An Elderly American In France

[Korth]

The elderly American gentleman arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he fumbled for his passport.

"You 'ave been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically. The old gent admitted that he had been to France previously.

"Zen, you should know enough to 'ave your passport ready for inspection."

The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

"Impossible. You Americans alwayz 'ave to show your passports on arrival in France!"

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained.

"Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44, I couldn't find any f'ing Frenchmen to show it to."

[percell_086]

hahahaha, one of the best i've heard in a long time ( i don't have any funny friends :| :D )

percell

[spectre5]

Respect dude!

:backhand:

[ShotOver]

Hahahahahahahahaha!

My lord, that is mighty funny! rofl

[Tengu]

woot sweetness hahah rofl

Got to remember that one

[Schwabo Elite]

Very funny! :D
It shows ignorance on both sides perfectly...

SE

[Brozozo]

That man should get some sort of medal for saying that!! That was awesome!...and could be true since nobody saw any Frenchmen on D-Day!

[Jehuty]

100,000 Free French soldiers fought in the Allied side in Italy in 1943. By the time of the Normandy Invasion, the Free French forces numbered more than 400,000 people. The Free French 2nd Armoured Division, under General Philippe Leclerc, landed at Normandy and eventually led the drive towards Paris. The Free French 1st Army, under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, joined the Allies' invasion of southern France and took Alsace.

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_French_Forces)

It only shows ignorance of so many people on earth.

[Vance]

100,000 Free French soldiers fought in the Allied side in Italy in 1943. By the time of the Normandy Invasion, the Free French forces numbered more than 400,000 people. The Free French 2nd Armoured Division, under General Philippe Leclerc, landed at Normandy and eventually led the drive towards Paris. The Free French 1st Army, under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, joined the Allies' invasion of southern France and took Alsace.

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_French_Forces)

It only shows ignorance of so many people on earth.
But did they land at Omaha? ;)

[Jehuty]

200 French were on D-Day itself.
But not all Americans landed on Omaha so i fail to see your point.

The 2DB of General Leclerc landed at the same time as Americans and they did a good damn joob.Just like the Free French Forces in Africa and Italy.

[Pégase]

americans were badly welcomed by germans in 44 duh ?

Things have change since 60 years

or French shouldn't need passports then for what they did for the American Independance :bash:


@ six-gun aka Webley aka Korth

you' re from Seattle, then London, and now Germany ?
have you a moving problem or somethin' ?

[Ichhabe]

That man should get some sort of medal for saying that!! That was awesome!...and could be true since nobody saw any Frenchmen on D-Day!

I envy you! How comfortable it must be to live an easy life covered in fluffy ignorance. :hug:

[scm77]

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[Vance]

200 French were on D-Day itself.
But not all Americans landed on Omaha so i fail to see your point.
The elderly man in the story landed on Omaha, hence my question.

I don't remember any FFF on Omaha...

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americans were badly welcomed by germans in 44 duh ?

Things have change since 60 years

or French shouldn't need passports then for what they did for the American Independance :bash:


@ six-gun aka Webley aka Korth

you' re from Seattle, then London, and now Germany ?
have you a moving problem or somethin' ?

He's tried to be more subtle this time but still sticks out like a sore thumb

[Jehuty]

200 French were on D-Day itself.
But not all Americans landed on Omaha so i fail to see your point.
The elderly man in the story landed on Omaha, hence my question.

I don't remember any FFF on Omaha...

Why?
because Hollywood never made a movie about it? :roll:

There were incorporated either in English or American armies.Plus there were others beachs, not only Omaha...

[Ichhabe]

200 French were on D-Day itself.
But not all Americans landed on Omaha so i fail to see your point.
The elderly man in the story landed on Omaha, hence my question.

I don't remember any FFF on Omaha...

Oh Vance, you are so begging for it.
That comment gonna backfire on you so bad. ;)

[hank]

100,000 Free French soldiers fought in the Allied side in Italy in 1943. By the time of the Normandy Invasion, the Free French forces numbered more than 400,000 people. The Free French 2nd Armoured Division, under General Philippe Leclerc, landed at Normandy and eventually led the drive towards Paris. The Free French 1st Army, under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, joined the Allies' invasion of southern France and took Alsace.

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_French_Forces)

It only shows ignorance of so many people on earth.

C'mon man, its just a joke. I love French jokes but it doesn't mean I think French are cowards or bad or anything. I am Catholic and I love Catholic jokes for exactly the same reason. Ignorance? Only thing this joke and your response shows is that you need to lighten up!

hank

[hank]

200 French were on D-Day itself.
But not all Americans landed on Omaha so i fail to see your point.
The elderly man in the story landed on Omaha, hence my question.

I don't remember any FFF on Omaha...

Why?
because Hollywood never made a movie about it? :roll:

There were incorporated either in English or American armies.Plus there were others beachs, not only Omaha...

Yeah well Hollywood madea lot of damned Jerry Lewis movies that were too stupid for most Americans and yet he is a superstar in France. lighten up dude you're killing me

hank

[Jehuty]

100,000 Free French soldiers fought in the Allied side in Italy in 1943. By the time of the Normandy Invasion, the Free French forces numbered more than 400,000 people. The Free French 2nd Armoured Division, under General Philippe Leclerc, landed at Normandy and eventually led the drive towards Paris. The Free French 1st Army, under General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, joined the Allies' invasion of southern France and took Alsace.

Source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_French_Forces)

It only shows ignorance of so many people on earth.

C'mon man, its just a joke. I love French jokes but it doesn't mean I think French are cowards or bad or anything. I am Catholic and I love Catholic jokes for exactly the same reason. Ignorance? Only thing this joke and your response shows is that you need to lighten up!

hank

I wasn't replying to the joke "dude" so stick your speech where you know.


Yeah well Hollywood madea lot of damned Jerry Lewis movies that were too stupid for most Americans and yet he is a superstar in France. lighten up dude you're killing me

hank

You are not the first one to say that, but none here knows who the **** is this Jerry Lewis.

[hank]

I wasn't replying to the joke "dude" so stick your speech where you know.


Yeah well Hollywood madea lot of damned Jerry Lewis movies that were too stupid for most Americans and yet he is a superstar in France. lighten up dude you're killing me

hank

You are not the first one to say that, but none here knows who the f*** is this Jerry Lewis.

You are a tool. "Stick it where you know"? WTF does that mean. I say again - lighten up. You don't know who Jerry Lewis is? Whatever, numbuts. Have you no sense of humor?

hank

[Jehuty]

You don't know who Jerry Lewis is? Whatever, numbuts. Have you no sense of humor?

I - WASN'T - REPLYING - TO - THE - JOKE.
Got it?

This joke in itself is pretty funny, you are not.Get lost now.

[hank]

You don't know who Jerry Lewis is? Whatever, numbuts. Have you no sense of humor?

I - WASN'T - REPLYING - TO - THE - JOKE.
Got it?

This joke in itself is pretty funny, you are not.Get lost now.

Man you are really a tool. I'm not tryin to be funny, I am very serious. You are a tool.

Here is something funny so you'll know the difference between humor and serious. American walks into a bar. French guy says hello. America beats the hell out of the French guy. Funny, huh?

hank

[Vance]

200 French were on D-Day itself.
But not all Americans landed on Omaha so i fail to see your point.
The elderly man in the story landed on Omaha, hence my question.

I don't remember any FFF on Omaha...

Why?
because Hollywood never made a movie about it? :roll:

There were incorporated either in English or American armies.Plus there were others beachs, not only Omaha...
But you see, I'm not talking about Juno, Gold, Sword or Utah. In this particular case I am talking about Omaha.

Ichhabe: Why? I really don't. If you corrected me, then I would be fine with it. I love learning about WWII. :D

[Brozozo]

The FFF only sent 200 men to begin the liberation of their own country? :|

[Sierra]

LMAO! rofl Thats great! woot