# punchlines?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines/155452>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 16, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines/155452 "2003-02-16T15:34:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![minega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@minega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minega)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines/155452/1 "2003-02-16T15:34:22Z")

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Inspired by a certain blog whose name escapes me at the moment…  
‘going to war without France is like…?’  
No war debates please…just a punchline.

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**Author:** ![minega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@minega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minega)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines/155452/2 "2003-02-16T15:58:05Z")

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his entry…  
‘Is like going to the prom without your sister’

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines/155452/3 "2003-02-16T16:58:26Z")

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…a really good idea.

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**Author:** ![zorch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/50afbb/32.png) [@zorch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zorch)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punchlines/155452/4 "2003-02-16T18:53:17Z")

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Going to war without France is…the same as going to war WITH French support…