Playtime outside this afternoon…Quinn is looking at the little white demarcation flags for the Zap-A-Mutt system.
Quinn: “Those are white flags, daddy.”
Daddy (looking up from his work): “Yes. Those are French battle flags.”
Quinn (awed tone): “Those are French battle flags.”
14 Comments
April 23, 2008 at 5:48 pm
You are never gonna get the Keys to Paris if you keep that up.
April 23, 2008 at 6:12 pm
You’re bad.
April 23, 2008 at 6:56 pm
“You are never gonna get the Keys to Paris if you keep that up.”
Bah, if he ever wanted them, all he would have to do is arm the nearest boyscout troupe and fly them to Paris, at which point the French will surrender and make him Overlord.
April 23, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Announcer:”And the Father of The Year Award goes to….Marko!!!”
(Crowd cheers ecstatically)
April 23, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Oh, you are SO going to Hell for that!
And you owe me a keyboard!
April 23, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Incidentally, France had indeed a white flag for a bit of its history. The drapeau blanc (white flag) was used as France’s national flag and naval ensign until 1789 and again from 1813 until 1830.
April 24, 2008 at 12:53 am
“Incidentally, France had indeed a white flag for a bit of its history. The drapeau blanc (white flag) was used as France’s national flag and naval ensign until 1789 and again from 1813 until 1830.”
That…… explains a lot of things. Like “How the white flag came to mean surrrender.”
April 24, 2008 at 4:37 am
SNORT!.
I sure hope coffee doesn’t short out stupid lifeless Dell keyboards……
Excellent moment Marko….excellent
April 24, 2008 at 8:39 am
The only reason the French developed and installed rail system with speeds of up to 220 mph is so that, next time, the French army has a chance to beat the Germans to Paris.
April 24, 2008 at 9:18 am
“Lovely French rifle for sale, only dropped once.”
But seriously… Marko, best I can do from this berry is a comment post: http://ny1.com/ the “TORCH Police” article. I saw these guys this morning by City Hall on my ride to work. Freaky – all 24-like black vehicles lined up, SWAT-esque officers standing around.
Police patrols with “submachine guns” roving NYC transit. (Any rifle with a handle is illegal for citizens in NYC, I believe). Glad I was above ground.
-E
April 24, 2008 at 9:24 am
I think that should be: “Lovely French rifle for sale. Never fired, only dropped once.”
April 24, 2008 at 3:25 pm
My buddy in the Belgian army tells me that you really don’t want to mess with curent-day French soldiers … just saying …
Then again, my buddy serves in the medical component … of the BELGIAN army :p
April 24, 2008 at 3:52 pm
“My buddy in the Belgian army tells me that you really don’t want to mess with curent-day French soldiers … just saying …”
I believe he was speaking about the French Foreign Legion. You know, the part of their military that isn’t actually French.
April 26, 2008 at 2:18 am
And what’s the one nationality barred from serving in the Foreign Legion? Oh, yeah… that would be the French!