Thread: Jokes

Made me think of the old gear boxes in French tanks.


One forward gear and 6 reverse.

Why does the new French navy have glass-bottomed boats?

So they can look at the old French navy.

For sale: french rifles, never fired

Originally Posted by carjunkieanon

I'm unsure re WW2, but by WW1 standards even 200,000 men in the French Army would've been (I'm pretty sure) way too small a number. Plausible that he increased the numbers that quickly though based on their system of having every male trained and ready to go. Just call them to get their weapon and gear and away they go. I seem to recall that the average time in WW1 for a Frenchman between called up and onto the front line was something like a mere 3 weeks. And before anyone starts bagging the French as a bunch of cheese eating surrender monkeys, they did have a pretty darn fantastic bunch of soldiers.

Probably not the place for this, but the French were given bad press from people who should have known better. For example, before an American fired a shot in anger, the French had lost over a million men. And in the battle of the Somme, Britain's greatest military disaster, the French were the only troops to reach their objective, for further info, look in Walrus for " how the French saved England in WW2 " .

Two old Irishmen, Dermott and Shaun, drinking partners for years, were chatting about Shauns serious illness. Shaun said " Dermy, old friend, if I am to go, will you promise me something? " Dermott replied "To be sure , to be sure, Shaun, what would that be, pray tell? " " every year on the anniversary of my passing, would you come and tip a glass of the finest Irish whiskey on my grave? " Silent for a while, Dermott thought this over. " Of course old friend, just one request , If I could ." " What would that be Dermy, ? ". Shaun replied, " Would it be ok if I strained it thru my kidneys first ? "

"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." General George S. Patton.

Originally Posted by cuppabillytea

But why was Paddy so annoyed with the French?

Good Lord, man! Nobody needs an excuse to be annoyed with the French! It's just something people do!

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- ancient bottle of Chinese Tipex. It's a corrector’s item.