# Jacques Chirac, enter Le Pitte, sil vous plais **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 22, 2003, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323 "2003-03-22T07:31:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/21 "2003-03-23T14:38:07Z")
Vichyssoise is _punishment_? I take back everythng I said. Wait a minute, I’ll be noble…in the interest of world peace, you can punish me instead. Go ahead, do your worst: bring on the French wine and the vichyssoise. (Although I’d prefer if you switched the manner of delivery of the wine, please.) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/22 "2003-03-25T02:05:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Satisfying Andy Licious \* > **Three: He is being obstructionist and subversive of Western influence. France makes no bones about believing that it ought to be a counterweight to U.S. superpower influence. When you take that sort of stance, when you play obstructionist for decades, don’t be surprised when people look at you that way.** Of the 18 times France has used its veto in the security council, 15 of those times have been in conjunction with the US or the UK, 13 of which were with both. The three remaining vetoes were in 1946, 1947 and 1976. Real obstructionist. The US, on the other hand, has been the lone veto 53 times out of 76 uses. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/23 "2003-03-25T02:33:46Z")
A leader of France named Chirac, Said no-one should ever attack. …War is all poppycock, …Says our grandiose Jacques, Since he gets his oil from Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/24 "2003-03-25T06:58:49Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Estilicon_ > **That this fucking letrine we call our planet is not a very fair place.** [ul]😛 [sup] **Thanks for your contribution.** [/sup][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/25 "2003-03-25T10:41:47Z")
> [@](#): > > A leader of France named Chirac, > Said no-one should ever attack. > …War is all poppycock, > …Says our grandiose Jacques, > Since he gets his oil from Iraq. Just like Haliburton, Exxon et. al. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/26 "2003-03-25T11:13:34Z")
Poor old GWB had some trouble: “Though most of Kabul’s turned to rubble, Bin Laden’s not found, And Al Q’s gone to ground. Get me PNAC on the double!” So Dubya asked Perle “are you certain That bombing Iraq will divert 'em?” “Sure,” said Wolfowitz, “Just blow them to bits. Bonus: contracts for our Haliburton!” ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/27 "2003-03-25T11:26:07Z")
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Chirac is a fucking dipshit. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/28 "2003-03-25T11:37:26Z")
The Bard himself would be jealous Brutus. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/29 "2003-03-25T11:40:15Z")
The Muse was with me, I must admit. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/30 "2003-03-25T11:46:58Z")
Unfortunately, it looks like his support has never been higher. > **[The Times & The Sunday Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/)** > > News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times On the other hand, it’s nice to know that the media is as stupid over there as it is over here. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/31 "2003-03-25T12:53:07Z")
It’s a Murdoch rag, not “the media”. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/32 "2003-03-25T13:09:51Z")
I was referring to the embedded quotes from the french news sources _in_ the Murdoch rag. Speaking of which, anyone got a good link to a respectable french newspaper in english? I’ve been reading Deusche Welles, and the arab papers… the latter are very amusing sometimes… but I never see french stuff on Google News. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/33 "2003-03-25T13:09:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*Poor old GWB had some trouble: > “Though most of Kabul’s turned to rubble, > Bin Laden’s not found, > And Al Q’s gone to ground. > Get me PNAC on the double!” > > So Dubya asked Perle “are you certain > That bombing Iraq will divert 'em?” > “Sure,” said Wolfowitz, > “Just blow them to bits. > Bonus: contracts for our Haliburton!” \*\* Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/34 "2003-03-25T15:37:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eva Luna \* > \*\*Vichyssoise is _punishment_? I take back everythng I said. Wait a minute, I’ll be noble…in the interest of world peace, you can punish me instead. Go ahead, do your worst: bring on the French wine and the vichyssoise. (Although I’d prefer if you switched the manner of delivery of the wine, please.) \*\* Yes, but you would have to eat it warm. Every civilized person knows that is just not done. It would be like drinking fine champagne at room temperature or above. Tsk. That you could even think of such a thing, **Eva** ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/35 "2003-03-25T16:07:06Z")
Actually, maybe I’m a freak, but to me, warm vichyssoise ain’t half bad. Makes good picnic food, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![Fin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fin_man)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/36 "2003-03-25T16:20:10Z")
Chirac didn’t want to attack Iraq and doesn’t want to let US/UK set up the new country since he has been in bed with Hussein for many years. [http://www.alisrael.com/tamuz/](http://www.alisrael.com/tamuz/) - notice that Chirac met wtih Hussein and help sell Iraq a reactor. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/37 "2003-03-25T17:44:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fin\_man \* > \*\*Chirac didn’t want to attack Iraq and doesn’t want to let US/UK set up the new country since he has been in bed with Hussein for many years. > > [http://www.alisrael.com/tamuz/](http://www.alisrael.com/tamuz/) - notice that Chirac met wtih Hussein and help sell Iraq a reactor. \*\* And when was it that Rumsfeld met with Saddam? 1983 or somesuch? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/38 "2003-03-25T18:51:47Z")
And which country was it who sold a nuclear reactor to _Israel_? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/39 "2003-03-25T18:55:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*And which country was it who sold a nuclear reactor to _Israel_? \*\* Um, France. ---
**Author:** ![mmm.forbidden\_doughnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@mmm.forbidden\_doughnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmm.forbidden_doughnut)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323/40 "2003-03-26T00:09:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eva Luna \* > \*\*If you’re going to insult a Frenchman in his own language, you would make less of a fool of youself if you at least used correct grammar/spelling. It’s \*s’il vous plait, \* with an accent on the “i” in “s’il” that I have no patience to code at 2:30 am. \*\* Eva, I know it doesn’t matter to the OP but the French teacher in me is screaming out: it’s an _apostrophe_ (not an accent) in **“s’il”**. It’s the i in _“plait”_ that has a circonflex. Sorry, I don’t know the secret keystrokes to do it on a pc, just on a Mac. Please don’t pit me for correcting your French. Carry on with your pitting of Chirac, everyone… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacques-chirac-enter-le-pitte-sil-vous-plais/163323.md?page=3)