French - What have they ever given us?

Aboot damn time.

Your know the rules.

Start biting.

Metric System

errr

wait

its on thetip of my tongue

mmm

you know?

errr sod it, I give up!

large noses.

ah yes! i remember now!

tanks with 1 forward and five reverse gears.

Driving on the wrong side of the road

The rough outline of the main modern nations of europe, and a beginning to the end of the era of absolute european divine-right style monarchy.

What kind of drink goes fastest?
Milk coz it is pasturised
(Louis Pasteur - inventor of pasturisation - French)
And our very own French Bloke obv.

garlic and girls who dont shave.

Oh Kza why do you always have to be so positive?

Descartes and Voltaire

that goddamn sexy accent!

and on Olivier Martinez...arrrrr!

International Bureau of Weights and Measures

A lovely stretch of land to look at as you drive from Cologne to Spain.

historical objection!!

ever heard of the magna carta and oliver cromwell? wasnt it charles slip into catholic french style monarchic leadership the thorn in parlements side... and the resulting civil war was a hundred years before zee frenchies!!!

if it wasnt for french support the rebelious american colonists wouldnt have won. the dominion of america would still be a proud member of the commonwealth, play cricket and rugby and be able to spell the word colour. oh and george bush wouldnt be president. so the french are responsible.

Allright, I give them Lumière Brothers for giving us the modern cinema.

Its just that sort of thread, but to be fair I better give some balance and mention their terror attack on the Rainbow Warrior, and how crap french cars are.

Oh they gave the english a significant portion ( i would say most) of their culture, via the normans.

yes the French were entirely responsible for this. NOT!

Or maybe you could explain exactly how the FRENCH were responsible for the creation of Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom.

If i remember correctly France and Germany were created by the demise of the Holy Roman Empire. Not something the Frenchies did.

and we gave a significant portion right back a them during the time we owned three quarters of their country.

The French shit in the shower and poke it down the plug hole with their big toes.

Well Italy, Austria, and Germany certainly were formed at least partially as a reuslt of Napoleons military activities and subsequent treaties.

Not so sure about Spain Portugal and the UK though. Wish I could give a more academically solid answer but I cant really get away with full on research while im supposed to be working.

french letters!

and poodles.

the bikini, worn by women with moustaches.

The Saarland.
But they can have it back.

So the Auld Alliance is a thing of yore, then?

Nostradamus

ooh and French toast...French kissing...French onion soup (yum!)...

Tarte flambée
Calais lace for naughty knickers

Kza can't really agree with that either. The Napolionic wars forced a coalition between Prussia and Austria. It did not force the creation of a united German state. The first united Germany cam in 1849 when the German Bund was created (if i remember this correctly). The French had nothing to do with this.

menage a trois

Bingo gideon

"The Sexual Life of Catherine M"

Vanessa Paradis

baise moi

Impressionism:

Claude Monet
Auguste Renoir
Paul Gaugain

Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
Erik Satie

Aye, it is a thing of the past after Domi, Guivarche, Robert, Bernard, Dumas, Goma, Albert, Ginola, Perez, Charvet and Distin

Mind you, Boumsong and N'Zogbia can stay...

La Femme Nikita

Man bites dog

Delicatessen

Tango Mortale

Diva

Amelie

Jacques Tati

Juliette Binoche

Philippe Noiret

Miou-Miou

Catherine Deneuve

Tee hee Katrina, I'm reading that right now.

The hot french chick who stayed in the youth hostel in amsterdam in the weekend who was nice / brave enough to get changed in front of the rest of us, all guys, knowing full well that we had been wandering around staring at (just looking honest!) prostitutes on all sorts of drugs all day. And she was the only chick in there.

Citroen 2CV. A classic automobil.

belgium

Jacques Cousteau the oceanographer. Gotta admire him.

Sorry Gideon ! Ta for the correction.

Belgiums second coolest language/ethnic group.
And Canadas coolest

Victor Hugo - Dramatist. Les Miserables

Lots to be honest. So don't knock em

They gave us(Britain) half of their country in the 100 year war. ..We gave it back...Then they gave it to the Germans...Now that is generosity for you.

They gave Polynesia the Atomic bomb.

They gave Christchurch NZ a big piece of scrap metal

They gave Algeria French rule, well after the Most of Africa was enjoying democracy.

They Gave Saddam a brand new radar system after the 1st Gulf war and gave him lots of money for his oil as well

Best of all, they give you so many reasons not to got to France ... Channel Port Blockades, Baggage handler strikes, Ground Crew strikes... Customs, Pilot, Cabbin Crew, Air traffic Control... In fact the whole füking country is on strike if you so much as mention doing a proper days work which is not 100% subsidised by the EU

Most of Africa has NEVER enjoyed democracy.

ok, someone had to do it...

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/france.html
(in no way shape or form do I take responsibility for any claims in the link which are false... I do not have time to check through all of them, nor did I really even read through all of them. If you find one that is untrue, email them, not me. I do not care.)

But I would like to second the earlier post about the hot accents... It's the only group of females I've heard yet that can make german sound sexy...

Jean-Paul Sartre (wrote one of my favorite books... "No Exit")

I hate to say it but your're being a bit tick there sorry Mr Bogtrotter - this is Belgian.
Why not watch a nice film, nicely (gids, this one's for you too).

this is the best post yet.