The military parade already started. This year, special tribute to the ANZAC troops who participated in the Somme Battle.
:frog:
Vive la Nation! :frog:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comite-valmy.org%2FIMG%2Fjpg%2FA_Valmy.jpg&hash=68bfd603c979d6e77b1bd41fb3e245aa844df069)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABTR2Xe_sGw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABTR2Xe_sGw)
Our former Prime Minister celebrates by singing (according to him) the Belgian Anthem :frog:
I would drink a beer in honour of our French cousins, but I can't right now :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njrAabKAt6s
Do you ever feel like Quebec missed out by being separated from France right before France became cool? Well I guess it was almost 30 years before but still.
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2016, 09:35:17 AM
Do you ever feel like Quebec missed out by being separated from France right before France became cool? Well I guess it was almost 30 years before but still.
France has never been cool.
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2016, 09:35:17 AM
Do you ever feel like Quebec missed out by being separated from France right before France became cool? Well I guess it was almost 30 years before but still.
They also missed out on the Guillotine. ;)
I'll see if I can find something French to drink tonight.
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2016, 09:35:17 AM
Do you ever feel like Quebec missed out by being separated from France right before France became cool? Well I guess it was almost 30 years before but still.
Quebec is Hipster Canada; was France before France was cool. :cool: :Canuck:
Quote from: Malthus on July 14, 2016, 09:48:44 AM
They also missed out on the Guillotine. ;)
Indeed. A chance to liberate themselves from priests and aristocrats :weep:
QuoteFrance has never been cool.
Oh yeah. You are the arbiter of all things cool alright :P
Quote from: derspiess on July 14, 2016, 09:49:58 AM
I'll see if I can find something French to drink tonight.
There can be only one choice really: (https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fboutique.defroidmont.fr%2F237-thickbox%2Fbiere-sans-culotte-cerise.jpg&hash=11b0b0b08ab7656f5f1de04e6a0f7e181fc9d01b)
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2016, 10:00:12 AM
Oh yeah. You are the arbiter of all things cool alright :P
Careful. You are
this close to dissing pleated pants. :(
I regret missing it this year.
Quote from: Barrister on July 14, 2016, 09:47:49 AM
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2016, 09:35:17 AM
Do you ever feel like Quebec missed out by being separated from France right before France became cool? Well I guess it was almost 30 years before but still.
France has never been cool.
Pleated pants just never caught on there :cry:
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2016, 10:04:27 AM
Quote from: derspiess on July 14, 2016, 09:49:58 AM
I'll see if I can find something French to drink tonight.
There can be only one choice really: (https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fboutique.defroidmont.fr%2F237-thickbox%2Fbiere-sans-culotte-cerise.jpg&hash=11b0b0b08ab7656f5f1de04e6a0f7e181fc9d01b)
:hmm: I was thinking that 1990 Bordeaux I keep meaning to drink, but if I could find that I'd be all over it.
I love the French! Some of the best words are French. I have so many French friends. So many.
Quote from: FunkMonk on July 14, 2016, 10:58:34 AM
I love the French! Some of the best words are French. I have so many French friends. So many.
Needs a picture of you eating some French Fries.
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2016, 10:00:12 AM
QuoteFrance has never been cool.
Oh yeah. You are the arbiter of all things cool alright :P
You know it. :cool:
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 14, 2016, 10:19:41 AM
I regret missing it this year.
You missed the Leclercs on the Champs-Élysées. :(
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2016, 09:35:17 AM
Do you ever feel like Quebec missed out by being separated from France right before France became cool? Well I guess it was almost 30 years before but still.
Trading 250 years of corrupt and opprosive monarchy for 30 years or corrupt and oppressive monarchy? Anytime! ;)
There were lots of hopes, at the time of the American Revolution that France would reconquer Canada. Later on, there was an attempt to convince Napoleon to free us from the British yoke. Unfortunately, in time of war, with a slightly different spoken french, arriving in France with a British passport turned out to be an ill advised move. :(
Dozens killed in Nice apparently.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnWpE7JW8AASSLl.jpg)
Attack or accident?
Attack by the looks of it.
Quote from: Barrister on July 14, 2016, 09:47:49 AM
Quote from: Valmy on July 14, 2016, 09:35:17 AM
Do you ever feel like Quebec missed out by being separated from France right before France became cool? Well I guess it was almost 30 years before but still.
France has never been cool.
:yeahright:
Happy Bastille day...
Let's not rush to judgement. This could have been anyone. The Amish, for example. Or radical Mormons. Maybe the bakers, quakers and candlestick makers.