Lionel wrote:
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wrote :
Lionel wrote:
wrote :
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
For the benefit of those not initiated into the best of Gallic wit
"zzzZzzzzzzzzzzz" is equivalent to "yawn".
It means that Lionel is backing out of the thread he initiated whenever
the going gets hot and instead exchanges quips about penises and
sewers where he feels more at home.
In a way this corresponds with the national performance over the last
70 years.
Italy sends the League of Nations packing and invades Ethiopia.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Hitler and Mussolini provide backing for a Fascist coup in Spain.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ (except for putting the AntiFranco refugees
into camps ready for future pickup by the Nazis)
Hitler partitions Tschechoslovakia
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ (assessment by my then neighbour in Grenoble: "
Eh bien, nous nous sommes degonfles- "Well, so we chickened out")
Nazis invade Poland (France had a solemn alliance with Poland and
signed a guarantee)
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Nazis invade France. It is all over in three weeks. (Warsaw endured a
siege and merciless bombing for seven)
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
The French Parliament (including the socialists- so much for Lionel's
"capitalist-clerical plot")- installs a Nazi friendly Petain
government. French communists busy opposing "the imperialist war"
in solidarity with their Moscow employers' pact with Germany.
Poland partitioned
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
France wants to hold on to the colonies. French Army defeated in
Algeria , then in Vietnam.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Brezhnev invades Hungary and kills the dissident Hungarian communist
leader Nagy
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Now the other side of the ledger. French Secret Service reports a
victory- a bomb successfully planted on a GreenPeace ship.
And French media are victorious everyday criticizing America and
enjoing a heyday over Iraq.
To be serious : Western Europe has every reason to be tired of wars and
want peace and quiet for a change, But making a
necessity into a virtue seems to have become another French gourmet
dish.
Ludovic Mirabel
Good job Ludo, your are the guardian of my sleep...
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... |-)
Lionel nothing ruffled continues the patriotic tradition:
" Good job Ludo, your are the guardian of my sleep...
ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Lionel, the hypnotic dose is carefully measured so that if the ground
starts shaking under your feet you'll be able to wake up and put a
transatlantic call for a third time rescue. Then when you start getting
a new edition of Marshall Aid you'll be awake enough to complain that
it is oh, so crudely, planned and not enough anyway.
Ludovic Mirabel