Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 840151)

They wouldn't know what you ment with NI number kikine;)

Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 839876)

Don't understand all this antipathy to the French , seems to me if the Brits had supported the French in 39/40 instead of retreating (evacuating/running away) at Dunkirk and stood and fought maybe the war would have been over sooner

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany (Post 840176)

Well if we'd have done that the Americans could never have won the war all by themselves, as it was we had to drag it out because you were late for the first one so we knew you wouldn't get there on time for the second one.

And since then, well you've been kicking off & starting them yourselves & then we've been getting roped into them, seeing as how we're your mates ? :D So be nice to us.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 838388)

The French have a history of this sort of thing. I wonder how many of the ones doing the booting out are the grandchildren and great grandchildren of the French who collaborated with the Germans in order to get rid of the Jews.:confused::rolleyes: And these are the same Germans who refused to leave France until the British, Americans and Canadians kicked their asses back to what the Russians left of Berlin:alright:

I had a chat with a Brit the other day (not surprisingly in a pub). He wants to move to Canada; but, he is overwhelmed by the hoops he will have to jump through to get in .... And here's one for Jaysay. Over here it's the tories who are super tough on immigration. I guess the bottom line is: if you don't have the cash to support yourself, or you don't have skills we need, you don't get in. Well, not legally anyway. There are, of course, exceptions. Haitians got a break, and thousands moved to Quebec (it's a French thing). Race, religion, nationality are not an issue.

Originally Posted by joaner3 (Post 840271)

Yes, but they don't stay long in Quebec because you have the stupid language thrown down your throat at every turn, because most of the immigrants that come to Montreal or the rest of Quebec have to learn French, most of them go to other Provinces to start business and speak in English. And we don't let any Tom Dick or Harry in Quebec! we do have laws too.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 840281)

Haitians already speak French. And I don't see a problem with immigrants having to learn French .... I would love to see, in the rest of Canada, immigrants forced to learn and speak English (There's not much call for French in Calgary:D) Whenever I cross the border into the US, I always speak French to the US Customs; it underscores my identity as a Canadian.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 840393)

Born in Clayton:D

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 840612)

If I spoke Lancashire Dialect, I would probably be arrested as a terrorist:D And I was actually born in Blackburn Royal Infirmary:hidewall:

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 840716)

Are you sure it wasn't a gooseberry bush Eric:rolleyes::D

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 841012)

No ... that's where I was conceived:theband:

Originally Posted by steeljack (Post 839876)

Don't understand all this antipathy to the French ,

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 841230)

The trouble is the French always thought they should be top dog in Europe, we thought we were. We were both wrong. After 700 years of fighting each other what do you expect?
But give them credit, they follow EU rules they like and ignore the ones they don't like, result-they don't get put on or messed about with like us.

How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris? We don't know, they've never done it.

Originally Posted by Eric (Post 840612)

If I spoke Lancashire Dialect, I would probably be arrested as a terrorist:D And I was actually born in Blackburn Royal Infirmary:hidewall:

Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 844820)

If there is a planned demonstration agaist those parasitic idiots in Brussels, then I may be tempted to join them.