>>>>Someone sent this to me. I can't vouch for the validity of the statements, but they seem reasonable...
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>>>>AP and UPI reported that the French Government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "run" to "hide." The only two higher levels in France are "surrender" and "collaborate." The raise was precipitated by the recent fire which destroyed one of Frances' white flag factories, disabling their military.
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>>>Besides being a very xenophobic, hateful comment against another nation, it is not evenn funny. So we take it you don't like the French much. How many of them do you personally know? (French-Canadians do not qualify, just so you know).
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>>Alex, I am in agreement with almost every post you make - like minded for sure. But honestly, I'm sorry if you or anyone took offence to this post because surely this was a purely innocent joke made in good nature and jest because Jay does not have a reputation for being racist against the French on this forum. If we cant laugh at ourselves then I dont know ...
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>>I am sure that French people will repeat this joke but change the nationality. And yes I know French people, my brother and wife live in France, my nephew and wife and three kids live in France, and several of my friends. Please, they would laugh at this.
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>My sister-in-law is French, and I used to tease her and her mother with the statement--"Ah the French, never lost a battle, never won a war". It cracked them up. They knew how much I appreciated the many things that French culture has given the world.

I used to tease my Jewish grandmother by offering to make her a ham and cheese on rye. Oddly, she never quite thought it as funny as I did.