French Update Terror Alert Level

[Mr T.]

WARNING: Satire*/Xenophobia Alert!!! (* delete as appropriate)

French President, Jacque 'Bent as a Nine Bob Note' Chirac today welcomed a mass rally in the centre of Paris as a 'coming together of the French people'. Critics also noted that it was indeed a while since the French had marched through their capital city - an honour usually reserved for their German neighbours......


"In light of the Madrid bombings, France has today raised its national terror warning alert status from 'run' to 'hide'. The only two higher levels in France are 'surrender' and 'collaboration'.


I'll get mi coat.....

[Jules]

is there an extra alarm level for  when a large red headed mancunian fellow is seen yet again at CDG airport making obviously suspicious phone calls and slagging off the french?? it cant be an accident the amount of time he spends there , must be where he meets up with his mules from other parts of the globe...LOL

[Mr T.]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Julia C @ Mar. 25 2004,21:20)]is there an extra alarm level for  when a large red headed mancunian fellow is seen yet again at CDG airport making obviously suspicious phone calls and slagging off the french?? it cant be an accident the amount of time he spends there , must be where he meets up with his mules from other parts of the globe...LOL

Herrumph!! The aspirtions!

Steady, that woman! Fillies have gone over my knee for considerably less!

[HelenM]

So where is the offence caused here Mr T?  Take it that it is mostly caused by being called 'red-headed'?!  (for all genuinely ginga types out there, I think your locks are simply beeeeeautiful!!!)

Helen

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] ]Herrumph!! The aspirtions!

P.S Do you mean 'aspersions' Bren?!!  Not at all wishing to pick up the cudgels on behalf of the 'younger generation' following your earlier post about lack of ediccation or anyfing, but y'know.....  

Let me know if there are any other words that you are finding a little tricky and I'll be delighted to assist  

[Mr T.]

Originally Posted by (HelenM @ Mar. 26 2004,00:19)

So where is the offence caused here Mr T? Take it that it is mostly caused by being called 'red-headed'?! (for all genuinely ginga types out there, I think your locks are simply beeeeeautiful!!

Helen

P.S Do you mean 'aspersions' Bren?!! Not at all wishing to pick up the cudgels on behalf of the 'younger generation' following your earlier post about lack of ediccation or anyfing, but y'know.....

Let me know if there are any other words that you are finding a little tricky and I'll be delighted to assist

"A rat! A rat! Dead for a ducat!"

So said Hamlet as he stabbed Polonius through the arras. I remain, madam, wounded

And I am NOT Ginger/ginga, or ANY variant thereof! Any one found propagating said mince shall be dragged-up in front of the YD Court 'Dive' Martial - we me as judge AND jury!

Floggings shall continue until morale improves!

[Paul Oliver]

And there's me thinking the alert state had gone up 'cos i start working in France on Sunday

Gonna be hard when my lunch break is spent every day chosing which cheap booze to bring back with me

Paul

[Rick Huggins]

<font color='#0000FF'>Paul, the last time I worked in France, we couldn't get anything done because of the strikes!

Take your dive kit and head for Cannes

[CotoChris]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Frogman @ Mar. 26 2004,06:36)]Paul, the last time I worked in France, we couldn't get anything done because of the strikes!

<font color='#0000FF'>The French always strike, wouldn't surprise me if even the Dive Centers went on strike!

[Bunny]

They do, which is actually quite effective. And when you consider they already have about 45 holidays a year anyway (excluding all the bank holidays and pseudo religious ones) I think they're onto a winner. Being an English (alright, Chetnik Taff) person in a French company, on a non-French contract, I know who's doing the longer hours!!!

[Mr T.]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Chris Guimaraens @ Mar. 26 2004,13:40)]

The French always strike, wouldn't surprise me if even the Dive Centers went on strike!

Tell me about it!!

I came home from Paris CDG on Thursday and, apart from the flight being delayed by more than an hour, due to reasons no one at Air France had a Scooby about, whilst merely adopting the French national sport of shoulder-shrugging whilst saying 'I doe-no', there was, shock-horror, a (get this) 'caterer's strike'! FFS! This meaning that in club class, all they could offer us for the return leg was orange juice!

Complete and utter f*cking shower, the lot fo them. I can only guess what the reason for the strike was: maybe someone had suggested serving the Frois gras at less than room temperature?! Or maybe it was their 'turn' to strike; I'm convinced that these lazy SOB's have a national roster for striking. Or maybe it was due to the fact that the farmers had no British lamb to burn on the jettyside and so the CDG caterers came out in sympathy?!

Like I said, complete and utter shower.