At Washington hotels, that is. Lloyd Grove, theWashington Post‘s gossip columnist, reports that executives at French-owned Accor Hotels “have determined that Franco-American relations are so rotten it’s not prudent to fly the tricolor at any of their 10 U.S. Sofitel hotels, including Washington’s Hotel Sofitel Lafayette Square.”
One of the anti-French jokes zooming around the Internet — on lists with items like,
Q: How many French soldiers does it take to defend Paris?
A: No one knows. It’s never been tried.
— is one about the French having just designed a new national flag. It’s a white cross on a white background. Now the Accor Hotel group has gone them one better. Just lower it.
Why did the French give the Statue of Liberty to the US? They had no use for it.
What is the first thing you are taught when joining the French army?
To say “I surrender” in German.
Where do you find 60 million French jokes?
In France.
This thread reminds me of that competition they held a few weeks back at The Federalist, in which contestants submitted analogies beginning with “Going to war without the French is like…” I don’t know who won, but I do remember these two gems:
Going to war without the French is like going to Thanksgiving dinner without your mother in law.
Going to war without the French is like … well, World War II.
why is the eiffel tower so tall?
so everyone can see the german flag.
what’s the shortest book ever written?
french war heroes
why is the eiffel tower so tall?
so everyone can see the german flag.
what’s the shortest book ever written?
french war heroes
How did the French react to German reunification? They put up speed bumps at the borders to slow down the panzers.
Why did the French celebrate their World Cup Championship in 1998 so wildly? It was their first time they won anything without the help of the U.S.
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up? The Army.
What do you do if you see 90,000 dead french-men? A. Stop laughing and re-load!!
idiots
going to war without the french is like going deer hunting without your accordian