Another French Joke

[The Chief]

A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a group of half dozen or so officers that included personnel from most of the countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks, but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked: "Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?" Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied: Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies, and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German."

 

[Kycntryboy]

here, here

 

[Av8or72Dan]

:icon_mi_1

 

[stevew]

If you could read this thank a teacher, if you could read this in english thank a soldier!

 

[makana]

French jokes are like blond jokes in that you can never hear too many.

 

[DanMa1156]

Great joke!

 

[KBayDog]

That was supposed to be a joke? Sounds too painfully true to be a joke...

BTW, on 6/6, when everyone was reminiscing about D-Day, I thought to myself, "Self, visiting the American cemetery at Normandy should be mandatory annual training for all French children."

And then I woke up.

Wouldn't it be great if French history classes taught French history from 1900-1975? (Yes, I include Vietnam as one of the French "bail-outs.")

 

[vvmountainvv]

FOR SALE:

WW II French rifles, never used, only dropped once.

S/F

 

[Fly Navy]

(Yes, I include Vietnam as one of the French "bail-outs.")

As you should, considered we were there to clean up their mess. Thanks a lot France!

 

[sonshine]

History Lesson

I did a search to see if this was posted before... couldn't find it, so my apologies if it has been posted and I missed it...

History Lesson:


A long time ago, Britain and France were at war. During one battle, the
French captured an English colonel. Taking him to their headquarters, the
French general began to question him. Finally, as an afterthought, the
French general asked, "Why do you English officers all wear red coats?
Don't you know the red material makes you easier targets for us to shoot
at?"


In his bland English way, the colonel informed the general that the reason
English officers wear red coats are so that if they are shot, the blood
won't show and the men they are leading won't panic.


And that is why, from that day to this, all French Army officers wear brown
pants."

 

[illinijoe05]

FOR SALE:

WW II French rifles, never used, only dropped once.

S/F

I actually think they were dropped twice!! They were just picked up again right before WWII. Semper Navy

 

[A4sForever]

I will always be available to bash the French -- and Canadians, too -- just as well as the next guy --- but just remember --- the Dien Bien Phu and Algerian French vets were tigers --- and some of the current French military (their SpecOps, Paras, and FFL) is/are every bit as good and motivated as some of our best.

I'm talking about the operators, not the "staff" nor the bureaucracy .... we had some French commandos with us on my 1st class cruise and they were highly respected by our UDT guys (too eary for SEALs) and the Brit Marines who were with us ..... the French Navy treated us like honored guests while in port (1968) and I had nothing but good things to say about them. They were professional and ran tight ships ....

And Canadians ???? During one "debrief" at the O' Club @ Cold Lake after ACM'in against their (then) brand new CF-18's .... their guys were sitting around the table and kept apologizing (after several libations) --- for "their government".

Over ... and over .... and over ..... they were great guys.

 

[HAL Pilot]

A4s,
What you write may be true about some French military, but I lost all respect for them when I watched a French pilot on their aircraft carrier slap his plane captain because the canopy was not spotless.

On a subsequent UN mission, I watched an Austrialian private pick up a French LCDR by his beard and threaten to kiss his ass. The French LCDR decided he was too good to clean his own room and ordered the Aussie to do it. When the Aussie said "no sir, do it yourself", the French LCDR slapped him. In the end, the French guy got sent home and not the Aussie. The French threaten to leave the mission and so did the Aussies. Since the Military Observers (MO) were a dime a dozen but the Aussies were vital as the logistics support for the mission, the Aussies won hands down. Plus the MOs were told from day one that there was no rank in the mission, just positional authority (i.e. team leader, etc). The officers were told the enlisted had equal status and not to try and order them to do things like cleaning (a very big point with many militaries).