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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 09:48 AM
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Problems with the French language
As we all know, one of the problems with the French is that they don't have a word for 'entrepreneur.' It may seem like they do to those of you who are still in that whole 'reality-based' way of thinking but if Boosh says they don't then they don't dang it!

I think Boosh should pursue this further; say something like this:
"As I have said before, one of the problems with the French is...they don't have a word for...entrepreneur. And that fills me with a great sense of ennui. How will they ever experience joie de vivre without entrepreneurs?

They lost to the Germans because they didn't have words like bayonet, camouflage, espionage, lieutenant, parachute, rifle, ricochet, rachet, sabotage and torture. Why it's a fait accompli that they were giving carte blanche to their enemies by not having those words! (applause) They better get some of those words or it could be deja vu all over again."
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 09:55 AM
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1. You know, sometimes
c'est la vie.... Que sera, sera...
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 09:59 AM
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2. Sad, isn't it?
They just lack je nais sais quoi, that's all. C'est tout!
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 01:58 PM
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6. Ça va sans dire. (nt)
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Eye and Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 02:45 PM
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11. Vive la Revolution!
Edited on Fri Oct-22-04 02:51 PM by Eye and Monkey
:evil grin:
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freedom_to_read Donating Member (623 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 10:11 AM
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3. i doubt Bush has the sange froide to pull off such a coup de grace,
but Karl Rove, the enfant terrible of the right and bete noir of the left, will go tete-a-tete with the Democrats, trying -- encore -- to pull off another coup d'etat and maintain the vestigal priveledges of the ancien regime. In response to questions posed by the press, who are considered, chez Bush, to be nothing more agents provocateurs, Bush will give a verbal riposte, what he considers to be le mot juste: "L'etat, c'est moi!"

Zut alors!
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 01:32 PM
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4. Touche'
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 02:28 PM
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9. Kurt, honey, here's how to make an é
alt-0233
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 02:42 PM
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10. Wow,
That was impressive!
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 01:37 PM
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5. Also-it's ALL IN FRENCH!
:shrug: What's with that?
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kermujin Donating Member (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 02:00 PM
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7. pardon my tv-less ignorance, but ...
did bush really say that? please tell me you made that up. please?
kindly r.s.v.p. ...
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-22-04 02:27 PM
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8. He said the 'entrepreneur' part
the rest is my attempt at humor
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