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In Flanders fields the poppies grow
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if you are going to insult and show your superior knowledge, at least get it right.
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IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow know what the next line is? the author is John McCrae. he was a Canadian.
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But then again, when I was in grad school, my best friend was a woman from France.
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no offense - but that has been a day or two ago. (honestly) don't assume that everyone who holds no fondness for the french is a chestbeating, flagwaving, xenophobe. some of us actually have experience with these people. i have a number of clients and aquaintances who are french. the two or three who don't fit the mold don't change the facts - i served with the french military. i spent A LOT of time in the french embassy. my opinions (and that is all they are) are based upon my observations of the french among their own. their guns, nor their dicks, have been big enough to justify their overflowing arrogance which is only rivaled by their condescension of all things non-franco in origin.
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All Quiet on the Western Front ? No? I didn't think so. Run down to your public library and get a copy.
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yeah, i've read it a fair few times. if you'll pull your arrogant head out of your tight ass long enough to decide - which chapter would you like to discuss. the bird's song near the end was especially poignant if you ask me.
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hence the Maginot line which actually was pretty clever
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"hey our male population has recently been decimated by a war of attrition fought in trenches - let's build a stagnant line of defense and call it a day. yep. brilliant.