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FadedMullet

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7. I wrote an unpublished letter to The Washington Post at the time suggesting that Bush shouldn't stop there and.....

Mon Apr 14, 2025, 01:54 AM

Apr 14

.......should eliminate all French terms from our military before he went off to Desert Storm without French help. We should forgo the use of "battalion", "colonel", "aide-de-camp", "army", "bivouac", "brigade", "camouflage", "cavalry", "corps", "espionage", and "esprit de corps". With a little more thought one can easily come up with many more.

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Spurious News: Trump imposes 55 percent tariff on French drains! [View all] jmowreader Apr 13 OP

LOL! radical noodle Apr 13 #1

Elitist, French Drains are Oh So, look at fancy me, I'm so special. CoopersDad Apr 13 #2

Wasn't there a real kerfuffle about French fries MadameButterfly Apr 13 #3

During the administration of Bush the Lesser Morbius Apr 13 #4

That was it MadameButterfly Apr 13 #5

Oh MAN was that ever embarrassing. calimary Apr 14 #6

I wrote an unpublished letter to The Washington Post at the time suggesting that Bush shouldn't stop there and..... FadedMullet Apr 14 #7

Also defilade and entrenching. jmowreader Apr 14 #11

Yep, and we're only up to the "E"s. I'll bet there's a few hundred. FadedMullet Apr 16 #12

Is this the Onion ribrepin Apr 14 #8

It is satire written by the OP. Celerity Apr 16 #14

Thank you ribrepin Apr 16 #15

Henceforth to be called "freedom drains," of course. nt Buns_of_Fire Apr 14 #9

All hail Freedom Fries and Liberty Cabbage! yellowcanine Apr 14 #10

Lolololol Drum Apr 16 #13