animosity between the US, UK and France these days.
I propose a grass roots love in, where we, the Americans and Brits post something we each like about France and her people.
I believe this will help heal the wounds the recent political climate has caused.
I'll go first....
France has one of the most magnificent art museums in the world, the Leuvre (Please excuse the spelling)
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Cote Rotie
Hermitage
Chateauneuf du Pate
Gigondas
Tavel
In no particular order.
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Nice, particularly the Estrellita de Mer.
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Bardot (in her younger days)
Charlotte Rampling
Catherine De Neuve.
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what i love about france:
Alizee (http://www5.playnet.com/bv/wwiiolhq/dg_message.jsp?group_id=8809&parent_id=3113499&Failed_Reason=Invalid+timestamp,+engine+has+been+restarted&Failed_Reason=Invalid+timestamp,+engine+has+been+restarted&Failed_Page=%2fwwiiolhq%2fdg_message.jsp&Failed_Page=%2fwwiiolhq%2fdg_message.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@1357103828.1075483092@@@@&BV_EngineID=fadcjhgldffebjjcgmcggichhl.0)
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Ah, mon dieu.....
The food ;)
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me
in all humility ... seriously :p
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A most beautiful city. Paris and wonderful museums.
I spent a week there 3 years ago and had a great time.
Getting ice for a drink, well that is a bit of work.:D
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The distance from here to there. :p
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Originally posted by Scootter
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Getting ice for a drink, well that is a bit of work.:D
Huh???
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im guessing you have never been outside of north america muckmaw. Comming across ice in your drinks is like finding gold in a river. Extremely rare.
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I was actually in Italy for 2 weeks back around 1991.
I don't remember the lack of ice, but it's most likely a small detail I forgot all about.
What I do remember being strange is the breakfasts in Italy.
Many of the hotels served Ham and cheese sandwiches.
Strange to me.....
I spent alot of time in the carribean too, but I think they had ice.
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The huge breakfest is an american thing through and through. I cant eat that much in the mornings i dont understand how those lardbutts are able to cram pounds of eggs and bacon down.
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french fries
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Ummmmmm....
....Having a really hard time here.....
....I'll have to get back to you....
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The Dordogne area. A district in SW France - also known as Perigord - straffo can tell us more. The only thing I was wary of in this beautiful French region was the food. They like things like duck paté, geziers (gizzards) and foie gras de l'oie - goose liver? paté? ...and they force feed geese to make their livers fatty - better for eating. Also, canned duck cooked in its own fat - comes out of the can covered in white fat - bloody horrible. I went to Bergérac for the day and had a pizza.
The food in Provence is better, I think. Fresh fish like dorade, filet de loup, salads, olive oil etc. Provence is the area Mr. Toad was talking about - Nice etc.
La Roque Gageac on the Dordogne
(http://www.zen33071.zen.co.uk/lrg.jpg)
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I like Grey Goose vodka and my pressure cooker, made in France.
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Edith Piaf
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Originally posted by JB73
what i love about france:
Alizee (http://www5.playnet.com/bv/wwiiolhq/dg_message.jsp?group_id=8809&parent_id=3113499&Failed_Reason=Invalid+timestamp,+engine+has+been+restarted&Failed_Reason=Invalid+timestamp,+engine+has+been+restarted&Failed_Page=%2fwwiiolhq%2fdg_message.jsp&Failed_Page=%2fwwiiolhq%2fdg_message.jsp&BV_SessionID=@@@@1357103828.1075483092@@@@&BV_EngineID=fadcjhgldffebjjcgmcggichhl.0)
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
she have so wonderfull eyes... she appear to be somehow persian... any know more about her ?
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what do i like about french ?
french is country full of ****** people who only ******* all the time and when they are not ******** they are ******.
Their food is ********
no seriously i like how they look on their big noses :D
and they are somehow very funny nacionalist :D
and i like Straffo`s green frog as well :D
(i cant say i like straffo here, coz Saw could read it and could get some suspicion ;)
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politesse
The women, the clothes they wear, the clothes they don't wear, and their firm belief that bikini tops are uncomfortable, restrictive devices.
The way they set bars up so you can have a drink and watch pretty girls go by. Now that is civilization.
The fact that you can have a wonderful meal, and the waiter will never interrupt to ask superciliously, "And are you enjoying your magret?".
Being able to use the 20-odd Pumas and Gazelles circling overhead as an excuse to get laid.
stinky cheeses. (Best way to get a 2nd class train compartment for yourself -- pack an epoisses sandwich)
Le canard enchaine'
What I think the French should avoid:
Rap music. I'm sorry, nobody in the French world, including the former colonies, can rap.
Johnny Halliday. You can give a Belgian sideburns, but you can't make him rock-n-roll.
Euro-Disney. Pu-leeez.
Beer. Sorry. Same goes for Italians. Your beer sucks. Now bring me another bottle of Cornas.
RPR. It took our Republican Party four decades to rival the RPR.
The "american breakfast" is actually a Northern European thing. Check out what the British or Germans have in the morning. Our version is just a little more fried.
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Daftpunk
Air
Langue D'Oc women.
{Edit} Serge Gainsbourg.
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Oh man, that's right, I forgot about the French Riveria....
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMNNN!!!!
Someday....someday when all the wounds have healed, I really want to go to Normandy and pay my respects before I die.
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Originally posted by Dinger
politesse
Being able to use the 20-odd Pumas and Gazelles circling overhead as an excuse to get laid.
:rofl :rofl :rofl
Thanks. That just made my Friday!
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Saw
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The wonderful architecture of course! :)
(http://cla.calpoly.edu/~lcall/hitler_paris.jpg)
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(http://www.full-auto.com/images/firearms/FAMAS/FAMAS-F1_full_right_side.gif)
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Grun....
Play nice....:rofl
You know what I just thought of which is NOT funny...
I wonder if the pic you posted is the same to the french as a french person posting his admiration of american architecture with a pic of the WTC burning...
I suddenly feel really guilty for laughing...seriously.
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Maybe, but they are french, so its a different thing culturally I think.
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as Marine once said...about the French mofo'ers
" the FRENCH..They are always there when they need us"....
better start learn'n you arabic....
and i love all bioches from anywhere...especailly the "shower and shaven :" ones
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
The wonderful architecture of course! :)
snipped adolf's holiday picture
Grun, as tasteless as it was, that one made me laugh!
it's called "humour noir" over here...
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hehe i guess you pitty that he never ever been in US Grun ... check this http://www.ratical.org/ratville/JFK/JohnJudge/OurNaziAllies.html
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Beetle statisticaly there is more risk for your health in California than in Périgord :D
You're not supposed to eat this kind of product all day long they are supposed to be make for special circomstances like : a birthday , christmass , a wedding or on sunday.
I completly agree with you Dinger except on one point :
l'époisse is a middly smelly cheese compared to the Gris de Lille/Vieux-Lille/Puant de Lille
C'est quoi ce poste de merde Funked ?
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Originally posted by straffo
Beetle statisticaly there is more risk for your health in California than in Périgord :D
You're not supposed to eat this kind of product all day long they are supposed to be make for special circomstances like : a birthday , christmass , a wedding or on sunday.
Hmm, it was difficult to find "ordinary" food in restaurants. But I really enjoyed our time there.
BTW straffo, you know there were problems with EuroTunnel last Saturday, causing us to be delayed 2½ hours? I had a letter from Eurotunnel this morning, apologising for this and offering me another passage with a 50% discount. So we're doing it again - overnighting @ Le Touquet this time, Feb 28/29. Cost to me - £19.50 for the train, plus about 90 euros for hotel, and whatever we spend at Aux Pecheurs in Étaples!
France is all right. :aok I enjoy visiting, and it would never occur to me to vilify an entire nation of people because of a disagreement between world leaders. I am not Dago. :cool:
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Originally posted by muckmaw
There's way too much animosity between the US, UK and France these days.
we have hated france for over 500 years, a big part of that time was spent at war with them, so these days does not apply to us.
Originally posted by muckmaw
I propose a grass roots love in, where we, the Americans and Brits post something we each like about France and her people.
Alizeé and the french footballers/manager at Arsenal. oh and Saw, how can you not like that frenchman saw.
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(http://www.fatbastardwine.com/imgs/fb_chard.jpg)
Fat Bastard Wine (http://www.fatbastardwine.com/index2.htm)
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heh beet1e, one of these days I'll tell the story of the time a friend from London came to visit me in Paris, and took the Eurotunnel. He left at noon London time, and was scheduled to arrive at 4 pm. There was a bit of snow, and they cancelled his train, put him on the next one out, thirty minutes later.
Completely full train crawls through the snow to the tunnel. They park outside the tunnel for 30 minutes, testing the electrics, then go underneath the Channel.
12 minutes under the Channel everything goes black. The train had a complete electrical failure. Recirc was out; the only thing that worked were the alarms when someone tried to crack a door from the stifling, stale environment.
anyway, it took them over three hours to haul the train out, then the pax had to wait on a platform in Calais for another three hours, with no information. Finally, they pressed into service a regional train with just enough capacity to carry everyone, then crawled across N. France to Paris.
I went down to meet the train when it got into GdN at 4:15 AM. The first wave of passengers sprinted across the empty station in all directions. The next marched with resignation down the Platform. The engineer was handing out ticket-sized cards. People picked them up, thinking they were comp tickets or something. I watched as wave after wave grabbed a brochure with interest, opened it, read the message "We're sorry for the inconvenience. Eurostar", and tossed, tore, cursed or screamed.
Really impressive.
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What I love about France is the food.
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What do I love about france?
The fact that I live no where near it...
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Chamonix and the french people in general
guess i can post since i am technically on a US server posting atm :p
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I had a letter from Eurotunnel this morning, apologising for this and offering me another passage with a 50% discount
Wow. The first (and last!) time I was using the Eurotunnel was more along the lines of dingers story.
The train is surprisingly cramped and uncomfortable to begin with and after sitting around for a full hour just outside the tunnel on my way back from London to Brussels, the train stopped again somewhere in northern France without obvious reason or any explanation.
Thanks to their Non-disclosure information policy - or - simple old fashioned incompetence we never knew why we had to sit around for two full hours before the train started moving again.
The only cool part of my 'Voyage to Great Britain by Train' was the Belgian Railroad - the train was a sharp contrast to the EuroStar - quite old yet very comfortable and roomy plus gentle employees who made announcements in four and sometimes five(!) different languages (without having to resort to recordings). On top of that, the ticket came at a fraction of the cost for the Eurostar and they managed to stay on schedule.
The bottom line is: Next time I'll be flying again unless someone let the Belgians put their trains through the Eurotunnel.
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the fact that they no longer send their cars over here.
lazs
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clearly French women!!
and peppe le'pue(sp) of course!
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pepe le pue?
you know the cartoon skunk..i think skunks are cute
and i love skunk weed also
btw..again..froam a marine
"The Frecnh..there always there when they need us"
Love
BiGB
xoxo
okok...
I also love french kisses-with shaven showered women
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Originally posted by maslo
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
she have so wonderfull eyes... she appear to be somehow persian... any know more about her ?
google up alizee...
shes a french pop singer. bad music... voice so-so....
but hotter than the sun!!!!
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Jock Kerrie
(http://www.dd841.com/images/kerry_.jpg)
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Originally posted by Spooky
Grun, as tasteless as it was, that one made me laugh!
it's called "humour noir" over here...
See muckmaw, it's a cultural thing. :)
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Maybe there is something I like that is French. I like them french fried taters, mmmm hmmm.
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Dinger - interesting story. Must have been the "wrong kind of snow", an expression that entered British train management folklore when our trains were unable to cope with the weather conditions one year.
There are two types of train passing through the tunnel. Eurostar is an electrically powered passenger train which operates from Waterloo and goes to Paris or Brussels. The other type of train is the shuttle. This is what we were using. You drive to Folkestone, and drive your car onto the train, which is like a long corridor as the cars are loading on. When all cars are in position, doors swing across to form compartments in which there are two cars only. Those doors have roller shutters. They also have doors which people can pass through to get to the next compartment. I usually just sit in the car. The journey to Calais is only 35 minutes.
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Originally posted by FUNKED1
Saw
I AM NOT FRENCH FOR TEH LAST TIME DAMMIT! HARRR!!!
And french fries don't come from France (stare at my avatard).
What I like about France? I go there about twice a year if I can, so...:
Wimin
Food
Bourgognes, Bordeaus, and a coupe of Cote d'Oc
Supermarkets
Some of the little countryside I've seen look nice, but I usualy go down there to see my dad, shoot at the range with him & crash in a pool for a few days :)
Did I mention wimin look great?
I absolutely hate Paris.
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I like big fat women wearing string bikini's....
I like McDonalds....
I like smog...and more smog....its cause I like looking cool with a mask on....
oh wait a minute....we are not talking about California here....:rofl
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lmfao....u havent been to california then..we got hot bioches out here...and if all you have seen is fat women you hangn out on wrong part if gutter..
im sure in canad there are thousands of short skirted blondes running around....................... ..........
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buahhahahahahahahaha:rofl
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Merrian, the Rep. for B & G wines that was in Dallas in 2001. Viv la France! (Yeah, I hit it)
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French bands - Air in particular.
French people - have always been friendly when I've been there. Apart from ski lift attendants for some reason.
The Weather.
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what i,luv about France .. less oh ye The Tour De France, and Lance Armstrongs winning streak:aok
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ROFL Dowding my experience with "ski lift attendants" are the same...otherwise they are very likable :D
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(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040129/040129_terms_france_4p.vmedium.jpg)
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well smoking is not forbiden is it ? :D
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BUSTED !!!
Why are you smoking your bong ontop of the eifel GRUNHERZ ???? :rofl
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I dont do any drugs, all of that watermelon is only trouble and misery.
But I do like your joke. :)
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I like the joke and you.... :)
Never could resist a man with faith in himself and plenty of charm :D
:cool: :cool: :cool:
:aok
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If you cant take a joke and get pissed at something on a BBS you are not a man and you need to take a good hard look at yourself.....
If you get upset and take anythything said on this board personlally you are "****ed*...:D
I love these pointless discussions on this excellent board and the best thing is AMERIKKANS that love themselves ;)
Keep it comming boys :D
btw.....yes im drunk
:eek: :D :cool:
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Nuther thing...
next year im comming to vail and id love to meet some of you amerikkaaaans there for a good discussion and a sheitload of your crappy beer :eek: :)
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I know 2 amerikaaaans in person.... Dharon Ralves and Bode Miller and they are nothing like you ALL...they are sweet and tender...kinda cozy actually ;) :D
kiddin aside...they are nice, and muscular :p
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Brilliant pic, funked!
Ravs
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Thx, I am teh winnar!
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Originally posted by BGBMAW
im sure in canada there are thousands of short skirted blondes running around....................... ..........
ahahahahahahaha:rofl
imagine this....
young blonde.....short skirted blond.....tight t-shirt...no bra.....and WERY WERY COLD......
can you picture that....
oh ya.....they're FRENCH and they SHAVE:rofl
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France, eh? Well if the Americans & British hate it, it has to be doing something right. ;)
Getting married there was good too! Oui, oui!
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Marquis De Lafayette
Henri Poincare
Anatole France (pen name)
Voltaire (pen name)
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Augustin Louis Cauchy
Marie Curie
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
The French have a long and distinguished history in literature and mathematics. We would be a much poorer world without the French. What goes around on the wheel of life usually makes it back around again.
I suspect the average American and Frenchman would get along just fine - I know I did in graduate school.
The French and Americans do have a common trait though, they keep electing less than intelligent people to political office.
curly
p.s. Saw's cradle language is Flemish you dolts. lol
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Originally posted by AKcurly
Marquis De Lafayette
Henri Poincare
Anatole France (pen name)
Voltaire (pen name)
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Jerry Lewis
Augustin Louis Cauchy
Marie Curie
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier
He only acts French Curly. ;)
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Je préfère la photo du FAMAS c'est mieux ainsi et nettement plus agréable.
Merci Mike :aok
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Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer".
For this thing I am almost ready to excuse them for invention of french fries, which first makes our women fat, and then makes us all mad while they try to burn the fat with all the whoopee diets.
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Hate is fun.
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Easy Women. Need I say more?
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NP mon ami, ma plaisanterie était stupide.
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Man... I only took 3 years of French in high school.
I can ask for the bathroom, booze, cigarettes, and prostitutes. Any chance thats what y'all are yappin about?
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Ils font les petites blagues entre les deux. N'ayez pas du peur. Ca fait rien.
kbman
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va te faire enculer :)
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Pas de pb :) celle-ci allait juste un peu trop loin IMO :)
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Well **** you too.
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Va faire foudre a la Greque cauchon! :D
C'est bon que Skuzzy ne peut pas comprendre je croix...
kbman