friday joke - Clubhouse - Runner's World

Alex Popplewell

04/02/2005 at 12:40

this just in.....AP and UPI reported today that the French Government had raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Surrender" and "Collaborate."

According to sources within the Elysee Palace, the decision to raise the alert level was taken after security forces thwarted a terrorist plot to firebomb a military plant near Rheims that accounts for over 50% of France’s annual white flag production. A senior security official remarked: “The fact that the terrorists had detailed plans for a direct attack on such a major element of France’s military infrastructure shows we are facing a very determined and ruthless enemy.”

if you like it,have a laugh,if you find it offensive in some politically correct way don't bother posting,i'm not coming back to read about it!

Garr

pirate

04/02/2005 at 12:48

Many of you may already know this, and it sometimes doesn't work (but I don't understand why), but...

If you type 'French military victories' into Google, press 'I'm feeling lucky', it usually comes back with a rather amusing remark.

Garr

pirate

04/02/2005 at 12:51

Just given it a trial run and it's not working for me.

It used to say:

'no entries found. Did you mean French Military Defeats'.

Oh well, that's the end of that gag. *sigh*

BogTrotter

04/02/2005 at 12:59

Worked for me, make sure you don't include the quotes and do hit 'I'm feeling lucky'

Garr

pirate

04/02/2005 at 13:18

Cheers BT. Just another one of these cases where it won't work and for no reason. Glad it still works though :-D

DavidB

04/02/2005 at 13:31

Now that is clever!! It's not a google page at all (look at the address bar). Someone knows how to be first up (at least some of the time) when the "I'm feeling lucky" button is pressed.

04/02/2005 at 13:35

DavidB -- phone number..?

ah, wrong thread!

;o)

Garr

pirate

04/02/2005 at 13:40

Very sharp DavidB! I never noticed that. That explains why I didn't think it was working. The page hit our firewall.

Scotty.

04/02/2005 at 14:00

A similar thing used to happen when you typed <a href"http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/">Weapons of Mass Destruction. Sadly it doen't work anymore.

Scotty.

04/02/2005 at 14:01

Well, you get the idea.........

Nessie

04/02/2005 at 14:46

http://www.google-watch.org/newsday.html

The story behind the Military Victories one.

Nessie

04/02/2005 at 14:49

The story behind the Military Victories one

McGoohan

04/02/2005 at 21:39

Si vous ne retournerez pas ici, je peux dire: "feck off, fecking fecker".

Merci bien.

drew

04/02/2005 at 23:13

If you follow the link "french military defeats" you get such gems as:-

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage."

and

Or, better still, the quote from last week's Wall Street Journal: "They're there when they need you."

NickJ

05/02/2005 at 16:57

Yeah, well, at least we've got football and rugby to fall back on (and a pretty useful tally of olympic medals; where was Britain?)...

Brooks the beast

07/02/2005 at 15:28

200 years since the victorious annihilation of the Frogs at Trafalgar.

Celebrate, celebrate and just wait till we win the 2012 Olympic bid as well.

Rule Britannia etc

They did manage to sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour a few years ago but I don't think that counts as Glorious in any way.

Waapster

07/02/2005 at 15:36

Actually, I rather like the French. I like the country, the food and the people.

(Which doesn't mean I can't have a laugh at them)

Waapster

07/02/2005 at 15:37

Recent US media coverage:

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag." —David Letterman

"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France." —Jay Leno

"Did you see the new bomb the government came up with? It weights 21,000 pounds. The Air Force tested this bomb in Florida and the bomb blast was so strong at Disneyworld 25 French tourists surrendered." —Jay Leno

"Broadway producers are saying that because of the war, musicals are suffering from weak ticket sales. Not only that, over at 'Les Miserables,' the French are refusing to take part in the revolution." —Conan O'Brien

"There was another war-related casualty today. The French were injured when they tried to jump on our bandwagon." —Jay Leno

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