He's also been charged with 'smelling of garlic' and 'riding a bike in a built up area, while wearing a stripey top'. Dirty bastard.
217,600 french military deaths including French colonies and 350,000 French Civilian deaths. ****ing Idiot Those who escaped to Britain at Dunkirk and later, joined the Free French Forces, some in the battle of Britain fighters, some in the 1st F. F. Army fighting in Libya with the Long-Range Desert Group. Under Leclerc who in Feb. 1941 led an epic 570 mile march to capture Kufra a vital group of 5 Oases in central Libyan desert. He later led his forces in the south of France,in 44-45 he directed winter operations in Alsace and eventually led his troops into Germany and Austria. Now a Maj.-Gen. he received the formal surrender of Paris. The Free French fought in many Theatres of the war. Must admit i cant take credit for all the above information. But did know about Free French Forces founded by Charles de Gaulle and there part in WW-ll Also knew about a high death toll but didn't know it was this high!
Bollocks it is, Groundskeeper Willy always says it about the French on The Simpsons and if Clarkson used it then he nicked it. Right programme, but it is Groundskeeper Willy. Unless Homer used it after him as well?
The term "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" first appeared in "'Round Springfield," a 1995 episode of the American animated television show The Simpsons.[1] In the episode, budget cuts at Springfield Elementary School force the janitor, Groundskeeper Willie, to become a French teacher. Expressing his disdain for the French people, he exclaims to his class in his Scottish accent: "Bonjoooouuur, ya cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys!."[2][3][4] On the audio commentary for the episode, executive producer Al Jean said the line was "probably" written by The Simpsons staff writer Ken Keeler.[5] Keeler confirmed this in an interview in 2012 and stated that he considers it to be his best contribution to the show.[6] Jean commented that the staff did not expect the term to become widely used and never intended it as any kind of genuine political statement.[5] When "'Round Springfield" was dubbed in French, the word "surrender" was omitted and the line became "singes mangeurs de fromage" ("cheese-eating monkeys")
It seems the term was indeed coined in 1995 by Ken Keeler, then-writer for the television series The Simpsons. You live and learn.
Another one.... "Going to war without the French is like going hunting without your accordion." — Dave Barry(The Miami Herald).
In the run-up to the war in Iraq, the term was popularized by Jonah Goldberg, a conservative National Review journalist, to criticize reluctance on the part of the French in particular to military action in Iraq. Seems they're still at it
As opposed the the Americans who are: burger eating turn up late monkeys or burger eating kill their allies monkeys or burger eating support terrorists until they're attacked monkeys
I've been on holiday in France a couple of times and I like the French. I think they are polite and friendly. A very good friend of mine served for 5 years in the airborne division (2 REP) of the French Foreign Legion and he hates the French. He thinks they are rude, arrogant ****s. I am right and he is wrong. That is all.
