Why do we hate the french again? - Page 10

xoxoxoBruce · 08-24-2005, 05:34 PM

bargalunan, I like you.
Are you really, really sure you weren't adopted from a foreign orphanage?

bargalunan · 09-05-2005, 03:01 PM

I will look at my genealogy.
Perhaps one of my female ancestry commited sin with an American soldier.

bargalunan · 09-05-2005, 03:05 PM

PS : "commited sin" in French means having sex outside the marriage

bargalunan · 09-06-2005, 04:47 AM

Sometimes in France Citroen is nicknamed "citron" (=lemon)

BigV · 09-06-2005, 11:53 AM

Dear bargalunan:

Here is a picture of an old Citroen. Can you offer me any details? I think it's a model DS, circa 1958...but I know verrrrry little about it, really. Any info?

BigV · 09-06-2005, 11:58 AM

Another beauty...

edit:

corrected faulty link, thanks wol

wolf · 09-06-2005, 12:10 PM

Oh my word that's frightening.

(after you correct the URL ... you're missing a "g" at the end there).

bargalunan · 09-06-2005, 02:04 PM

You better know French old cars than me. It's archeology !

First one seems to be a DS 21. Its number 75 means it comes from Paris.
Maybe it's a de luxe model with 4 headlights !

Second one, I don't know. Never seen.

Citroen is known for is particular design...

His most famous car was the 2CV (say "duchvo")
still used by seldom lucky students.

1st photo : DS 21 1967 and 1969
2nd : 2CV (1945 to 80's)

Do never laugh at a 2CV, it's a French national symbol !

So good chilhood memories...

glatt · 09-06-2005, 03:12 PM

The 2CV is a fun little car. Cute in a way. But I wouldn't want one.

glatt · 09-23-2005, 10:50 AM

I just discovered a new reason to hate the French.

They ruined the perfectly good cover art on an amazing book.

Would you buy this book? Look at that cover. It's hideous.

dar512 · 09-23-2005, 11:09 AM

Maybe the French would. Their tastes are different.

Happy Monkey · 09-23-2005, 01:38 PM

It's not really science fiction either, is it? More historical fiction, I'd say.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-23-2005, 08:31 PM

Mmm... four rotor Enigma machine on the cover. As a former Intelligence guy, I'd at least pick it up and see how the thing reads. As a former intel guy, I recommend the book Blind Man's Bluff as worthy of attention from the spy-curious.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-23-2005, 08:40 PM

The last Yugo I've ever seen on the road disappeared from Oxnard, CA two, maybe three years ago. It was red. Rather untidy inside. I suspect its owner (30-something male Caucasian, collar-length dark brown hair, medium build) now drives something a bit ... less surprising. It probably goes faster too.

wolf · 09-24-2005, 12:47 AM

As far as the question asked by the thread ... I still only get as far as "they're French" and I can't come up with anything else.

08-24-2005, 05:34 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	bargalunan, I like you. Are you really, really sure you weren't adopted from a foreign orphanage? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-06-2005, 11:53 AM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Dear bargalunan: Here is a picture of an old Citroen. Can you offer me any details? I think it's a model DS, circa 1958...but I know verrrrry little about it, really. Any info? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 09-06-2005 at 11:55 AM.

09-06-2005, 11:58 AM	#6
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Another beauty... edit: corrected faulty link, thanks wol __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 09-06-2005 at 02:33 PM.

09-06-2005, 12:10 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Oh my word that's frightening. (after you correct the URL ... you're missing a "g" at the end there). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-06-2005, 02:04 PM	#8
bargalunan Abecedarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nantes (France) Posts: 175	You better know French old cars than me. It's archeology ! First one seems to be a DS 21. Its number 75 means it comes from Paris. Maybe it's a de luxe model with 4 headlights ! Second one, I don't know. Never seen. Citroen is known for is particular design... His most famous car was the 2CV (say "duchvo") still used by seldom lucky students. 1st photo : DS 21 1967 and 1969 2nd : 2CV (1945 to 80's) Do never laugh at a 2CV, it's a French national symbol ! So good chilhood memories... Attached Images

09-05-2005, 03:01 PM	#2
bargalunan Abecedarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nantes (France) Posts: 175	I will look at my genealogy. Perhaps one of my female ancestry commited sin with an American soldier.

09-05-2005, 03:05 PM	#3
bargalunan Abecedarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nantes (France) Posts: 175	PS : "commited sin" in French means having sex outside the marriage

09-06-2005, 04:47 AM	#4
bargalunan Abecedarian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nantes (France) Posts: 175	Sometimes in France Citroen is nicknamed "citron" (=lemon)

09-06-2005, 03:12 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The 2CV is a fun little car. Cute in a way. But I wouldn't want one.

09-23-2005, 10:50 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I just discovered a new reason to hate the French. They ruined the perfectly good cover art on an amazing book. Would you buy this book? Look at that cover. It's hideous.

09-23-2005, 11:09 AM	#11
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Maybe the French would. Their tastes are different. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-23-2005, 01:38 PM	#12
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It's not really science fiction either, is it? More historical fiction, I'd say. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-23-2005, 08:31 PM	#13
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Mmm... four rotor Enigma machine on the cover. As a former Intelligence guy, I'd at least pick it up and see how the thing reads. As a former intel guy, I recommend the book Blind Man's Bluff as worthy of attention from the spy-curious. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-23-2005, 08:40 PM	#14
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	The last Yugo I've ever seen on the road disappeared from Oxnard, CA two, maybe three years ago. It was red. Rather untidy inside. I suspect its owner (30-something male Caucasian, collar-length dark brown hair, medium build) now drives something a bit ... less surprising. It probably goes faster too. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-24-2005, 12:47 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	As far as the question asked by the thread ... I still only get as far as "they're French" and I can't come up with anything else. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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