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The Freaking Frogs!

Can I get a frogectomy?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/11/france.pope.reut/index.html
from JoeUser Forums

My ancestors may have come over on the boat from France, and indeed, I am related to Napolean (so that is corsican I guess), but I am tired of their bool schid (as Moderateman says).

The latest?  Their idea of humor is to call Pope Benedict XVI "Adolph II" and that he is going to change the sign of the cross to "The Father, son and Third Reich".

Excuse me if I dont find that extremely in poor taste.  no, that is too mild. I find that extremely racist and bigoted!  And there is no taste about it! (for those on the far left that think a race is only black or brown; Gauls, Franks, Prussians, and Germans are all Disctinct RACES.)

I am so shocked and sickened for what passes as their version of humor, that I am seeking a renown doctor of ethnicity that can perform a gaulectomy on me!

I no longer want any french Blood coursing through my system.  It makes me sick to look at myself in the mirror.

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top
--What was her name, did she know any one by the name of Hauser or Stadtfeld?

I presume you're asking the name of my german great grand mother. It was Schmidt i believe.
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top
Lucas: depends on their genetic disposition. I pretty much look Irish: brown hair, blue eyes, lots of facial and body hair. My younger brother pretty much looks Apache: straight black hair, dark eyes, very little facial or body hair.

My only real "Apache" features are the size/shape of my nose and the shape of my eyes (they have a slight Oriental shape to them) and of course being Irish/Apache I have no temper .
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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
MM--

My brother is about 45% Cherokee and he definantly looks it, Tall[6'9] Long hair and is Frickin strong[although that doesn't really have to do with genetics that much] and he works in construction....

Ironically, out of my whole family, their are 3 above 6',me, my bro, and his wife. everyone else is at least 5'5 or shorter,although my niece is about 5'3 and isn't finished growing yet, wouldn't doubt it if she ended up 6'6" or so....

--IG

Yes i was, i've been looking and looking around for traces of my family in that area, and other areas and have not found anything, the one thing that boils my frogs [figure of speech] is having to pay a ridiculous amount of money to find records [ancestory.com] i don't have the time or money to travel and look....
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hey Lucas, that sounds like a pain. I found my own 'family records' by digging through the archives of Nouméa, New Caledonia (where my ancestors arrived in the early 1800's). I didnt have to pay for it, it should be a service at the disposal of the public.
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
Family histories can be pretty educational. Ours includes assorted horse theives and bank robbers, as well as 2 past US presidents, a famous poet, and a few assorted "odd" charactors.
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
will get back to you doc about this, you are AMERICAN not french american, not french heaven forbid, but an American, and all the good that entails.
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top
The earliest i can tell my family arrived with the [going way far back]plymouth colony, in the 1600's, then that same branch went to what is now known as pennsylvania,then on to california...at least thats what i can tell....
Reply #36 from JoeUser Forums Top
Balance--

ehh, some, just depends....[they'd have to be americanized first..........] J/K (Freedom Chicks?)
Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well some are really pretty: Laetitia Casta, Sophie Marceau, Catherine Deneuve...
Reply #38 from JoeUser Forums Top
As was already pointed out, not only is it incredibly unfair to label the Pope "Adolph II", by the Vichyites no less, but why is it so damn acceptable to though around the Nazi label at everything someone doesn't agree with? I wish those morons could be placed in a "re-education camp"--was that the phrase for it?--to learn about the true horror that regime brought upon its victims, so they wouldn't cheapen the suffering of those under the boot of the Third Reich.
Reply #39 from JoeUser Forums Top
Dr.Guy,

while I agree with you that the remark is tasteless, I strongly think that it doesn't make sense to use it as an excuse to rant about 'the French'.
Similar remarks/'jokes' have been made in british newspapers and in germany itself.
In all cases, it's a few people who said this kind of stupid thinks, and not the whole nation. I guess a lot of french people are as upset about it as you are.

I mean.... come on... what would you say when someone ranted about 'the americans' because of the remarks of Savage or Moore or whomever you despise most?
Reply #40 from JoeUser Forums Top

My great grandmother was German. So you see, i get all the nasty blood, mwahahahaharrr....

My Great Great Grandfather was from Bavaria, hence my German as well.  My Grandmother spoke french in the house growing up, but my grandfather did not.  He was 100% French, and she was but 75%.

Reply #41 from JoeUser Forums Top

I do not blame the entire French Population for what some frenchmen are saying... I'm going to turn the other cheek so I'm not like them. Saying Damn the French for such a tasteless joke (and it is tasteless) is the same as the french saying all Americans are pigs because of bush...and the rest of the world choosing to castigate an entire nation (including the government) because of their dislike over one man.

You have to make so much damn sense!  Ok, point taken.  But it does not absolve them of their tastelessness.

Reply #42 from JoeUser Forums Top

kinda cool....yep, Heinz 57 indeed

I would say that makes you about 100% American!  No hyphenation included!

Reply #43 from JoeUser Forums Top

Pretty much just 3/4 Irish 1/4 Apache here so can't really make fun of anyone else's ancestry.

Actually you can.  But I would stay away from Simon.  He might want to put down your Irish part.

Reply #44 from JoeUser Forums Top

My only real "Apache" features are the size/shape of my nose and the shape of my eyes (they have a slight Oriental shape to them) and of course being Irish/Apache I have no temper

That has got to be the biggest understatement of all time!  I know an Irish Lass.  Let's just say, I NEVER piss her off!

Reply #45 from JoeUser Forums Top

Hey Lucas, that sounds like a pain. I found my own 'family records' by digging through the archives of Nouméa, New Caledonia (where my ancestors arrived in the early 1800's). I didnt have to pay for it, it should be a service at the disposal of the public.

It is in most places,but you have to travel there, and I think that is what is Lucas' problem. Fortunately, I have a cousin who did our family, so it saved me the time and expense.

Reply #46 from JoeUser Forums Top

will get back to you doc about this, you are AMERICAN not french american, not french heaven forbid, but an American, and all the good that entails.

Thank god I dont have a hyphen in that American part!

Reply #47 from JoeUser Forums Top

The earliest i can tell my family arrived with the [going way far back]plymouth colony, in the 1600's, then that same branch went to what is now known as pennsylvania,then on to california...at least thats what i can tell....

Mine came in the early 19th century.  My Grandfather's family were Arcadians that got booted  out of Canada and settled in Louisianna.  My Grandmother's family migrated from Santo Domingo. I only mention half my parentage as my father left us when I was 4, and I only saw him once after that.  So I dont know squat about him, and really dont care to.

Reply #48 from JoeUser Forums Top

to learn about the true horror that regime brought upon its victims, so they wouldn't cheapen the suffering of those under the boot of the Third Reich.

I agree 100%!  That is an excellant post.  Thank you.

Reply #49 from JoeUser Forums Top

I mean.... come on... what would you say when someone ranted about 'the americans' because of the remarks of Savage or Moore or whomever you despise most?

Yellow Sign, Helix made the same point, and I agree with both of you.  I just went off when I read the story.  Guess I should have put a warning on this saying 'rant ahead'.  YOu are correct, I do not blame all the French.

Reply #50 from JoeUser Forums Top
People got here before me - dammit!

I was about to make the same point as Yellow and Helix. One thing they didn't mention which should be held in the defence of the French is that their broadcasting agency deemed this joke tasteless enough to put the whole channel on probation. That should speak more for the French people, as it is part of their legislation and they have tried to do something to rectify the situation, than some comedic cowboy using shock tactics to provoke a response.

(And what a response he got - look how crazy he/she made you )

Good post Dr!

Suz xxx