Ever notice that when Freeps talk about the French being wimps...

[anti_shrub]

They never mention this guy:




For those of you who didn't know: Yes, Andre "The Giant" Roussimoff was born in Grenoble, France in 1946. His distinctive voice was the combination of the stereotypical "giant voice" and a French accent.

I wonder if he ever came across any "Frenchies are all weak wimps" people?

[sleipnir]

1. Purportedly, Samuel Beckett gave him rides to school.

How bizarre is that for coincidences. It sure is a small world, one of the greatest wrestlers, one of the greatest playwrights in the same car.

[The Traveler]

2. I hear rumors

Big Show was his kid. So this "Frenchies are wimps" stuff could still result in some amusement.

[anti_shrub]

3. That was just a pro wrestling storyline

Paul "Big Show" Wight is no relation to Andre. they just bear physical resemblences from both having the same affliction.

Incidentally, it was Andre's early death in 1993 that prompted Wight to have surgery to correct his condition to stop his growth so not to meet the same end as the big man.

[The Traveler]

20. I don't follow

wrestling close enough to always successfully seperate the story line from reality. That's one of the fun things about wrestling ... the surrealism of it all. Sorta like watching the Bush administration in operation ... seperating truth from storyline can be difficult and requires one's full attention. The Bush Admin is, however, considerably less fun.

[saltpoint]

4. It was the French who gave us our Statue of Liberty.

Next they should ship us a statue of Andre the Giant.

I think the Gulf Coast just off Mobile, Alabama would be a good spot.

____
Some Olympics ago now I watched skier Jean-Claude Killy rocket and zag down huge mountains at breakneck speeds.

I dare Bill O'Reilly to call someone like that a pussy.

[7th_Sephiroth]

9. fuck no

i'm in pensacola, 8 miles from alabama, i would fucking see it from here

[saltpoint]

11. Yeah, you would. Well, then, we'll have to put it on land --

-- possibly atop Mt. Rushmore.

It would serve to punish South Dakotans for voting for that nitwit John Thune AND for Bush in the presidential race, too.

[7th_Sephiroth]

12. i know where it must go

Crawford, with a beret and french flag

[saltpoint]

13. Done! We'll write to the Chamber of Commerce --

-- and let them know it's on its way.

[7th_Sephiroth]

14. and on the plaque

W was born in Vermont (or where the fuck ever)

[BikeWriter]

16. Connet...Connect... One of them yankee states... n/t

[Bouncy Ball]

5. Freeps and right wingers in general

are HUGE wimps who would piss their pants if you got up in their face and whispered "Boo!"

[MidwestTransplant]

7. Total Chickenhawks and couch commandos.

[BikeWriter]

17. ...and chickenhawks.

;-)

[solinvictus]

6. The French..

I always want to ask them if they keep the German roadsigns stashed in a room under Paris just in case.

[sasquatch]

8. Add this guy to the list too!!

[solinvictus]

10. He was Corsican...

of Italian descent. The Italic spelling of his name was Buonoparte.

[sasquatch]

21. But Corsica was owned by France when he was born so he is French

But you get a bonus point for knowing what his birth name was.
:thumbsup:

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. Don't forget the Marquis de Lafayette.

Without whom we might arguably be a member of the British Commonwealth today.

[Skittles]

18. f***ing idiot freepers need a lesson on the French Resistance

heaven forbid they should EDUCATE themselves

[sasquatch]

22. Those SOB's are dumber than a sack full of hammers

So expecting them to educate themselves is completly out of the fucking question.

[mr blur]

19. What really pisses them off..

is that the French refuse to suck up to the Chimp (ie "Amurca"), thus denying that the US is the rightful leader of the free world, bastion of freedom etc. Would that our "leader" in the UK had enough courage to do the same.

[Beware the Beast Man]

23. "Fezzik, tear his arms off..."

:D