French fear up to 3,000 killed in heatwave

[MrRant 0]

norway, clearly.

 

rant, could you post a link to a thread you feel you made a worthwhile contributiuon to? i don't visit here that often but in the times i do, i've never seen you post anything of worth, just ignorant comments. i'm fully prepared to stand corrected, i instinctively feel you should have something to say.

You missed the Elect Jimmy Dean campaign didn't you?

[Guest JMA]

Well, I can only speak on French canadians, since I've been to Quebec once or twice..but every single person I talked to that was involved in their service industry (as well as folk on the street) was rude, condescending, and for the most part, ugly. In fact, I found those people so vile and aggrivating that I will never go back, no matter how much I enjoyed that gravy-coated french fry stuff. I can only imagine the attitude in France, proper, towards Americans...

 

I'm even nice enough to understand a broken form of the language, and the Quebecers were still pricks. I personally had nothing against them going into there, but I have no use for the province now.

The whole "the French are arrogant jerks" holds no water for me. Andre the Giant was French. And he was one of nicest people ever in the wrestling industry. I sincerly doubt someone would insult the French around him.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Hey, I'm just relating my experience. I'm sure Andre was charming.

[Anorak 0]

Vern Gagne is a smelly liar

 

JMA was a dumb prick for starting this crap up again

[Guest JMA]

JMA was a dumb prick for starting this crap up again

Why should I care? If you don't like it you could always ignore it.

[EL BRUJ0 0]

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[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

fuck you chavez, there's more to the norwegian music scene than humming in a barrel. royksopp? lene marlin? bjorn berge? sort your ignorance out, you fuck faced loser. ever heard of the oslo spektrum? no? well, the oslo spektrum is one of norway's largest live-music venues. just behind oslo city shopping center, it attracts big names, such as alanis morissette and rod stewart. you think legends like that hum in a barrel you flange?

Rod Stewart would hum in a barrel for $5 and his weight in whores...

[Guest DeputyHawk]

Not. In. Norway.

 

At. The. Oslo. Spektrum.

 

Just. Behind. Oslo. City. Shopping. Centre.

 

Fool.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

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Internet Etiquette,

 

9. In reference to the use of the terms "gay" or "ghey", see rule #1

 

1. You are not cool if you use "l33t sp34k" as anything other than a joke. If not used as a joke, most people will consider you a dumbass and won't take anything you say seriously. The minute you start talking l33t we begin thinking you're an 11 year old kid off their Ritalin who figured out how to get on the Internet.

 

ban plz.

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

Not.  In.  Norway.

 

At.  The.  Oslo.  Spektrum.

 

Just.  Behind.  Oslo.  City.  Shopping.  Centre.

 

Fool.

I think Rod Stewart would be happy to hum in a barrel in Norway, but no more than anywhere else. This shows Rod Stewart has no ill feelings to Norway.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

then the barrel humming for whores is a rod stewart trait, not a norwegian one. do you acknowledge? norwegians = everybody else.

 

let's everyone stop the racism for a moment and think about lene marlin.

[Guest Anglesault]

Along the "French don't bathe" lines (Which has been a joke for as long as I can remember.), the Guy from Fox and Friends recently mentioned European's disgusting refusal to deodorize.

 

Take it for what it's worth.

 

Seriously, though, I think the unclean French jokes come from some historical truth where French women used to drown themselves in perfume rather than bathe.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

French heatwave toll climbs

PARIS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has defended his government's handling of a killer heatwave amid reports that the final death toll could hit 5,000, far higher than the 3,000 victims registered so far. In an interview with the weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche published on Sunday, the conservative prime minister said he was appalled by calls by opposition Socialists and Greens for the resignation of Health Minister Jean-Francois Mattei. "All of this is ridiculous. Politics is not a permanent settlement of scores. Faced with such human tragedies, the time is for solidarity, not for sterile polemic," he said. The newspaper quoted unnamed sources at the Health Ministry as saying the death toll since July 25, previously estimated at 3,000, could rise to 5,000 when the government unveils final figures next week. Mattei said after visiting emergency health workers on Sunday that he was not aware of these numbers and the death toll would probably be at the high end of the government's forecast range of 1,600 to 3,000. Victims were mainly elderly people with heat-related conditions, such as hyperthermia and dehydration. Many were found at home alone as the traditional August holiday exodus leaves city centres deserted. Raffarin cut short his vacation for an emergency meeting last Thursday to tackle the crisis after temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in parts of the country. The government recalled medical staff from holidays under an emergency plan designed to deal with terrorist attacks, natural disasters or epidemics. Though the weather has cooled, hospitals remain on alert amid fears of a new spike in temperatures. As mortuaries and funeral parlours struggled to cope with an overflow of victims, health authorities took over a disused storeroom at a farmers' market on the outskirts of Paris where several hundred bodies lay awaiting burial. France's weather problems showed no signs of abating as violent rainstorms lashed the south of the country on Sunday, downing electricity lines, toppling trees and tearing off roofs. Several trains were paralysed in the Provence region, which is barely recovering from forest fires which killed four tourists. A total of 33 departments in the south and east were on alert for further storms until midday on Monday.

 

ho ho ho. american asshole.

[Guest JMA]

Along the "French don't bathe" lines (Which has been a joke for as long as I can remember.), the Guy from Fox and Friends recently mentioned European's disgusting refusal to deodorize.

 

Take it for what it's worth.

 

Seriously, though, I think the unclean French jokes come from some historical truth where French women used to drown themselves in perfume rather than bathe.

I consider Fox News worthless, so that's how I'll take it. I believe you're right about the whole historical thing. But I think it was more than just France who did this.

[bob_barron 0]

Johnny's in America, low-tech's at the

wheel

No-one needs anyone, they don't even

just pretend

Johnny's in America

 

I'm afraid of Americans

I'm afraid of the world

I'm afraid I can't help it

I'm afraid I can't

Johnny's in America

 

Johnny wants a brain, Johnny wants to

suck on a coke

Johnny wants a woman, Johnny wants

to think of a joke

Johnny's in America

 

I'm afraid of Americans

I'm afraid of the world

I'm afraid I can't help it

I'm afraid I can't

Johnny's in America

 

Johnny's in America, Johnny looks up at

the stars

Johnny combs his hair and Johnny

wants pussy and cars

Johnny's in America

 

I'm afraid of Americans

I'm afraid of the world

I'm afraid I can't help it

I'm afraid I can't

Johnny's in America

 

God is an American

I'm afraid of Americans

I'm afraid of the world

 

I'm afraid I can't help it

 

I'm afraid I can't

 

I'm afraid of Americans

I'm afraid of the words

I'm afraid I can't help it

I'm afraid I can't

Johnny's in America

Johnny's in America

[Insane Bump Machine 0]

Seriously, though, I think the unclean French jokes come from some historical truth where French women used to drown themselves in perfume rather than bathe.

That's true, and not only for the women. But it's of course not the case anymore.

[Dr. Tom 0]

I can only say that, when I was in France eleven years ago, the people were no less (or more) pleasant than most Americans I see all the time. Maybe I had an easier time because I could speak the language with some degree of competency, but I didn't experience much rudeness. And as for the not bathing stereotype, all the French girls I met in the discotheque were quite clean, and they were clean all over.

[Guest DeputyHawk]

jeepers, you didn't go to any discotheques in central paris did you? if so, those weren't girls, hon.

 

though i'm sure they were clean.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

Along the "French don't bathe" lines (Which has been a joke for as long as I can remember.), the Guy from Fox and Friends recently mentioned European's disgusting refusal to deodorize.

 

Take it for what it's worth.

 

Seriously, though, I think the unclean French jokes come from some historical truth where French women used to drown themselves in perfume rather than bathe.

Ahem.

 

In Medieval Europe it was considered dangerous to bathe, so it was very rare for anyone to smell pleasent. This was all of Europe and the UK. Japan was one of the few nations to believe in the bath during this time period.

 

The Europeans believed that bathing increased your chances of becoming sick.

[KanadianKrusty 0]

I dislike a majority of French people

why?

Well, I can only speak on French canadians, since I've been to Quebec once or twice..but every single person I talked to that was involved in their service industry (as well as folk on the street) was rude, condescending, and for the most part, ugly. In fact, I found those people so vile and aggrivating that I will never go back, no matter how much I enjoyed that gravy-coated french fry stuff. I can only imagine the attitude in France, proper, towards Americans...

 

I'm even nice enough to understand a broken form of the language, and the Quebecers were still pricks. I personally had nothing against them going into there, but I have no use for the province now.

That's only true for half the province, those who want Quebec to be a country and hate anyone who speaks english, the other half are perfectly fine individuals.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

Really the part that wants to sperate is much smaller than 50%, it's just that so few people vote that they are percieved as larger then they are.

 

plus they're a bunch of braying assholes.

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

Along the "French don't bathe" lines (Which has been a joke for as long as I can remember.), the Guy from Fox and Friends recently mentioned European's disgusting refusal to deodorize.

 

Take it for what it's worth.

 

Seriously, though, I think the unclean French jokes come from some historical truth where French women used to drown themselves in perfume rather than bathe.

Ahem.

 

In Medieval Europe it was considered dangerous to bathe, so it was very rare for anyone to smell pleasent. This was all of Europe and the UK. Japan was one of the few nations to believe in the bath during this time period.

 

The Europeans believed that bathing increased your chances of becoming sick.

In Portsmouth we still believe that...

[KanadianKrusty 0]

Really the part that wants to sperate is much smaller than 50%, it's just that so few people vote that they are percieved as larger then they are.

That's probably true, but at the last referendum the result was the equivalent of "maybe" because it was so damn close, so that's probably why most people think 50% want to seperate.

[Guest The Hamburglar]

Along the "French don't bathe" lines (Which has been a joke for as long as I can remember.), the Guy from Fox and Friends recently mentioned European's disgusting refusal to deodorize.

 

Take it for what it's worth.

 

Seriously, though, I think the unclean French jokes come from some historical truth where French women used to drown themselves in perfume rather than bathe.

Ahem.

 

In Medieval Europe it was considered dangerous to bathe, so it was very rare for anyone to smell pleasent. This was all of Europe and the UK. Japan was one of the few nations to believe in the bath during this time period.

 

The Europeans believed that bathing increased your chances of becoming sick.

In Portsmouth we still believe that...

SKATE SCUM.

 

And as for Norwegans chave, I repeat Claus Lundekvam. You will see this proof of Norwegan goodliness when he forces old man Teddy to collapse weeping into his zimmer frame come December.

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

Along the "French don't bathe" lines (Which has been a joke for as long as I can remember.), the Guy from Fox and Friends recently mentioned European's disgusting refusal to deodorize.

 

Take it for what it's worth.

 

Seriously, though, I think the unclean French jokes come from some historical truth where French women used to drown themselves in perfume rather than bathe.

Ahem.

 

In Medieval Europe it was considered dangerous to bathe, so it was very rare for anyone to smell pleasent. This was all of Europe and the UK. Japan was one of the few nations to believe in the bath during this time period.

 

The Europeans believed that bathing increased your chances of becoming sick.

In Portsmouth we still believe that...

SKATE SCUM.

 

And as for Norwegans chave, I repeat Claus Lundekvam. You will see this proof of Norwegan goodliness when he forces old man Teddy to collapse weeping into his zimmer frame come December.

I don't care about Claus Lundekvam. If he was that good, he'd be playing for a top-6 quality team. Like Pompey.

 

BTW, is your avatar showing the "Red X Of Doom", or is my computers "Saints filter" just working over-time?

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

norway, clearly.

 

rant, could you post a link to a thread you feel you made a worthwhile contributiuon to? i don't visit here that often but in the times i do, i've never seen you post anything of worth, just ignorant comments. i'm fully prepared to stand corrected, i instinctively feel you should have something to say.

You obviously weren't around for Commie Cleanser -- that alone should give Rant full immunity from any banning whatsoever...

[The Metal Maniac 0]

I will never go back, no matter how much I enjoyed that gravy-coated french fry stuff.

 

For the record Agent, you CAN get Poutine (That's what it's called) in other provinces.

 

Hell, they sell it at like, Burger King 'round these parts...

[Guest DeputyHawk]

You obviously weren't around for Commie Cleanser -- that alone should give Rant full immunity from any banning whatsoever...

i don't want rant banned jeez, i was just yankin his chain. he pisses me off at times, but i know he's a good poster underneath the vapid airy surface of most of his contributions.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I will never go back, no matter how much I enjoyed that gravy-coated french fry stuff.

 

For the record Agent, you CAN get Poutine (That's what it's called) in other provinces.

 

Hell, they sell it at like, Burger King 'round these parts...

Oh really? I might have to make a day of driving up to Windsor..

 

I can't believe this food hasn't caught on in America yet, it's absolutely gluttonous..rocks all over chili cheese fries.

[Guest The Old Me]

*waves american flag and runs away*