WE'RE BUSY, SO
...you'll have to come up with your own surrender joke.
(Thanks to The Perts)
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June 27, 2008
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Well, it's not like the French were gonna use it, or anything.
Posted by: Lairbo | June 27, 2008 at 10:11 AM
That's why I never trust valet parking.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | June 27, 2008 at 10:11 AM
one way of farting in our general direction
Posted by: queensbee | June 27, 2008 at 10:18 AM
'unearthing private ryan'
Posted by: insomniac | June 27, 2008 at 10:18 AM
They could have kept it but they said no tanks.
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | June 27, 2008 at 10:19 AM
You're busy?
Posted by: Cat R | June 27, 2008 at 10:20 AM
A mechanical digger was brought in to clear away the earth around the tank so the experts could ensure the tank posed no danger, a witness said.
um...from the looks of it, I'm pretty damn sure that tank ain't going NOWHERE or shooting anything.
Posted by: Siouxie | June 27, 2008 at 10:22 AM
Snork at Meanie.
M5 was a scout tank. By the time any repair was done, schlepping it to the front lines was probably more trouble than it is worth.
Still, you'd think they could have turned it into a fountain or a flower garden or something.
Posted by: Not my usual alias | June 27, 2008 at 10:28 AM
It's kinda hard to turn a tank into a yard decoration when everyone surrendered and fled the scene.
Posted by: Alex | June 27, 2008 at 10:32 AM
(telephone rings)
Clerk: Hello, Department of Motor Vehicles
Irate French Citizen: I would like to report an abandoned vehicle.
Clerk: What kind of vehicle?
IFC: It's an American M5 tank.
Clerk: Are you sure it has been abandoned? The mother might be off gathering food. It's a good idea to leave these things alone so they can live in the wild.
IFC: Well, the war has been over for 60 years. I'm pretty sure you're thinking of wild animals and not a 16 ton tracked vehicle.
Clerk: Does it have a broken wing or a hurt foot?
IFC: It isn't an animal. It is a weapon.
Clerk: Oh, in that case, surrender immediately to the nearest person in a uniform.
Posted by: Not my usual alias | June 27, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Yes, France, just another reminder of why you aren't speaking GERMAN!!!
Posted by: Laurie | June 27, 2008 at 11:53 AM
At the time of France's liberation, it was pushed in a hole and buried.
and this is how the French have been saying thank you ever since.
Posted by: JayP | June 27, 2008 at 11:53 AM
JP, I believe they also buried their cojones there.
Posted by: Siouxie | June 27, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Siouxie, I thought the sauteed them with sauce Bearnaise and served them with brie and bread. couille a la pain et fromage.
Posted by: JayP | June 27, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Makes you wonder what else they've buried. Anyone see Charles DeGaul lately!?
Posted by: Kibby F5™ | June 27, 2008 at 12:20 PM
TANK HEAVEN FOR LEETLE GAULS
For leetle Gauls get beegga every day.
Thank heaven for G I Joes,
Without them we'll be sans Peugeots
Driving Beemers 'n Opels every day
Or, trinking Bier in a Cabrolet
(With apologies to Maurice Chevrolet)
Posted by: Ednausean | June 27, 2008 at 12:55 PM
*le snork* @ Ed!
Posted by: Siouxie | June 27, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Tanks for the memory:
Of things I can't forget, the Germans en brochette,
Our wond'rous days in Pas-de-Calais and Saint-Lo and Bolbec...
How lucky France was.
Posted by: Allen at Division | June 27, 2008 at 01:59 PM
L'Arc de Triomphe est... oh, shoot, high school French classes fail me... I surrender!
Posted by: frodolives | June 27, 2008 at 09:20 PM