Where's NBN???
 

Bastille Day in Paris.
NBN is supposed to be there.
Can you find him in the picture? :headshake

and me at work with no phot shop. drat.

where's cane when you need him?

Ummm,
Just wondering, mind you, but is it just me or do those vehicles seem to be going in reverse?

Here ya go, LJ
it's the only NBN phot I have, sorry it's been used a bunch.

BTW, you're still at work? Do they at least give you a reach around? You're like the James Brown of Finance managers.

Well, the headlights are pointed toward us, and the people standing up in them are facing us...so, no. No, they look like they're standing completely still to me. :lol:

Well, sometimes when you back away slowly...

aww it was a reach anyway.

Why am I reminded of the Shriners?

french military vehicles in reverse??? oh shit, there must be some serious conflict. or at least a really angry looking squirrel.

They are intimidated because someone chilled the brie and left the white wine at room temperature.

It looks hot. I'll bet it's really stinky right there. And snooty. Snooty, stinky people who'd hit ya over the head with a baguette as soon as look at ya.

Does anyone know what the French military is actually for?

Crowd control at the Tour de Lance--ah, I mean Tour de France.

in my experience the French enlisted exist to wash the officer's white mercedes and drive them around. The French officers exist to watch over them and say "you missed a spot", or "that was our turn".

besides, without a French military who would yell "we surrender" anytime someone got close to the border with a stern look about them?

I just checked with Janes and it seems those vehicles don't actually have forward gears, so that's that. [/snicker]

To stop America invading mainland Europe?

Based on past experience, I'd say that the word "stop" should be replaced with "to help".

jesus christ people! don't you know that their army is on loan from germany?!?!

We don't have to invade. I heard you're already eating Krispy Kreme's over there.

Nice shot Clodfobble!

[NBN] Whadda ya mean the lights won't work? Get the hell outa the way. See, ya just gotta put an American penny behind this fuse and..... [/NBN]

LMAO, Bruce!

:biglaugha :thankyou: that was funny as hell bruce!

A lot of people make the mistake of underestimating the French.

They've got big bombs, the Foreign Legion and enough arrogance to use both.

Only if we are foolish enough to try to speak French when we are in France.

:lol: You're kidding, right? :lol:

Nobody is going to get hurt underestimating the French.

Let'a hope the french don't underestimate NBN. :worried:

We crack on the French a lot here but if you look at their politics they're probably the least accomodating to their muslim population of anybody in the EU. Thats a position the American right should appreciate. Not that its working out any better for them than for the more multicultural states. The Europeans are caught in a grinder between paying for the welfare benefits of an ageing white population and bringing in young workers who will alter their society fundementally. I say thank God for the Mexicans.

Wasn't it the french that were changing their laws to accomodate the Muslims? :confused:

Maybe its fuzzy thinking on my part but before caving the French were banning headscarves on school girls, trying to force assimilation...?

I'm not right-wing but I still hate the French.

And I think you're right, Griff. They were banning head scarves, etc. Big to-do over it. I'm going to Europe next summer but I'm NOT going to France. If I want to be insulted and have people feel superior to me I can just go across town and see my mom and dad.

I was in France last summer... I don't like France because I think it's overrated. However, the French people were all very nice to me and I had a nice time, despite being in France. If you act like a jackass, they won't like you. They didn't like a lot of the people I went to France with for that reason.

Admit it, Brianna...you're still holding a grudge against your parents for naming you after a French cheese. :)

If you want a good chuckle, try googling for "French Military Victories" and hit "I'm feeling lucky".

Els, you have no idea how right you really are! I do indeed have a French first name and I've had a love/hate relationship with it all my life. Mostly hate, though. I was born in 1964 when the popular names were Debbie, Mindy, Linda, Melissa...how I ended up with the atrocity they hung on me...oh, wait, I do know. It is, like all truly hideous names, a family name. Why do families do this to innocent babies? It's like handing down a curse!

What, exactly, is wrong with Brianna as a name?

It's the feminine equivilant to MY name and *I* like my name. It's hard to twist into anything silly, weird or embarrassing and it's not corruptible into a female name without modification like, say, Tony is. No offense UT but merely changing the last letter to an I you get a female name that sounds exactly the same when spoken aloud. There are many such names and I'm glad I got THIS one.

Although, had I held on two more days I'd have been named Ray III.

Brian

My name isn't really Brianna. It's my wanna-be name. My real name is --well, let's just never speak of it again.

i gave birth to two wonderful boys. They have pretty good names. If I'd had a girl she would have been Brianna

Brianna isn't her real name.

I know her dark secret.

Muahahahahaha.

huh. i don't think i even know this deep dark secret. and... HEY! aren't you supposed to be getting a piece right now? why are you talking to us?

I got my piece earlier---9:30ish, and thanks for asking!

Wolf--I trust you to be bribe-able.

I don't care *what* your name is. Your name isn't you, nor vice-versa.

My grandmother was named Ethel. I work with a woman named Gladys. I know lots of people who have strange names, names which aren't currently fadish or popular.

I also run around with people who adopt completely different names. In fact, I don't even know some of their real names, and it has become second nature to me to call some people "Drake" or "Aislinn Firehawk", and even more odd than that.

I think people should be called what they wish, but by no means should anyone be ashamed of their given name. Sometimes when your folks have gone, that's all your left with that they gave you.

No bribes necessary. I won't out you.

You ARE Brianna. :)

there's been an NBN sighting!!! talked to/saw him about an hour ago. i think he's still drunk on french wine! :D of course i knew he was home last night b/c i could hear that freakin' stereo bass again! can't wait to see the pictures that he brought back.

Uh oh! Don't tell him about this thread. :worried: