If google can't find it, it doesn't exist

[Torrid]

http://colstonwrestling.virtualave.net/French_M.jpg

[Daeryn]

rofl.

[Zeldapika]

HAHAHAHAHAH!

[Ktul]

ROFL

[Lilcix]

hahaha

[Coral]

I've seen this passed around.

Sadly, isn't true. Do a real search in google, you get a bunch of stuff about Joan of Arc and Napoleon.

[Torrid]

Yeah thats not my image. (I made up the post subject though!)

I knew it wasn't true though, because google will show results matching only two of the phrase words as well. (military and victories)

The irony is that the top results are all about google not showing anything for the query "french military victories"

[Darsarin]

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=%22canada+military+defeats%22 (Canada)

[Vidmer]

Bleh, this thread is like taking candy from the retarded kid-ranger. There are so many good things to tease the french about, but this is the king of all dead horses!

[NilDiinN]

LOL@!(*

[Eomer]

Yeah, cause god knows they didn't control virtually all of Europe less than 200 years ago right!

And yeah, I know this was meant as a joke. But unfortunately due to Maxim and The Simpson's, Americans have this impression that France has been getting slapped around in wars consistently. Obviously, that's completely false. But whatever :)

[Vanuiil]

LOL

[Zobb]

ROFLMAO! I love a good french bashing

[Anfini]

Here you go Zobb:

http://www.francesurrenders.com/


Site was brought to my attention by some dorm friends.

[Kaneis]

"Going to war without France is like going duck hunting without your accordian."
-- Donald Rumsfield, US Secretary of Defense

LMAO!

[Zeldapika]

LOL

[Vidmer]

While that is a real quote it was not said by Rumsfield. It was said by a retired state department official. It is wrongly attributed to more prominent officials to add bite.

[Eomer]

Yeah, I have seen it linked to Schwarzkopf, or however you smell it.

[Inizen]

http://subx.home.insightbb.com/images/frencharmy.jpg

[Cardinal]

Er....


Yeah, cause god knows they didn't control virtually all of Europe less than 200 years ago right!

... but they HAVE been bitch slapped around since pretty much Roman times.. afterall despite Napoleon briefly rolling over a good portion of Europe, he did happen to impale himself on not only the Russian winter but also some quaint place called Waterloo ...

Back in my college days I was an ardent history buff and did some research on pre-WWII european news reporting and public perception, was fascinating to read story after story on the invicible French Army, amazing modern French technology, and the wonders of the Maginot line. During the late 1930's France was seen as the preeminent continental European power. If you ever visit a library with a collection of old LIFE magazines, the 1930-1939 pre-war issues are a hoot! The world felt France WAS a military jugernaut.

Let me see, how long did it take for Germany to roll thru France (and how much shorter would have been without the British expeditionary forces being present . . .)

Now .... if only France would sign a mutual defense treaty with Saddam.....

- Card

[aed]

sad

[Inizen]

actually i figured out that this is a screenshot from google (sorta, something they set to work this way for sure)...you can do it too heh.

Type in "french military victories" and then hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. heh.

Google has a lot of "spoofs" if you know what to look for, some are quite humurous (if you ever used to play with askjeeves, he did as well, but I think they removed most of them).



also:
http://static.wc.ask.com/docs/about/isjeevesgay.html

[Buazag Bonesteel]

Poor France (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html)

[Karendra]

you dont think after a month those jokes get old?

[Yendii]

First let me say I agree with removing Sadam from power in Iraq by means of war if necessary.

We (the US) should be careful about what we joke about. We have the capablity of taking the moral high ground on just about every issue but we don't because of ugly politics.

Nobody says people like Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. were idiots for not advocating voilence. Men like these are praised because they were true to themselves.

History they say is written by the victorious, but the times we live in are changing. We are going to find oursleves held more responsible than ever for our actions, unless we plan on dominating the world like some very Un-American Empire.

I love my country and I belive myself a patriot. I proudly served my country, defending a place where we can agree to disagree.

Here's a nice little quote to end on...

"The gravest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-intentioned, but without understanding." -Justice Louis Brandeis

[Obudan]

I think you missed the meaning of the I'm Feeling Lucky button. All it does is automatically send you to the #1 search result. I suspect www.albinoblacksheep.com is not an official google server.

[Inizen]

and what are the chances that a #1 result would end up at that page by accident? heh not likely imo. yes i realize that whateveritwas.com is not "google.com" but thanks :D read post!

[Obudan]

It wasn't by accident, it was by design. That's how google and pagerank work. The reason it's the #1 link is because lots of web pages linked to it, not due to any conscious decision on google's part.