French In Surrender Mode Once Again.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/647381/Calais-migrants-refugees-violence-French-port-town-Jungle-camp-eviction-halted

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/647381/Calais-migrants-refugees-violence-French-port-town-Jungle-camp-eviction-halted

Once more the French have carried out a 'U' turn in their effort to bulldoze part of the Calais jungle.

Who much longer are the people of Calais going accept the total destruction of their town?

[andy-hughes]

Zacs-Master - //Non. Now go a-whay you Enleesh pig dogs. //

What a very strange fellow! Are you English?

[mushroom25]

//What a very strange fellow! Are you English? //

are you maybe unfamiliar with the last 10mn of "Holy Grail"?

[andy-hughes]

I confess I am relying on (fading!) memory here, not seen that wonderful film for about ten years!

[Zacs-Master]

Andy, I thought you knew Python when you said 'is there anyone else we can speak to?'

[Togo]

//CALAIS descended into open warfare last night as thousands of migrants rampaged through the town yelling "UK! UK!" as they made their way back to the crime-ridden Jungle camp//

I see the thread has quickly descended into mockery and cant. Don't forget where these 'migrants' (invaders) are headed. Of course once they get here they will become model citizens, shunning all criminal intent and contributing in their excitingly diverse ways to the betterment and elevation of civilisation in the UK. Just prey that the French don't throw in the towel, as many on this side of the channel seem to have.

[andy-hughes]

Zacs-Master - //Andy, I thought you knew Python when you said 'is there anyone else we can speak to?'

Like many of my generation, there were times when I could reel off screeds of script word-perfect, but sadly, lack of exposure (oo-er!) to the source, and fading memory makes my recall a little shakey , know warrImean nudge nudge!!

Say no MORE!

[Zacs-Master]

Mush, so you suggest they'd rather face fines than implement tighter security? It's all moot anyway.

[Jackdaw33]

I can still sing the Philosophers' Song verbatim, which I last performed 40 years ago.

[jourdain2]

A small contribution to an earlier point - where I lived in France I reckon about 50% of French people managed nicely on Present Tense, Perfect Tense and forming a Future Tense with 'aller'; plus plenty of patois! Because I could use a few other formations I was regarded as speaking extremely good French even when I made lots of mistakes. Handy! :)

[mushroom25]

//Mush, so you suggest they'd rather face fines than implement tighter security? It's all moot anyway. //

indeed. but what i'm saying is that if security costs fell to the carriers, the resultant increased cost of taking your car abroad would outstrip the cost of flying and hiring a car.

[ToraToraTora]

thankfully Calais is no longer British

[1rovert]

Sorry Tora, it Never was British, It belonged to England

[Retrochic]

This is hilarious -do you realise Jackdaw that my first language is French - ok Quebec French but still - LOL!

[Jackdaw33]

//ok Quebec French but still - LOL! \\

Précisement!

[mushroom25]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35663225

looks like the court says "oui" - although public areas won't be touched...

[DTCwordfan]

Retro-French then - as it very much is.

[Retrochic]

jim 12: 57 has it - jackdaws quote is a bit ' Allo Allo'

se rendant does not even mean surrender it means 'going'

The French verb to surrender is " Abandon"

The monkeys are eating 'cheese' not 'The Cheese'

HTH



but who am I to argue with an Englishman lol!