Hyper Dad - Life, unfiltered » british http://hyperdad.com Piling more on my plate for over 40 years. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:16:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Let them eat…croissants? http://hyperdad.com/2009/06/22/let-them-eat-croissants/ http://hyperdad.com/2009/06/22/let-them-eat-croissants/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:34:59 +0000 Paul http://hyperdad.com/?p=869 An RAF officer with whom I’m acquainted gave me a ride to my trailer this morning.  He was a little vexed with our French brothers-in-arms.  They refused to be scheduled for missions before a certain hour because they were unable to get breakfast by then.  Me, I have no issue with the French (though breakfast?  Really?).  They provided critical aid to us in the Revolutionary War and gave us a cool statue too.  I was clearly overmatched when I played apologist for the French in our conversation, however.

Henry:  Someone should tell them they can get their croissants delivered.

Me:  Or they should be reminded they have a long military tradition of great armies to live up to…

Henry:  Wait, did you say “great armies”?

Me:  Well…there was Napoleon…

Henry:  He lost.

Me:  Sure, eventually…

Henry:  They have that farcical structure in the middle of the country; they should call it the “Arc de Defeat”!

Moi:  What about the French Foreign Legion?

Henry:  Overrated.  They were kicked out of Vietnam.

Me:  Well, not because they couldn’t get their breakfasts.

Henry:  I’m not so sure about that…

It wasn’t a long trip; the other two along for the ride kept silent.  I was a little surprised at the passion of his anti-French stance, not really captured here.  I guess hundreds of years of wars with each other will do that.

Hmmm...a tough choice. I wonder which side the artist favored.

Hmmm...a tough choice.

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