h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

...and here, we have a couple of plucky fr*nch 'journalists'
trying to cause a stir in Pakistan, by photographing a bunch of armed tribesmen in Quetta and reporting that they were Taleban.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3384977.stm

...no doubt that they won't serve their sentences.

alec.

I want my 5 euros.

eska...
That was easy money...

What's sick with Al*c's phobia/obsession is that he couldn't even wait a little while longer before providing us with _another_ one of his links...

Surely the fact that so many French people died in a recent plane crash would have made any _decent_ h2g2 researcher think twice before launching another attack against the French so soon...

loup.dargent

Actually, I'm surprised we didn't get any comments about crappy French airplanes

...so sorry about the delay in getting back to you two trolls, but things have been a bit hectic over here of late...however, time marches on and the fr*nch have certainly continued unabated.

1. The Queen Marie arrived here last week with great fanfare. I have been hearing reports about how uncomfortable the crossing was for both passengers and crew. This was partly due to the high passenger to cabin crew ratio, but mostly down to the fact that such a huge vessel, towering some 20 stories above the water, has only got 5 metres of boat BELOW the waterline.

2. Alain Juppe...Chirac etc. etc. yadda yadda yadeaux
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3455611.stm

" So i'm a convicted corrupted politician...but i'm staying in politics "...

quelle surprise alors...

alec.

"but mostly down to the fact that such a huge vessel, towering some 20 stories above the water, has only got 5 metres of boat BELOW the waterline"

The QM2 was designed by a Briton. Seems that's who should be blamed for the above/below the waterline ratio.http://www.aip.co.uk/soundofsunday/queen_mary_2.htm

thanks trunt, but that wasn't my point.

(your link mentions that Mr Payne is a 'navel' architect which must be quite an interesting profession, and i seem to remember that it was Valerie Singleton who went on the QE2 for Blue Peter, not Christopher Trace...but that's also beside the point)

There is still apparently no word from the 'inquiry' into why the hastily reconstructed gangway collapsed either...just how long will this take?

Answer : Till people forget about the accident of course.

alec.

>so sorry about the delay in getting back to you two trolls<



That's a gem coming from _you_ Al*c...

s at Alec.

What was your point about the QM2 then Alec, if you're not getting at the British designer? Perhaps you think the French shipyard should have ignored the design plan?

Have an enquiry until the issue goes away wouldn't appear to be unique to France, would it Alec? Where else have we seen that recently?

sprout

...and now, the answer, or one of several, to 'Wot's wong wiv da fr*nch' AND 'wot's wong wiv da Canadians' in one single link about the musical content of radio stations in Canada :

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/R2.HTM

in which it clearly states that in order to receive a transmitting licence, the total musical output from a radio station MUST contain at least 65% in the fr*nch language.

Need i add that the Fr*nch have a similar stricter law for their own countries radio stations?

Long live the days of free radio.

alec.

...oh, and by the way...




There is still no word from the enquiry into the collapse of that gangway at the St Nazaire yard.

i make that three months now since the incident.

alec.

...meanwhile...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3653291.stm

"honestly officer, i was just stopped at this traffic light when this girl jumped into my car...i didn't know she was an underage prostitute..."



alec.

...and is anyone very surprised that this bar steward is, even as we speak, being welcomed by the bnp??

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3654941.stm

alec.

What's *really* wrong with the Fr*nch is that they have no idea how to mix a decent Martini.

RF

"Yes, I'll agree on wine front. French wine is suitable only for pouring on chips."

correction: the french wine that ignorant chip eating limeys buy is only suitable for that. the 1984 côte rotie my father-in-law served at easter was well...sublime

no hard feelings

i regret the tone of this post, i'm afraid the bantering attitude i meant to have did not get through. i am not a smiley person by nature but perhaps i will have to learn

Well, I'm not bantering. I was in a Michelin 3* restaurant at the weekend, and they couldn't mix a Martini.

RF

Ah Al*c, mon petit troll... Still at it I see...

Monsieur Le Pen in the back side has visited on a regular basis his little friends from the British far right for years now... So it doesn't really come as a surprise anymore somehow...

But, It says a lot about the nationalists of the UK though if they need a foreigner to come wipe their bottoms every time they need some kind of support for the elections...

Perhaps they think Le Pen is mightier than le flawed?

(argument that is.)

Now, did somebody mention a French breakfast...I reckon i have the parfait recette!

Terri (prefers frogs to Princes)

Hi Loup, Terri, Riotact and Reddy,

glad to see you are still here, (and hopefully NOT taking me too seriously)

Have any of you heard anything about a law suit brought by a fr*nch company against Google for name infringement? It seems they claim to have thought of 'Google' first.

i'll look for a link, try and find some details.

alec.