FRANCE: EASILY ALARMED? OR WHAT?
We report; you decide.
(Thanks to Theresa Hogue)
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June 23, 2004
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I am curious why the rocks are such a tourist draw in Calanques. Algona, Iowa went and built a YMCA and they probably already had rocks...
Posted by: Drew | June 23, 2004 at 05:41 AM
Was it a pink not-a-panther?
Posted by: Lairbo | June 23, 2004 at 05:43 AM
Easily Alarmed AND not very good at searching. They called off a THREE WEEK search!
"Here kitty, kitty." would have been quicker.
Posted by: kibby F5 | June 23, 2004 at 05:47 AM
elle - LOL! Then again, "Panther" - "Panzer" pretty close! I can see why the French would have surrendered so fast....
Then again, my cat could probably get them to surrender and she's only 8 lbs AND is declawed! Does have a mean little nip tho...
Posted by: Higgy | June 23, 2004 at 06:05 AM
I guess it never occured to anyone to just run a can opener for a couple of minutes...
Posted by: Mrs. Bruce | June 23, 2004 at 06:11 AM
To call a cat, you say "Here kitty, kitty...."
Since the French word for cat is "chat" (rhymes with "shot"), do you suppose they call "Here chitty, chitty...?" (rhymes with — well, YOU know....)
Posted by: etc. | June 23, 2004 at 06:41 AM
Moi, j'appelle un chat un chat
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | June 23, 2004 at 07:00 AM
Didn't we just have a story last week about a cat that turned out to be a mountain lion? Or was it vice versa?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 23, 2004 at 07:13 AM
So if the French mistake a 24 inch, 22 pound cat for a panther, for what do they mistake a horse, a dinosaur?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | June 23, 2004 at 07:50 AM
...bringing the French Homeland Security alert level down from violet ("collaborate") to fuschia ("surrender").
Posted by: Moe | June 23, 2004 at 08:56 AM
Just goes to show that the French were right. If we had given the inspectors a more time in Iraq, we would have found that the Saddam was really just a big house cat all along.
Posted by: Lily | June 23, 2004 at 09:01 AM
Because I'm a tasteful sort of guy, I will refrain from making rude comments like "Wow, that's a big black pussy." You're welcome.
Posted by: Mike Weasel | June 23, 2004 at 09:23 AM
I am also much too mature and tasteful to make any sort of statement such as "France. What a big pussy!"
I would also never suggest that you type "french military victories" into Google and hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button. Because that would be wrong.
Posted by: afurrica | June 23, 2004 at 09:58 AM
Is anyone else surprised that they didn't surrender sooner? Three weeks is a long time for France to resist anything!
Posted by: looney girl | June 23, 2004 at 10:21 AM
Well, with the natural abundance of panthers all throughout France you can see how they'd make this sort of mistake...
Posted by: jamester | June 23, 2004 at 12:29 PM
Why oh why don't they put out pictures with this stuff???
Posted by: chaosd | June 23, 2004 at 12:40 PM
elle: too, too funny
Posted by: the other brad | June 24, 2004 at 11:20 AM