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Your age by chocolate!

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 ..
If you haven't, add 1758.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

You should have a three digit number the first number is the one you started with the second number is your age.

French Military Victories

1. Start a Google Search
2. Enter French Military Victories
3. Click, I'm Feeling Lucky.


Anyone else have any of these strange/funny sort of memes?

Huh.... The first one is trippy....

Both of those are older than dirt, but I don't really have anything to contribute, so... hm. :(

My age by chocolate doesn't work - I'm allergic :(

Although on internet memes - these two videos have started memes among my friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDKiQfBs9lo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtvIYRrgZ04

Strange internet things, well I can think no further than Facebook and Twitter.

[B]French Military Victories

1. Start a Google Search
2. Enter French Military Victories
3. Click, I'm Feeling Lucky.

Anyone else have any of these strange/funny sort of memes?

That is perhaps strange, but not funny.

It violates Google's first principle: "do no evil." It does evil, by portraying Google as a participant of an essentially US-only in-joke. It does evil by presenting itself as US-centric.

"Self-criticism" is the best I can make of it. "Tradition" is the median interpretation. "Fuck you buddy, we ARE a mouthpiece of US populism" is the worst interpretation.

Have no doubt, the merchants and slavers of ignorance will have no difficulty using this, and many other "in-jokes" of Google, to utterly discredit the entire internet as a diverse source of information. If the oppressor's purpose is to keep an internet user in a "sandpit," in a fishbowl, and grant the user only a subset of the internet: this kind of in-joke only plays into their hands.

*sigh*

Probably, no organisation can be as powerful as Google and yet do no evil. Arms and armour make one clumsy.

That is perhaps strange, but not funny.

It violates Google's first principle: "do no evil." It does evil, by portraying Google as a participant of an essentially US-only in-joke. It does evil by presenting itself as US-centric.

"Self-criticism" is the best I can make of it. "Tradition" is the median interpretation. "Fuck you buddy, we ARE a mouthpiece of US populism" is the worst interpretation.

Have no doubt, the merchants and slavers of ignorance will have no difficulty using this, and many other "in-jokes" of Google, to utterly discredit the entire internet as a diverse source of information. If the oppressor's purpose is to keep an internet user in a "sandpit," in a fishbowl, and grant the user only a subset of the internet: this kind of in-joke only plays into their hands.

*sigh*

Probably, no organisation can be as powerful as Google and yet do no evil. Arms and armour make one clumsy.

Purely a US joke? What about the French? No man I'm willing to bet that every hot blooded English man would disgree with you there. :D

Purely a US joke? What about the French? No man I'm willing to bet that every hot blooded English man would disgree with you there. :D

Or anyone with a strange sense of humor. Like myself.:D

Purely a US joke? What about the French? No man I'm willing to bet that every hot blooded English man would disgree with you there. :D

I think it's safe to say that most (Western) countries have some stereotype going about the French, even if some are more vociferous than others. :tongue:

Edit: Also, I think "French Military Victories" redirecting to losses was something called a "Google-bomb," a user-generated quasi-hack sort of thing. It isn't Google messing with the French.

Purely a US joke? What about the French? No man I'm willing to bet that every hot blooded English man would disgree with you there. :D

So what? That English speakers would collectively bear a grudge for what they should be proud of (fighting with France in the world wars) or perhaps bear a grudge from centuries ago when France and England fought ...

If Google cannot resist making jokes, perhaps they could restrain themselves to puns, or toilet humour, or self-deprecation. That's a nationalistic joke, and as such barely better than a racist joke.

It wouldn't even be funny if SaintB made it. It sure as fuck isn't funny coming from the internet portal par excellence.

(And how long can a "googlebomb" endure before leaving it there becomes deliberate policy by Google? They oppose -- obviously -- the abuse of their ranking system, so why not do something about it?)

So what? That English speakers would collectively bear a grudge for what they should be proud of (fighting with France in the world wars) or perhaps bear a grudge from centuries ago when France and England fought ...

If Google cannot resist making jokes, perhaps they could restrain themselves to puns, or toilet humour, or self-deprecation. That's a nationalistic joke, and as such barely better than a racist joke.

It wouldn't even be funny if SaintB made it. It sure as fuck isn't funny coming from the internet portal par excellence.

Are you sure it's Google? Again, I thought it was a user-generated phenomenon, where some group of users manipulate the ranking of the search results somehow. There have been anti-Bush and anti-Microsoft Googlebombs in the past. Not that I'm a big Google fan, but I think they're uninvolved in that.

Edit: you're probably right that they know about the different Googlebombs. My guess is that they allow it to draw traffic, and because selectively stopping one Googlebomb and not others would look prejudicial.

http://etimologias.dechile.net/?cochino

There's an etymological site to the word ''cochino'' (pig) in Spanish.

So what? That English speakers would collectively bear a grudge for what they should be proud of (fighting with France in the world wars) or perhaps bear a grudge from centuries ago when France and England fought ...

If Google cannot resist making jokes, perhaps they could restrain themselves to puns, or toilet humour, or self-deprecation. That's a nationalistic joke, and as such barely better than a racist joke.

It wouldn't even be funny if SaintB made it. It sure as fuck isn't funny coming from the internet portal par excellence.

(And how long can a "googlebomb" endure before leaving it there becomes deliberate policy by Google? They oppose -- obviously -- the abuse of their ranking system, so why not do something about it?)

Meh! The opprative word in all this being 'joke'. I like jokes, I tend to laugh at them if I find them funny, yep even the odd racist one.

Your age by chocolate!

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 ..
If you haven't, add 1758.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.


And as to this piece of rubbish: it also works for 0 times a week wanting chocolate. In that case, the third place in the result (hundreds) is a zero. It kind of gives the game away, though, doesn't it? That the number of times a week wanting chocolate is quite irrelevant.

And it doesn't work for people who are one hundred years old or older, so it's ageist. I find that offensive!

Edit: you're probably right that they know about the different Googlebombs. My guess is that they allow it to draw traffic, and because selectively stopping one Googlebomb and not others would look prejudicial.

Hence: it is impossible to have power and not do evil.

Meh! The opprative word in all this being 'joke'. I like jokes, I tend to laugh at them if I find them funny, yep even the odd racist one.

I really don't think we're anti-French as a country, at any rate. We visit France in large numbers relative to other non-English-speaking countries.

Just for fun let's take a look.

http://www.militaryfactory.com/battles/french_military_victories.asp


French Military Victories

With a history dating as far back as the Roman Empire (then as the Gauls - which we include as France here - and later as the Franks), French military exploits and some forgettable moments can cover some hundreds of years. This, our ever-growing list, showcases the ups and downs as related to the French empire throughout its long-established military history - remember this is the empire that established the knight as the mounted chivalric warrior, produced military tacticians such as Joan of Arc and Napoleon Bonaparte and the nation that would go on to earn military victories against many of the principalities governing Europe and the Middle East in their time.

NOTE: The Franks were actually the beginnings of both the French and German peoples. As such, those victories are often claimed by both sides but we have included them here as French Military Victories.

A special thanks for the contributions by Pierre M and Nicolas C.

"Their business is war, and they do their business."
- R. Kipling, France at war (1915)

VICTORY 387 B.C. Battle of Allia - 387 B.C.
The Gauls led by Brennus defeat the army of the Roman Republic led by Quintus Sulpicius and go on to sack Rome itself.


DEFEAT 295 B.C. Battle of Sentinum - 295 B.C.
The Gauls and Samniums under Egnatius are defeated by Decius Mus and Fabius Maximus Rullianus of the Roman Republic.


DEFEAT 224 B.C. Battle of Telamon - 224 B.C.
The out-numbered Gauls led by Concolitanus and Aneorestus are defeated by Atiliua Regulus and Aemilius Papus of the Roman Republic.


VICTORY 52 B.C. Battle of Gergovia - 52 B.C.
The Gallic Tribes led by Vercingetorix defeat the Roman Republic army of Julius Caesar. Despite the victory, the Gauls take heavy casualties among their ranks, forcing a retreat to Alesia.


DEFEAT 52 B.C. Battle of Alesia - September, 52 B.C.
The Gauls - led by Vercingetorix and Commius and despite owning an advantage in numbers against the Roman Republic - lose some 40,000 to 250,000 souls in a decisive Roman victory orchestrated by Julius Caesar. The siege is considered one of Caesar's most notable military achievements.


VICTORY 486 A.D. Battle of Soissons - 486 A.D.
The Franks led by King Clovis I defeat Syagrius and the remains of the Western Roman Empire.


VICTORY 496 Battle of Tolbaic - 496
The Franks led by Clovis I are victorious over the Alamanni.


VICTORY 507 Battle of Vouille - 507
The Franks led by Clovis I defeat Alaric II (the conqueror of Spain) and his Visigoths in a decisive victory.


VICTORY 732 Battle of Tours - 732
The Franks, led by Charles Martel, decidedly defeat a large invading Muslim force


VICTORY 773 Battle of Pavia - 773
Charlemagne and his Frankish forces utterly defeat King Desiderius of the Lombards.


VICTORY 885-886 Battle for Paris - 885-886
The Franks are victorious over the invading barbarian hordes, which had lay seige to the city.


VICTORY 1047 Battle of Val-es-Dunes - 1047
William, the Duke of Normandy and King Henry I of France are victorious against the rebel Normans led by Guy of Burgundy.


VICTORY 1066 Battle of Hastings - October 14, 1066
The Normans led by William the Conquerer defeat King Harold II and his Anglo-Saxon army. William would go on to conquer all of England.


VICTORY 1097 Battle of Dorylaeum - 1097
Unified Christian Crusaders defeat the Seljuk Turks.


VICTORY 1099 Battle of Ascalon - 1099
Godfrey de Bouillon and his Crusader army defeat the Fatimids.


DEFEAT 1119 Battle of Bremule - 1119
Louis VI of France and his invasion force is defeated by Henry I of England.


VICTORY 1177 Battle of Montgisard (1177)
King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald de Chatillon gain a major victory over Saladin.


DEFEAT 1198 Battle of Gisors - September 27, 1198
Richard I of England is victorious over Philip Augustus of France.


DEFEAT 1213 Battle of Damme - May 30-31, 1213
In a preemptive strike, King John of England sends William de Longespee to attack the harbor of Damme, finding only light resistance, whilst King Philip II of France and his army is away in Flanders.


VICTORY 1214 Battle of Bouvines - July 27, 1214
Philip Augustus of France overwhelmingly defeat Germany's Otto IV and Count Ferrand of Flanders.


DEFEAT 1217 Battle of Lincoln - May 20, 1217
Louis VIII of France is beaten by King Henry III of England.


DEFEAT 1340 Battle of Sluys - June 24, 1340
The English, led by Edward III of England, are victorious over the French, led by Hugues Quieret and Nicolas Behuchet.


VICTORY 1342 Battle of Morlaix - 1342
French forces beat back the attacking English and force a retreat.


DEFEAT 1345 Battle of Auberoche - October 21, 1345
The French led by Louis of Poiters are defeated by the English led by Henry, the Earl of Derby.


DEFEAT 1346 Battle of Saint-Pol-de-Leon - June 9, 1346
The House of Blois allied with France (Charles of Blois) are defeated by the House of Montfort allied with England (Sir Thomas Dagworth).


DEFEAT 1346 Battle of Caen - July 26, 1346
The French and Raoul II of Brienne lose Caen to the British and Edward III of England.


DEFEAT 1346 Battle of Blanchetaque - August 24, 1346
The French and Gudemar du Foy fail to stop the English river crossing of the Somme led by Edward III.


DEFEAT 1346 Battle of Crecy - August 26, 1346
Philip VI of France falls to Edward III of England.


DEFEAT 1347 The Siege of Calais - September 4, 1346 - August 3, 1347
The French and Jean de Fosseux surrender after nearly a year-long seige by Edward III and the English.


DEFEAT 1347 Battle of La Roche-Derrien - 1347
The French and Duke Charles of Blois are defeated by the English and Sir Thomas Dagworth.


DRAW 1349 Battle of Lunalonge - 1349
French forces force the withdrawal of the combined Anglo-Gascons.


VICTORY 1351 Battle of Ardres - 1351
French forces lead victorious over the English.


DEFEAT 1352 Battle of Mauron - 1352
The French come up losers as a combined Anglo-Breton force earns the victory.


DEFEAT 1356 Battle of Poitiers - September 19, 1356
John II of France is thoroughly beaten by Edward, the Black Prince of England.


VICTORY 1364 Battle of Cocherel - May 16, 1364
The French and Bertrand du Guesclin find victory against Charles II of Navarre.


DEFEAT 1364 Battle of Auray - September 29, 1364
Charles of Blois falls to Sir John Chandos of England and John de Montfort of France.


DEFEAT 1367 Battle of Najera - April 3, 1367
Pedro the Cruel and his English allies are victorious over brother Henry of Trastamara and his French allies.


VICTORY 1369 Battle of Montiel - 1369
The Franco-Castilian combined forces led by Henry II of Castile find victory against a conglomerate of Portuguese, Jewish, Granadine and Marinid forces led by Pedro of Castile.


VICTORY 1372 Battle of La Rochelle - June 22, 1372
The French-Castilion fleet wins control of the Channel after a decisive victory over the English.


VICTORY 1373 Battle of Chiset - 1373
French forces, whilst laying siege to Chiset, repel an English relief force.


VICTORY 1382 Battle of Roosebeke - November 27, 1382
Louis II of Flanders and Philip the Bold lay waste to Philip Van Artevelde and the Flemish.


DEFEAT 1396 Battle of Nicopolis - September 25, 1396
The French Crusaders fall to the Ottoman Turks near Nicopolis.


DEFEAT 1415 Battle of Agincourt - October 25, 1415
Jean Le Maingre and Charles d'Albret fall to Henry V of England in what would become a massacre of their men-at-arms knights.


DEFEAT 1419 Siege of Rouen - July 1418-January 1419
The city of Rouen and Guy le Bouteiller fall to the English siege.


VICTORY 1421 Battle of Bauge - March 21, 1421
A combined force from France and Scotland defeat the English in one of the earliest English defeats of the Hundred Years' War.


DEFEAT 1421 Siege of Meaux - March 21, 1421
The city of Meaux falls to the English.


DEFEAT 1423 Battle of Cravant - July 31, 1423
Comte de Vendome of France falls to Thomas Montacute of England in a renewel of English-Franco hostilities.


DEFEAT 1424 Battle of Verneuil - August 17, 1424
England and John, the Duke of Bedford, is victorious over a combined Franco-Scotish force led by Viscount Aumale.


VICTORY 1429 Siege of Orleans - October 12, 1428-May 8, 1429
Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), Gilles de Rais and Jean d'Orleans of France defeat the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Salisbury and the Duke of Suffolk.


VICTORY 1429 Battle of Jargeau - June 11-12, 1429
Jeanne d'Arc for France leads victorious against William de la Pole of England.


VICTORY 1429 Battle of Beaugency - June 16-17, 1429
Jeanne d'Arc delivers another French victory over the English.


VICTORY 1429 Battle of Patay - June 18, 1429
La Hire and Poton de Xaintrailles of France defeat Sir John Fastolf of England, effectively turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.


VICTORY 1429 Siege of Compiegne - June 18, 1429
Though Jeanne d'Arc is taken prisoner (and ultimately executed), the French resist the English siege from Philip the Good and John II of Luxembourg.


VICTORY 1435 Battle of Gerbevoy - 1435
French forces led by commander La Hire and Jean Poton Xaintrailles defeat the English.


DEFEAT 1444 Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs - August 26, 1444
French forces are forced to retreat at the hands of the determined Swiss Pikemen.


VICTORY 1450 Battle of Formigny - April 15, 1450
Comte de Clermont and Comte de Richemont of France defeat Thomas Kyriell of England.


VICTORY 1453 Battle of Castillon - July 17, 1453
Charles VII of France defeats John Talbot of England.


VICTORY 1509 Battle of Agnadello - 1509
French forces are decidedly victorious over the Venetians.


VICTORY 1515 Battle of Marignano - 1515
Francis I and his French forces defeat the Swiss.


VICTORY 1544 Battle of Ceresole - 1544
French forces defeat the Spanish Imperial Army.


VICTORY 1643 Battle of Rocroi - 1643
French forces are victorious over the Spanish.


VICTORY 1645 Battle of Nordlingen - 1645
French forces are victorious over an army fielded by the Holy Roman Empire.


VICTORY 1648 Battle of Lens - 1648
French forces, once again, defeat the Holy Roman Empire's Imperial fielding.


VICTORY 1658 Battle of Dunes - 1658
A combined Anglo-French army is victorious over the Spanish.


VICTORY 1690 Battle of Fleurus - 1690
This naval battle sees the French victorious over the Anglo-Dutch.


VICTORY 1690 Battle of Beachy Head - 1690
Another naval battle sees the French victorious over their Anglo-Dutch counterparts.


VICTORY 1693 Battle of Landen - 1693
Marshal Luxembourg and his French forces decidedly defeat an Anglo-Dutch contingent.


DEFEAT 1708 Battle of Oudenarde - July 11, 1708
The Duke of Burgundy and the Duc de Vendome fall to the coalition of nations between Britain, the Netherlands and the Holy Roman Empire.


VICTORY 1712 Battle of Denain - 1712
French forces led by Marshal Villars are victorious over the Austrian and Dutch forces.


VICTORY 1742 April 20th, 1742
French forces successfully take Eger.


DEFEAT 1743 Battle of Dettingen - June 16th, 1743
As the War of Austrian Succession, an alliance of British, Hanover and Hesse forces defeat the French Army.


VICTORY 1745 Battle of Fontenoy - May 11th, 1745
Maurice de Saxe and his French army defeat a contingent of Anglo-Austrian-Dutch-Hano troops.


VICTORY 1746 Battle of Roucoux - 1746
Maurice de Saxe is once again victorious over the Anglo-Austrian-Dutch-Hano forces.


VICTORY 1747 Battle of Lauffeld - 1747
Maurice de Saxe is, yet again, victorious over the Anglo-Austrian-Dutch-Hano forces.


VICTORY 1747 April 20th, 1756
The Galissonniere at Minorca secure the landing of Richelieu by defeating the British Navy led by Admiral Byng.


VICTORY 1757 Battle of Hastenbeck - 1757
French forces in Germany defeat an English army.


VICTORY 1758 Battle of Carillon - 1758
General Montcalm and his vastly outnumbered French forces are victorious over the British.


DEFEAT 1759 Battle of the Plains of Abraham - September 12-13, 1759
French General Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm leads his New French militia to defeat at the hands of the British led by General James Wolfe outside of Quebec City in what is today Canada. Both generals are mortally wounded in the fray. The defeat signals the beginning for the end for French control in North America.


VICTORY 1781 Battle of Yorktown - 1781
French forces, allied with the Americans, are victorious over Cornwallis and his English army.


VICTORY 1781 Battle of the Chesapeake - September 5, 1781
France, coming the aid of America's George Washington, defeats the British in a strategic victory.


VICTORY 1792 Battle of Valmy - September 20, 1792
France defeats the invading armies of Prussia and Austria.


VICTORY 1794 Battle of Fleurus - 1794
Jourdan and his French forces are victorious over the Austrians.


VICTORY 1794 Battle of the Vosges - July 13, 1794
France defeats a coalition of Prussian, Austrian and Saxon troops.


VICTORY 1796 April 21st, 1796
Napoleon Bonaparte is victorious over the Piedmontese in Mondovi.


VICTORY 1796 Battle of Lodi - 1796
The French beat back another force of Austrians.


VICTORY 1796 Battle of Castiglione - 1796
The French are victorious over the Austrians yet again.


VICTORY 1796 Battle of the Bridge of Arcole - November 17, 1796
Napoleon Bonaparte I of France leads victorious over the Austrians.


VICTORY 1797 Battle of Diersheim, April 20th, 1797
French General Moreau is victorious against Austrian General Staray.


VICTORY 1797 Battle of Rivoli - 1797
Napoleon's French forces win over the Austrian forces once again.


VICTORY 1798 Battle of the Pyramids - 1798
French forces route Egyptian Mamelukes.


VICTORY 1799 Battle of Mount Tabor - 1799
Outnumbered French forces decimate a much larger Turkish force.


DEFEAT 1799 Battle of Trebia - June 19, 1799
French General Macdonald loses to the Russians led by General Suvorov.


DEFEAT 1799 Battle of Novi - August 15, 1799
General Barthelemy Catherine Joubert loses to the combined forces of Austria and Russia led by Fieldmarshal Alexander Suvorov.


VICTORY 1799 Battle of Abukir - 1799
Napoleon's French forces defeat another Turkish force in Egypt.


VICTORY 1799 Second Battle of Zurich - 1799
Massena and his French force routes the Russians in Switzerland.


VICTORY 1800 Battle of Marengo - 1800
Napoleon's French forces are victorious over Melas and his Austrians.


VICTORY 1800 Battle of Hohenlinden - December 3, 1800
A decisive French victory by General Moreau over the Austrian Empire led by Archduke John.


DEFEAT 1803 Haitian Independence - November 1803
Napoleon Bonaparte's army, led by Charles LeClerc is defeated by the Haitian indigenous army, led by Dessalines.


DEFEAT 1805 Battle of Trafalgar - October 21, 1805
Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve and his combined Franco-Spanish fleet of 33 ships is defeated by Viscount Horatio Nelson and his smaller band of 27 British ships in this decisive naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars.


VICTORY 1805 Battle of Austerlitz - December 2, 1805
Napoleon I of France is decidedly victorious over Russia and the Austrian Empire.


VICTORY 1806 Battle of Jena-Auerstedt - October 14, 1806
Napoleon I of France is victorious over Frederick William III of Prussia.


DRAW 1806 Battle of Pultusk - December 26, 1806
Marshal Lannes of France leads against General Bennigsen of Russia in this inconclusive engagement.


DRAW 1807 Battle of Eylau - February 7-8, 1807
The battle results are inconclusive as Napoleon of France combating the powers of Russia and Prussia led by Bennigsen.


VICTORY 1807 Battle of Friedland - June 14, 1807
Napoleon Bonaparte is victorious against General Bennigsen's Russians.


DEFEAT 1808 Battle of Bailen - July 18-22, 1808
Pierre DuPont of France loses to Francisco Castanos of Spain.


VICTORY 1808 Battle of Tudela - November 23, 1808
Jean Lannes of France is victorious over Francisco Castanos of Spain.


VICTORY 1809 Battle of Ucles - January 13, 1809
General Victor of France is victorious over General Venegas of Spain.


VICTORY 1809 April 21st, 1809
Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austrian forces in Landshut.


DRAW 1809 Battle of Corunna - January 16, 1809
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult is unable to prevent the British evacuation of British troops from Spain led by englishman John Moore.


DEFEAT 1809 Battle of Aspern-Essling - May 22, 1809
In Napoleon's first major defeat, he loses out to the determined Austrians under Archduke Charles.


VICTORY 1809 Battle of Ciudad-Real - March 27, 1809
A French victory for General Sebastiani against Spain under direction from General Cartojal.


VICTORY 1809 April 20th, 1809
Napoleon and his French forces are victorious over the Austrians in Abensberg.


VICTORY 1809 Battle of Eckmuhl - April 21st, 1809
The French under Davout defeat Archduke Charles and his Austrian army.


VICTORY 1809 Battle of Wagram - July 5-6, 1809
A decisive victory for Napoleon Bonaparte over Austria's Archduke Charles.


VICTORY 1809 Battle of Medellin - 1809
Marshal Victor and his French troops decidedly defeat Cuesta and his Spanish army.


VICTORY 1809 Battle of Ocana - 1809
Marshal Soult and his outnumbered French forces crush the Spanish army yet again.


VICTORY 1810 April 21st, 1810
The French win a victory in Astorga.


DEFEAT 1811 Battle of Albuera - May 16, 1811
France led by Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult falls to the coalition of nations made up of Britain, Portugal and Spain.


DEFEAT 1812 Battle of Badajoz - March 16-April 6, 1812
Surrender and retreat by the French garrison to a force of Anglo-Portuguese is one of the bloodiest sieges of the Napoleonic Wars.


DEFEAT 1812 Battle of Salamanca - July 22, 1812
A major French defeat for Auguste Marmont against the Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish Alliance.


VICTORY 1812 Battle of Smolensk - August 17, 1812
Napoleon Bonaparte of France is victorious against Russia led by Prince Bagration.


VICTORY 1812 Battle of Borodino - September 7, 1812
Napoleon Bonaparte of the First French Empire is victorious against Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov of the Russian Empire.


DRAW 1812 Battle of Maloyaroslavets - October 24, 1812
General Delzons of France claims a victory over the Russians led by Marshal Kutuzov. Russians claim a strategic victory. Napoleon's stepson Eugene de Beauharnais is involved in the battle.


VICTORY 1813 Battle of Dresden - 1813
The outnumbered French route a larger multi-national contingent.


VICTORY 1813 Battle of Lutzen - May 2, 1813
Napoleon I of France is victorious against Germany's Gebhard von Blucher, Peter Wittgenstein and Gerhard von Scharnhorst


DEFEAT 1813 Battle of Vitoria - June 21, 1813
France led by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan and Joseph Bonaparte lose out to the Anglo-Spanish coalition led by Arthur Wellesley


DEFEAT 1813 Battle of Klum - August 30, 1813
General Dominique Vandamme of France loses to the allied forces of Austria, Russia, and Prussian led by Field-Marshal Barclay de Tolly.


DEFEAT 1813 Battle of Leipzig - October 16-19, 1813
Napoleon I of France loses decisively to the coalition of Britain, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Austria, Sweden and several German states.


VICTORY 1814 Battle of Vauchamps - February 14, 1814
Napoleon and his band of 18,000 Frenchmen defeat 30,000 Prussian troops in the final battle of the Six Days Campaign.


VICTORY 1815 Battle of Ligny - 1815
Standing as Napoleon's final victory, French forces find success over the Prussians.


DEFEAT 1815 Battle of Waterloo - June 18, 1815
In Napoleon's last battle, he loses out to a coalition consisting of England, Russia, Austria and Prussia.


VICTORY 1823 Battle of Trocadero - 1823
The French defeat the Spanish.


VICTORY 1827 Battle of Navarino - October 20, 1827
A coalition force of French, British, Irish, Italian, Belgium, United States, Dutch and Russian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in this large-scale sea battle.


VICTORY 1830 Invasion of Algeria - 1830
French forces invade and conquer the North African country of Algeria.


VICTORY 1854 Battle of Balaclava - October 25, 1854
A coalition of French, British and Turkish troops defeat Russia during this Crimean War engagement.


VICTORY 1855 Battle of Malakoff - 1855
French forces help in overtaking the Russians.


VICTORY 1859 Battle of Solferino - 1859
The French are victorious over the Austrians.


DEFEAT 1862 Battle of Puebla - May 5, 1862
An outnumbered Mexican force led by Ignacio Zaragoza defeats Napoleon III's French forces - led by Charles de Lorencez - giving Mexico its "Cinco de Mayo".


DEFEAT 1870 Battle of Worth - August 6, 1870
Patrice MacMahon of France falls to Crown Prince Frederich Wilhelm.


DRAW 1870 Battle of Gravelotte - August 18, 1870
The battle results in a draw as Francois Achille Bazaine of France secures a tactical victory and Helmuth von Moltke of Prussia secures a strategic victory.


DEFEAT 1870 Battle of Sedan - September 1, 1870
Napoleon III, Patrice MacMahon and Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot of France fall to the Germans led by Wilhelm I and Helmuth von Moltke.


DEFEAT 1870 Siege of Metz - Sept.-Oct. 1870
Besieged by superior Prussian forces, General Bazaine surrenders his army and the fortress of Metz.


DEFEAT 1870 Siege of Paris - Oct.-Jan. 1870
Besieged by superior German forces, and after several unsuccessful sorties, the starving capital of France surrenders.


VICTORY 1884 Battle of Foochow - 1884
French navy forces utterly destroy the Chinese navy.


VICTORY 1914 First Battle of the Marne - 1914
In a battle of millions, Anglo-French forces defeat the Germans.


DEFEAT 1914 Battle of the Frontiers - August 14-24, 1914
French and British forces fall to the Germans.


DEFEAT 1914 Battle of the Ardennes - August 21-23, 1914
France, led by Pierre Ruffey and Fernand de Langle de Cary lose to Germany and Albrecht, the Duke of Wurttemberg and Crown Prince Wilhelm.


VICTORY 1914 Togoland - August 26, 1914
A Franco-British force successfully invades the German West African protectorate of Togoland.


VICTORY 1914 First Battle of the Marne - September 5-10, 1914
A Franco-British (largely French) force led by Joseph Joffre and John French defeat Germany led by Helmuth von Moltke and Karl von Bulow.


DRAW 1914 First Battle of the Aisne - September 12-15, 1914
French and British troop actions end in a draw with the Germans.


VICTORY 1914 Battle of Ypres - October 19-November 22, 1914
French and British forces gain a victory against Germany.


DRAW 1914 Battle of Champagne - 1915
France earn a draw against Germany


DRAW 1915 Third Battle of Artois - September 15-November 4, 1915
France and Britain earn a draw against Germany and Crown Prince Rupprecht.


VICTORY 1916 Battle of Verdun - 1916
Casualties mount on both sides but French forces push back the German tide.


DRAW 1916 Battle of the Somme - July 1, 1916-November 18, 1916
The battle, like many others in World War I, results in a draw between French forces and German forces.


VICTORY 1917 Second Battle of the Aisne - April 16-May 9, 1917
A costly strategic victory greets French forces led by Robert Nivelle versus Germany and Fritz von Below.


VICTORY 1918 Second Battle of the Marne - 1918
A lead-French force beats back the German advance with help from British, Italian and American forces.


DRAW 1918 Third Battle of the Aisne - May 27-June 6, 1918
French, British and American forces halt the German advance.


VICTORY 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood - June 1-26, 1918
France, Britain and the United States led by John J. Pershing and James Harbord are victorious over the German Empire and Crown Prince Wilhelm.


VICTORY 1918 Battle of Chateau-Thierry - July 18, 1918
The combined French and American force (largely American) succeeds in taking the Germans by surprise.


VICTORY 1918 Battle of Amiens - August 8-11, 1918
French, British, Canadian and Australian forces are victorious over Germany.


VICTORY 1922 Battle of Maysalun - 1922
French forces rout the Syrian army.


DEFEAT 1940

Battle of France - May 10, 1940-June 22, 1940
In defense of the French Countries, French, British, Polish, Belgium and Dutch armies are defeated by the Axis power of Germany and Italy.


DEFEAT 1940 Battle of Dunkirk - May 26, 1940-June 4, 1940
Britain and France are soundly beaten by the advancing German army, with Britain eventually seeking refuge across the English Channel and France falling to German occupation.


VICTORY 1941 Battle of Koufra - 1941
French forces, led by LeClerc, defeat the Italians.


VICTORY 1944 Battle of Normandy - June 6, 1944-August 25, 1944
Foreign forces made up of British, Canadian and American troops gain the advantage on behalf of France against the Germans. Not so much a victory BY France as a victory FOR it.


VICTORY 1944 Operation Dragoon - 1944
Tassigny and his French forces liberate the towns of Toulon and Marseilles from German control.


VICTORY 1945 April 21st, 1945
French forces cross the Danube River and repel German SS counterattacks.


DEFEAT 1954 Battle of Dien Bien Phu - November 20, 1953-May 7, 1954
French forces led by Christian de Castries put up a valiant defense against overwhelming odds, eventually surrendering to the advancing Viet Minh led by Vo Nguyen Giap.


DEFEAT 1962 Algerian Independence - 1962
After years of urban and rural warfare, French forces leave colonial Algeria, earning the African country it's independence.


VICTORY 1991 Operation Desert Storm - January 15, 1991
A limited contingent of French forces, as part of a greater global alliance, assist in the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.


VICTORY 2003 Cote d'Ivoire - January 2003
French peace-keeping forces succeed in stabilization of lawless western border.

Now here is the English

http://www.militaryfactory.com/battles/english_military_victories.asp

The English military has long had a streak of success throughout history. this list tries to put those successes (and failures) into perspective. Absent are the engagements that took place during the 'War of the Roses' in England.

VICTORY Battle of Mons Badonicus - 500 AD
A force of Roman-British-Celts defeats an invading Anglo-Saxon army. Actual details and date of the battle remain unknown.

DEFEAT Battle of Deorham - 577
The Britons are defeated by the advancing Saxon armies.

VICTORY Battle of Cannington - 878
Britain, led by Odda, repels the invasion by the Vikings.

VICTORY Battle of Edington - May, 878
Britain, led by Alfred the Great, is victorious against the advancing Viking hordes.

DEFEAT Battle of Maldon - August 10, 991
Britain is defeated by the invading Vikings led by Olaf Trygvasson.

VICTORY Battle of Stamford Bridge - September 25, 1066
The Anglo-Saxon English armies led by Harold Godwinson defeats the Norwegian Vikings led by Harald Hardrada.

DEFEAT Battle of Hastings - September 28, 1066
Harold Godwinson and the Anglo-Saxon English lose to the Normans and William of Normandy.

DEFEAT Battle of Lewes - May 12-May 14, 1264
Prince Edward of England loses to Simon de Montfort of France.

VICTORY Battle of Evesham - August 4, 1265
Marking the end of Chivalry in England, the British under Prince Edward earn a victory against Frenchman Simon de Montfort in this massacre.

VICTORY Battle of Crecy - August 26, 1346
Edward III of England is victorious against Philip VI of France.

VICTORY Battle of Poitiers - September 19, 1356
Edward of England is victorious against John II of France.

VICTORY Battle of Auray - September 29, 1364
Sir John Chandos of England defeats Charles of Blois.

VICTORY Battle of Shrewsbury - July 21, 1403
The Royal Army led by Henry IV defeats the rebels led by Henry Percy.

VICTORY Battle of Agincourt - October 25, 1415
Henry V of England defeats Frenchmen Jean Le Maingre and Charles d'Albret.

VICTORY Battle of Cravant - July 31, 1423
Thomas Montacute of England defeats Comte de Vendome of France.

DEFEAT Battle of Orleans - October 12, 1428-May 8, 1429
England loses to France's Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc).

DEFEAT Battle of Patay - June 18, 1429
Sir John Fastolf of England is defeated by La Hire and Poton de Xaintrailles of France.

DEFEAT Battle of Formigny - April 15, 1450
Thomas Kyriell of England is the loser against Comte de Clermont and Comte de Richemont of France.

DEFEAT Battle of Castillon - July 17, 1453
John Talbot of England is defeated by Charles VII of France.

VICTORY Battle of Sedgemoor - July 6, 1685
Part of the 'Monmouth Rebellion', James II of England defeats rebel leader James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.

VICTORY Battle of Oudenarde - July 11, 1708
The coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and the Holy Roman Empire defeat Frenchmen Duc of Burgundy and the Duc de Vendome.

DEFEAT Battle of Lexington and Concord - April 19, 1775
Britain loses the upper hand in the opening battle for the American war of indep endence.

DEFEAT Battle of the Chesapeake - September 5, 1781
Britain is defeated by Frnace in this strategic victory of American Revolutionary War.

DRAW Battle of Corunna - January 16, 1809
The British led by John Moore evacuate from Spain and the advancing Nicolas Jean de Dieu.

VICTORY Battle of Albuera - May 16, 1811
The coalition of Britain, Portugal and Spain defeats Frenchman Nicolas Jean de Dieu.

VICTORY Battle of Badajoz - March 16-April 6, 1812
Britain and Portugal deal a major blow to Napoleon Bonaparte of France.

VICTORY Battle of Salamanca - July 22, 1812
Britain, Portuguese and Spanish forces defeat Frenchman Auguste Marmont.

VICTORY Battle of Vitoria - June 21, 1813
The Anglo-Spanish coalition led by Arthur Wellesley defeats Jean-Baptiste Jourdan and Joseph Bonaparte of France.

VICTORY Battle of Leipzig - October 16-19, 1813
The coalition of Britain, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Austria, Sweden and several German states defeat Napoleon I of France.

VICTORY Battle of Waterloo - June 18, 1815
England, Russia, Austria and Prussia defeat Napoleon of France in his last battle.

VICTORY Battle of Navarino - October 20, 1827
A coalition force of Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, the United States, the Netherlands and Russia defeat the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in this large-scale naval engagement.

VICTORY Battle of Balaclava - October 25, 1854
British, French and Turkish troops defeat Russia in this Crimean War engagement.

DEFEAT Battle of the Frontiers - August 14-14, 1914
The British and the French fall to the Germans.

VICTORY Togoland - August 26, 1914
British and French forces successfully invade the German West African protectorate of Togoland.

VICTORY First Battle of the Marne - September 5-10, 1914
British and French forces lef by Joseph Joffre and John French defeat the Germans led by Helmuth von Moltke and Karl von Bulow.

DRAW First Battle of the Aisne - September 12-15, 1914
British and French troop actions merit little result against Germany.

VICTORY Battle of Ypres - October 19-November 22, 1914
British and French forces gain a victory against Germany.

DRAW Third Battle of Artois - September 15-November 4, 1915
Britain and France earn a draw against Germany and Crown Prince William Rupprecht.

VICTORY Battle of Vimy Ridge - April 9-12, 1917
British and Canadian forces gain the advantage against Germany.

DRAW Third Battle of the Aisne - May 27-June 6 1918
British, American and French forces halt the German advance.

VICTORY Battle of Belleau Wood - June 1-26, 1918
Combined Britain, French and American forces are victorious over the German Empire led by Crown Prince Wilhelm.

VICTORY Battle of Amiens -August 8-11, 1918
British, French, Canadian and Australian forces are victorious over Germany.


DEFEAT Battle of France - May 10, 1940-June 22, 1940
In defense of the French Countries, French, British, Polish, Belgium and Dutch armies are defeated by the Axis power of Germnay and Italy.

DEFEAT Battle of Dunkirk - May 26, 1940-June 4, 1940
Britain and France are soundly beaten by the advancing German army, seeking refuge across the Channel to England.

VICTORY Battle of Britain - July 1940-May 1941
The British Royal Air Force led by Hugh Dowding defeats the invading German Luftwaffe fighters led by Herman Goring.

DEFEAT Battle of Dieppe - August 19, 1942
The British and the Canadians suffer heavy losses in this defeat at the hands of the entrenched Germans.

VICTORY Battle of Normandy - June 6, 1944-August 25, 1944
Britian and her allies are victorious in the D-Day beach landings against the unsuspecting Germans.

VICTORY Operation Dragoon - August 15, 1944
Britian is victorious against the Germans in the invasion of Southern France.

DRAW Battle of Arnhem - September 1944
British troops partake in a vast plan (Operation Market Garden) to overtake three key bridges over the Rhine River. They assist in taking two, but the third remains in German control.

VICTORY Battle of Scheldt - October 2, 1944-November 8, 1944
The Allied coalition of Britain, Poland and Canada are victorious against Germany.

VICTORY Operation Varsity - March 24, 1945
The British and allied troops are victorious in capturing key bridges over the Rhone River, delivering a final blow to the Germans.

VICTORY Operation Desert Storm - January 15, 1991
British forces, allied with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kuwait, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Turkey, France and the United States (among others), assist in liberating Kuwait from an Iraqi invasion force.

VICTORY Operation Iraqi Freedom - March 19, 2003
Britain and coalition forces invade and remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power.

Well, now that Truly Blessed has explained the joke to me, it seems so much funnier.

Ha ha good night.

I really don't think we're anti-French as a country, at any rate. We visit France in large numbers relative to other non-English-speaking countries.

I agree with you, yet I still laugh at French jokes.

Just for those playing at home

French Stats

English
VICTORY 34 64.15%
DEFEAT 14 26.42%
DRAW 5 9.43%
53

French
VICTORY 106 63.10%
DEFEAT 51 30.36%
DRAW 11 6.55%
168

I love excel.

Purely a US joke? What about the French? No man I'm willing to bet that every hot blooded English man would disgree with you there. :D

I dunno, I think in the UK we like to rub in the times we beat them, because through the history there's a good number of times they beat us. It's a rivalry thing - whereas from the US it always seems a lot more dismissive.

I mean seriously, France was a major power in Europe pretty much since the fall of the Roman empire - no one can serioulsy think they never won anything :P

For truly blessed's list - I note it misses out all the wars between England and the other parts of the UK, Or indeed between Scotland or Wales and other countries - which makes life complicated I will admit. Actually it seems to miss out most wars not with France (like the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the wars in India, China, Africa and elsewhere - how do you think we got our Empire, by asking for it? :p). If you're going to do the comparison, you may as well get it all in there :p

Anybody bother to read the bottom of the French Military Victories page? The I'm feeling lucky one?

I dunno, I think in the UK we like to rub in the times we beat them, because through the history there's a good number of times they beat us. It's a rivalry thing - whereas from the US it always seems a lot more dismissive.

Meh! Are there differancs in the way we Brits and the Americans joke about the French? Sure there are, but the point I was making was just to say to Bunny, that jokeing about the French is not a purley USA thing as he suggested.

It is just how a search engine works it is going to look for exactly that set of words. If your result is higher than someone else's then it will pick that one.

In this case some wise guy made a page to look like an official error. It is just a technical joke and not very good one at that.

With regard to the French I think it is because they are a very proud nation as is the USA. It is just harmless ribbing.

With regard to the French I think it is because they are a very proud nation as is the USA. It is just harmless ribbing.

Harmless? Speak English to a Frenchman while in Paris and then we talk can about ''harmless ribbing''.

Harmless? Speak English to a Frenchman while in Paris and then we talk can about ''harmless ribbing''.

Do this while wearing cargo shorts and a fanny pack as loud as you can.

Do this while wearing cargo shorts and a fanny pack as loud as you can.

The least that can happen is you get French spit on your food.

Fanny pack?:eek2:

Harmless? Speak English to a Frenchman while in Paris and then we talk can about ''harmless ribbing''.

You can say the same thing about Quebec, which is on our continent. Okay so they don't really like us. We have had a series of conflicts. Unfortunately they came out on the losing end of some of those conflicts. Since the very beginning we have been fighting off and on. Now fortunately we have had peace for several generations. We do still kid each other. No one doubts the French military power. When they get their act together they are a very powerful force. We did the same thing with the Russian and the Chinese.

The least that can happen is you get French spit on your food.

Fanny pack?:eek2:

Epic Lulz :D

And it doesn't work for people who are one hundred years old or older, so it's ageist. I find that offensive!

That's horrible, yes. I honestly think it's time for centenarians to rise up and exact violent revenge upon the vile persons who created this so-called gimmick.

You can say the same thing about Quebec, which is on our continent. Okay so they don't really like us. We have had a series of conflicts. Unfortunately they came out on the losing end of some of those conflicts. Since the very beginning we have been fighting off and on. Now fortunately we have had peace for several generations. We do still kid each other. No one doubts the French military power. When they get their act together they are a very powerful force. We did the same thing with the Russian and the Chinese.

You, sir, sound like a walking anachronism! I feel like I am reading ancient passages of the Book of Lindisfanre (tis a joke!) when I read your posts! Are you sure you're from this day and age?:eek2:

You, sir, sound like a walking anachronism! I feel like I am reading ancient passages of the Book of Lindisfanre (tis a joke!) when I read your posts! Are you sure you're from this day and age?:eek2:

Me an anachronism? I suppose it is possible. I must have missed the offense? I think everyone knows the French military has been very successful. Napoleon had an awesome military mind. His memoirs and tactics are still taught to this day in schools of higher education. It is meant to be absurd, I think.

Fanny pack?:eek2:

AKA a bum bag.

Damn Seppos using words that can be taken to mean different things.

AKA a bum bag.

Damn Seppos using words that can be taken to mean different things.

Like, bum butt sorta reference? Yeah, I thought as much. And don't use Aussie terms, Seppos make me think of lighters.:D

Like, bum butt sorta reference? Yeah, I thought as much.

Yeah well it is a small bag you wear around your waist

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I28Il4qfvRg/R5SkVGJAdOI/AAAAAAAAAFg/xjgKFumdmvk/s400/Bum+Bag.jpg

And when Yanks(?) call them fanny packs well I don't know about Spain but it isn't all that great a word to use around here.

And don't use Aussie terms, Seppos make me think of lighters.:D

Damn Aussies using words that can be taken to mean different things. :p

You know, I'm surprised nobody mentioned the strangest (and most horrid) thing on the internet: internet forum members. The horror! The whining! The agony! The constant redefinition of lameness!

I'm a strange internet thing. :)

Yeah well it is a small bag you wear around your waist

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I28Il4qfvRg/R5SkVGJAdOI/AAAAAAAAAFg/xjgKFumdmvk/s400/Bum+Bag.jpg

And when Yanks(?) call them fanny packs well I don't know about Spain but it isn't all that great a word to use around here.

Ah, those things! We call them 'mariconeras'. Quite the unbecoming term.:tongue:

The least that can happen is you get French spit on your food.

Fanny pack?:eek2:

Bum bag.

Bum bag.

Blouman covered it, Peeps. Thanks.:)

Ah, those things! We call them 'mariconeras'. Quite the unbecoming term.:tongue:

Maricone ras? bwhahah!:D

Ah, those things! We call them 'mariconeras'. Quite the unbecoming term.:tongue:

Great seeing what Peeps wrote makes me wish I knew Spanish

Great seeing what Peeps wrote makes me wish I knew Spanish

"Maricón" means 'fag' in Spanish. Those bags are associated with gay people back home.

I tend to associate those fanny packs with tourists.

"Maricón" means 'fag' in Spanish. Those bags are associated with gay people back home.

haha yes indeed I see. Well to tell you the truth if you aren't a woman wearing one of these things you would be thought as being gay too.

haha yes indeed I see. Well to tell you the truth if you aren't a woman wearing one of these things you would be thought as being gay too.

Then it's a universal thing!:fluffle:

haha yes indeed I see. Well to tell you the truth if you aren't a woman wearing one of these things you would be thought as being gay too.

I see what you are saying, they are not the most masculine looking item.

Let's get this thing back on track. One of the weirder things I've encountered over the years are furries. Before the world wide web entered my life, I was blissfully unaware of this subculture. I strongly suspect that the internet is the sole reason why it even exists, by the way. All the things that can never be unlearned...

Your age by chocolate!

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)
2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)
3. Add 5
4. Multiply it by 50
5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 ..
If you haven't, add 1758.
6. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

You should have a three digit number the first number is the one you started with the second number is your age.

Algebra.

1. x
2. 2x
3. 2x + 5
4. 100x + 250
5. 100x + 2009
6. 100x + 2009 - Year of Birth

100x = First number was multiplied by 100, hence it's the first number.
Current year - year of birth = Age.

Thank you, come again.

EDIT: Also, logically, it won't work if you're 100 or older.

Let's get this thing back on track. One of the weirder things I've encountered over the years are furries. Before the world wide web entered my life, I was blissfully unaware of this subculture. I strongly suspect that the internet is the sole reason why it even exists, by the way. All the things that can never be unlearned...

Heh no you re wrong, furies where around long before the advent of the interweb.

Heh no you re wrong, furies where around long before the advent of the interweb.

Furries... *shivers*
I saw an episode of CSI: Las Vegas, that left me scared for life.:eek2:

EDIT: Also, logically, it won't work if you're 100 or older.

No mathematically it won't work. It requires a step of minus 100 times the amount that you wish to eat per week.

Furries... *shivers*
I saw an episode of CSI: Las Vegas, that left me scared for life.:eek2:

Yeah but that isn't because it had furries in it. :D

No mathematically it won't work. It requires a step of minus 100 times the amount that you wish to eat per week.

(I think :p)

*slap*

*slap*

haha no actually I don't think I know.

Yeah but that isn't because it had furries in it. :D

Well, the man who dressed as the blue cat cracked me up, yes. But you know... even I, an anime lover, have my limits.:$

Well, the man who dressed as the blue cat cracked me up, yes. But you know... even I, an anime lover, have my limits.:$

You aren't going to dress up as a giant pink kitty for me?

Well, the man who dressed as the blue cat cracked me up, yes. But you know... even I, an anime lover, have my limits.:$

lol we all hav our limits.

You aren't going to dress up as a giant pink kitty for me?

Eeeeh? Nani ka?! You want me to dress as a giant, pink cat, master?:eek2:

Eeeeh? Nani ka?! You want me to dress as a giant, pink cat, master?:eek2:

Not really. I just wanted to see your reaction.

Not really. I just wanted to see your reaction.

Cabrón... *shakes head*:$

Heh no you re wrong, furies where around long before the advent of the interweb.

That's not impossible, but back in those days there were probably less than hundred of them in the whole world.