Chinese icebreaker gets stuck en route to stranded ship

Hmmm... this is an interesting discovery....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2014/01/15/massive-hole-discovered-under-antarctica-bigger-than-the-grand-canyon/

Massive Hole Discovered Under Antarctica, Bigger Than The Grand Canyon

[video=youtube;DirMYyERmVI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DirMYyERmVI[/video]

Questions?

 

Yes
Does this mean Jules Verne was correct, except he got his polarity reversed ?
Or did he do it intentionally in an arrogant manner? ?'s branching more ?'s. He did write in French code after all


Moi

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French? What's with all the "French" accusations these days? Not bi-lingual?

God people! Come on!


Speaking of Jules Verne...

[video=youtube;B0CZNMtrhoM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0CZNMtrhoM[/video]

 

Right on !
Can't we just all get along?
I have no idea why Jules Verne may have done such things suggested above.

ce sont les français
or so Google translator tells me.​

Moi
My Uncle Never Forgave
Les Français for Firing on the USN landing troops in North Africa. He was in the USN.
He was there and at Pearl Harbor too. Later Pacific USN action.

No ​

 

Execellent! I'm in favor of peace myself.

This is getting old...

[video=youtube;faaX7IPErdc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaX7IPErdc[/video]

And I always considered H.G. Wells a better teacher... No offense Verne...
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That wedge would be the Sonar housing. Icebreakers are not designed to cut through ice; their bows are designed to ride up on the ice using the weight of the ship to bear down and break through.

 

Let's give credit where it's due. The French gave the world tongue-kissing and oral sex. Where would Bill Clinton have been without them? And let's not forget fattening baked goods - baguettes, croissants, brioches, etc. I tip my beret to the French.

 

The Austrians invented the "croissant" / crescent to celebrate their victory over the Siege of Vienna by the Turks.
Marie A. brought it to Paris. The Marie A. movie is a little inaccurate there.
Great history, The Siege of Vienna. I imagined the besieged looking at the alien Turk must have felt like they were in a Tolkien battle, had they read Tolkien.
The Turks also left some coffee beans behind and The Austrians were the first Euros to acquire, coffee.
Sort of like Hamentaschen, I like the idea it means, Hamen's Hat. Others subscribe to Hamen's Pockets.
Regardless, the Purim Holiday is celebrated eating a backed remembrance of the villain.

Study UP, dude !



Moi

No
Maybe there is a market for a baked pastry shaped as a Maple Leaf ?
Y'think? ​

 

Interesting history. But you've left the French bereft of their greatest accomplishments. Where are they now?

 

Interesting myth, you mean. As to where the French are now. Have you checked your wife's closet?

 

I will tell you where all the French are...driving around in a multi-laned circle in tiny cars going too fast around and around this monument as no one stays in their own lane.

AboveAlpha

 

If I had a wife's closet, I would have a wife. The French are credited by tradition with a bawdy imagination, and you do them proud. France's President could also not have a Frenchman in his wife's closet, having dispensed with the bourgeois convention of marriage. No US President could get away with that. The closest we came was Warren G. Harding, one of our worst Presidents, who had both his wife and his mistress living in different White House rooms. But even Warren felt the need to be married, and his arrangement was secret at the time. I wonder what would happen to France if everyone chose to emulate their President?

 

A bit overweight, that's why we take turns, but it's not fair to call your mum a monument.

 

Boring. Keep wondering though.

 

Mum....why would I call a FLOWER a Monument?

AboveAlpha

 

I hope you realize we're just teasing and this is all in fun. I have the highest regard for France. I studied French in high school and college, and stand in awe before French accomplishments in the arts and sciences. French writers have strongly affected me.

That said, the French descent into socialism is particularly regrettable. So much has been lost to gain so little.

 

Yes, yes, thank you; and I'm joshing you, too.

As to the French descent into socialism, it is as old as your country. Before that, we used to get bankrupt for the benefit of a few; now it's for the benefit of the majority. That's called progress in my book.

 

We're new to the idea of national bankruptcy. Only a few "progressives" like the idea.

 

There exists a thread of Americans and The French.
http://www.politicalforum.com/showthread.php?t=332717&page=4&highlight=french
I hope y'all might carry on there and our Parisian can check out what has been claimed before,
or not.
The French, like the Russians are a lot more obvious about their policies than


Moi

No
Beware Stealthy Hegemony ​